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11-letter words containing o, u, b

  • bushelwoman — a woman who alters clothes
  • bushhogging — to clear (land) by using a bush hog.
  • bust a move — go, leave
  • butenedioic — designating a type of acid
  • butorphanol — a narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 2 , administered by injection to treat moderate to severe pain.
  • butt stroke — a blow struck with the butt of a rifle, as in close combat.
  • butterworth — George. 1885–1916, British composer, noted for his interest in folk song and his settings of Housman's poems
  • button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
  • button lift — a kind of ski lift for one person consisting of a moving cable to which is attached a pole with a circular plate at the bottom, which a skier places between his or her legs to be carried up the hill
  • button rose — a small rose whose flowers form a round head
  • button tree — any of a genus (Conocarpus) of dicotyledonous West Indian trees with buttonlike fruit
  • button-down — A button-down shirt or a shirt with a button-down collar has a button under each end of the collar which you can fasten.
  • button-hole — the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
  • buttoned up — If you say that someone is buttoned up, you mean that they do not usually talk about their thoughts and feelings.
  • buttoned-up — carefully planned, operated, supervised, etc.: one of the most buttoned-up companies in the business.
  • buttonholer — a person who buttonholes
  • buttonmould — the small core of plastic, wood, or metal that is the base for buttons covered with fabric, leather, etc
  • butyl group — any of four univalent isomeric groups having the formula C 4 H 9 –.
  • butyraceous — of, containing, or resembling butter
  • buy forward — If you buy forward, you buy at a future date for a price agreed upon today.
  • buy-to-fret — denoting the practice of buying a property to let to tenants during a period when property values are falling
  • by yourself — If you are by yourself, you are alone.
  • byelorussia — Official name Belarus. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in E Europe, N of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Capital: Minsk.
  • cabin court — Older Use. a roadside motel having cabins.
  • cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
  • calico bush — mountain laurel
  • carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
  • carburation — the process of mixing a hydrocarbon fuel with a correct amount of air to make an explosive mixture for an internal-combustion engine
  • carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
  • carburetors — Plural form of carburetor.
  • carburettor — A carburettor is the part of an engine, usually in a car, in which air and petrol are mixed together to form a vapour which can be burned.
  • cerebellous — of or relating to the cerebellum
  • cheque book — A cheque book is a book of cheques which your bank gives you so that you can pay for things by cheque.
  • chibougamau — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • chukka boot — an ankle-high boot made of suede or rubber and worn for playing polo
  • church book — any of various books commonly used by a church, as a service book or a parish register.
  • clenbuterol — a drug prescribed for breathing disorders
  • cloud-based — Cloud-based technology allows you to use programs and information that are stored on the Internet rather than on your own computer.
  • cloudbursts — Plural form of cloudburst.
  • club-footed — a congenitally deformed or distorted foot.
  • coach-built — (of a vehicle) having specially built bodywork
  • cobalt blue — any greenish-blue pigment containing cobalt aluminate, usually made by heating cobaltous sulphate, aluminium oxide, and phosphoric acid together
  • code number — a number used to identify something
  • cold rubber — synthetic rubber made at low temperatures (about 5°C). It is stronger than that made at higher temperatures and is used for car tyres
  • colliquable — capable of dissolving
  • colourblind — Alternative form of colour blind.
  • colourbreed — to breed (animals or plants) to be a particular colour
  • colubriform — shaped like or resembling a member of the Colubridae family of snakes
  • columbarium — a vault having niches for funeral urns
  • columbiform — Having the form of a dove or pigeon.
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