11-letter words containing s, o, b, u
- laboriously — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- libellously — in a libellous manner
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- locust bean — carob.
- locust bird — any of various pratincoles, esp Glareola nordmanni (black-winged pratincole), that feed on locusts
- lumbaginous — relating to, or suffering from, lumbago
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- maraboutism — Support for marabouts (Muslim holy men or mystics).
- masturbator — to engage in masturbation.
- melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
- microbursts — Plural form of microburst.
- misdoubtful — doubting; distrustful
- misdoubting — Present participle of misdoubt.
- molybdenous — containing bivalent molybdenum.
- mossbluiter — the bittern
- mossbunkers — Plural form of mossbunker.
- mountebanks — Plural form of mountebank.
- mouse elbow — (jargon, medical) A tennis-elbow-like fatigue syndrome resulting from excessive use of a WIMP. Similarly, "mouse shoulder". GLS reports that he used to get this a lot before he taught himself to be ambimoustrous.
- moxibustion — (in Eastern medicine) the burning of moxa on or near a person’s skin as a counterirritant.
- musclebound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- musical box — music box.
- muttonbirds — Plural form of muttonbird.
- neuroblasts — Plural form of neuroblast.
- non-abusive — using, containing, or characterized by harshly or coarsely insulting language: an abusive author; abusive remarks.
- non-bilious — Physiology, Pathology. pertaining to bile or to an excess secretion of bile.
- non-obvious — easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident: an obvious advantage.
- nonbusiness — Not a business, or unrelated to business.
- nondurables — Plural form of nondurable.
- nonreusable — not capable of being reused
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- nucleobases — Plural form of nucleobase.
- obfuscating — Present participle of obfuscate.
- obfuscation — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obfuscatory — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obfusticate — Synonym of obfuscate.
- obliqueness — The characteristic of being oblique.
- obliquities — Plural form of obliquity.
- obliquitous — the state of being oblique.
- obliviously — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- obnoxiously — In an obnoxious manner.
- obscuration — the act of obscuring.
- obscurement — The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.
- obscureness — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurities — Plural form of obscurity.
- obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
- obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- obstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- obtrusively — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- obviousness — The characteristic of being obvious.
- odious debt — sovereign debt incurred through activities which do not serve the best interests of the nation, esp when incurred by a despotic, tyrannical, or otherwise unjust and oppresive regime. Such debts are typically considered invalid and written off after the regime is deposed