11-letter words containing o, u, b, a
- double-talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
- double-team — to defend against or block (an opposing player) by using two players, as in football or basketball: By double-teaming the end the safety men left the other receiver in the open.
- doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
- douglas bag — an airtight bag used to collect expired air for analysis of oxygen consumption.
- douglas sbd — dauntless (def 2).
- ebola virus — a highly contagious virus of the family Filoviridae that causes Ebola, a usually fatal disease.
- fabulicious — (slang) Exceptionally fabulous and appealing.
- fantabulous — extremely fine or desirable; excellent; wonderful.
- farnborough — a town in S England, in NE Hampshire: military base, with an aeronautical research centre. Pop: 57 147 (2001)
- fat-soluble — soluble in oils or fats.
- fault block — a mass of rock bounded on at least two opposite sides by faults.
- fauxbourdon — Music. a 15th-century compositional technique employing three voices, the upper and lower voices progressing an octave or a sixth apart while the middle voice extemporaneously doubles the upper part at a fourth below.
- floral tube — a cylinder formed in some flowers by the fusion of the perianth and stamens, as in the daffodil or iris.
- floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
- foam rubber — a light, spongy rubber, used for mattresses, cushions, etc.
- four-bagger — home run.
- four-banger — a four-cylinder engine.
- free labour — the labour of workers who are not members of trade unions
- gauge boson — a boson that mediates the interaction between elementary particles. There are several types: photons for electromagnetic interactions, W and Z intermediate vector bosons for weak interactions, and gravitons for gravitational interactions
- glamour boy — a man whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
- glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
- global rule — (in transformational grammar) a rule that makes reference to nonconsecutive stages of a derivation
- ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
- ground ball — a batted ball that rolls or bounces along the ground.
- ground bass — a short fundamental bass part continually repeated throughout a movement.
- ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- habituation — the act of habituating.
- harbourless — Without a harbour.
- harbourside — An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc).
- hard labour — Hard labour is hard physical work which people have to do as punishment for a crime.
- haunch bone — the ilium or hipbone.
- haunch-bone — the ilium or hipbone.
- headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
- hedge about — If you say that something such as an offer is hedged about or is hedged around with rules or conditions, you mean that there are a lot of rules or conditions.
- house brand — a brand name used by a retailer for a product or product line made specifically for or by the retailer.
- houseboater — One who lives in a houseboat.
- housebreaks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of housebreak.
- hullaballoo — Alternative spelling of hullabaloo.
- hullabaloos — Plural form of hullabaloo.
- ibritumomab — A monoclonal antibody which is linked with yttrium-90 as the drug ibritumomab tiuxetan.
- incubations — Plural form of incubation.
- journal box — a box or housing for a journal and its bearing.
- judeophobia — Alternative case form of Judeophobia.
- knock about — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knockabouts — Plural form of knockabout.
- kookaburras — Plural form of kookaburra.
- koulibiacas — Plural form of koulibiaca.
- labor union — an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union.
- laboriously — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.