11-letter words containing s, t, b, r, u
- inscrutably — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- locust bird — any of various pratincoles, esp Glareola nordmanni (black-winged pratincole), that feed on locusts
- maraboutism — Support for marabouts (Muslim holy men or mystics).
- martinsburg — a city in NE West Virginia.
- masturbated — Simple past tense and past participle of masturbate.
- masturbates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of masturbate.
- masturbator — to engage in masturbation.
- microbursts — Plural form of microburst.
- mossbluiter — the bittern
- munsterberg — Hugo [hyoo-goh;; German hoo-goh] /ˈhyu goʊ;; German ˈhu goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1916, German psychologist and philosopher in the U.S.
- muttonbirds — Plural form of muttonbird.
- neuroblasts — Plural form of neuroblast.
- obfuscatory — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obscuration — the act of obscuring.
- obscurement — The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.
- 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.
- outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
- pastry tube — a conical tube with a patterned hole at one end, fitted over the opening of a cloth funnel (pastry bag) for shaping icings, food pastes, etc., as they are forced through by squeezing the bag.
- pietersburg — capital of Northern Transvaal province, South Africa: pop. 26,000
- plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
- postpuberty — the period after puberty
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- quatre bras — a village in central Belgium, near Brussels: battle preliminary to the battle of Waterloo fought here 1815.
- rabbitbrush — any of several composite shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having whitish, hairy branches and yellow flowers.
- raster burn — 1. (Or terminal illness) Eyestrain brought on by too many hours of looking at low-resolution, poorly tuned, or glare-ridden monitors, especially graphics monitors. 2. The "burn-in" condition your CRT tends to get if you don't use a screen saver.
- rattle-bush — blue false indigo.
- reusability — reuse
- rubbish tip — dump for refuse
- rugby shirt — a knitted pullover sport shirt usually in bold horizontal stripes and having a white collar and neckline placket, styled after the shirts traditionally worn by the members of Rugby teams.
- rumble seat — Also called, British, dickey. a seat recessed into the back of a coupe or roadster, covered by a hinged lid that opens to form the back of the seat when in use.
- rumbustical — rumbustious
- rumbustious — rambunctious.
- rust bucket — an old, run-down freighter, especially one whose hull is covered with rust.
- saburration — the use of heated sand in healing
- sauerbraten — a pot roast of beef, marinated before cooking in a mixture of vinegar, sugar, and seasonings.
- shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
- shea butter — a solid, greenish, yellowish, or whitish fat derived from the seeds of the shea tree, used for food and in the manufacture of soaps and candles.
- shutter-bug — an amateur photographer, especially one who is greatly devoted to the hobby.
- southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
- spartanburg — a city in NW South Carolina.
- spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
- spur blight — a disease of raspberries, characterized by reddish-brown spots on the stems, caused by a fungus, Didymella applanata.
- staggerbush — an ericaceous deciduous shrub, Lyonia mariana, of E North America, having white or pinkish flowers: it is poisonous to livestock
- stourbridge — an industrial town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 480 (2001)