12-letter words containing o, u, b
- unprocurable — obtainable.
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- unreasonable — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
- unreasonably — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
- unreckonable — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- unrecordable — to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence.
- unrecoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- unreformable — not able to be reformed or reclaimed
- unreportable — not able to be reported, relayed, or spoken of
- unreprovable — not able to be reproved, reproached, or criticized
- unresolvable — not able to be resolved or brought to a satisfactory resolution
- unrestorable — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- unsalubrious — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- unseasonable — not seasonable; being out of season; unseasonal: unseasonable weather.
- unseasonably — not seasonable; being out of season; unseasonal: unseasonable weather.
- unshadowable — not able to be shadowed
- unsupposable — not able to be supposed
- untroubledly — in an untroubled manner
- unubiquitous — existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.
- unvoyageable — not able to be sailed or otherwise journeyed over; untraversable; innavigable
- up and about — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
- up for grabs — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
- urban forest — the trees and plants within a city.
- urbanisation — the act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city: Urbanization has led to more air pollution and increasing childhood asthma.
- urbanization — the act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city: Urbanization has led to more air pollution and increasing childhood asthma.
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems
- urbi et orbi — to the city and the world: a phrase qualifying the solemn papal blessing
- urobilinogen — a colourless substance produced by bacterial degradation of the bile pigment bilirubin in the intestine and which produces urobilin when oxidized
- valve bounce — A valve bounce is the bouncing of a poppet valve on its seat when it is closing.
- verbenaceous — belonging to the plant family Verbenaceae.
- vocabularian — a person who is particularly or overly attentive to words
- vocabularied — having a vocabulary as specified
- vuelta abajo — a region in W Cuba.
- water bouget — (formerly) a leather bag suspended at each end of a pole or yoke and used for carrying water.
- weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
- whataboutery — (of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly blaming the other side and referring to events from the past
- whole number — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- winterbourne — a channel filled only at a time of excessive rainfall.
- woburn abbey — a mansion in Woburn in Bedfordshire: originally an abbey; rebuilt in the 17th century for the Dukes of Bedford, altered by Henry Holland in the 18th century; deer park landscaped by Humphrey Repton
- woodburytype — a process using gelatine film exposed to the negative, which is then pressed into lead and processed, or a print of this type
- wrong number — a call made to a number other than the one intended. the number or person reached through such a call.
- xylobalsamum — the dried, fragrant wood of the Balsamodendron gileadense that produces resin known as Balm of Gilead
- youngberries — Plural form of youngberry.
- younghusband — Sir Francis Edward. 1863–1942, British explorer, mainly of N India and Tibet. He used military force to compel the Dalai Lama to sign (1904) a trade agreement with Britain
- zebulon pike — James Albert, 1913–69, U.S. Protestant Episcopal clergyman, lawyer, and author.