11-letter words containing t, a, b, u
- double flat — a symbol () that lowers the pitch of the note following it by two semitones.
- double ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- double salt — a salt that crystallizes as a single substance but ionizes as two distinct salts when dissolved, as carnallite, KMgCl 3 ⋅6H 2 O.
- double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
- double take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
- double talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
- double tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
- double-date — to take part in a double date.
- double-take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
- 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.
- drum-beater — a person who vigorously proclaims or publicizes the merits of a product, idea, movie, etc.; press agent.
- drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
- dumb barter — a form of barter practiced among some peoples, in which the goods for exchange are left at and taken from a preselected spot without the exchanging parties ever coming face-to-face.
- dumb waiter — A dumb waiter is a lift used to carry food and dishes from one floor of a building to another.
- dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
- dustbin man — (in British English) a man that is employed to collect domestic refuse
- east punjab — the eastern part of the former province of Punjab, in British India: now part of Punjab state, India.
- educability — capable of being educated.
- entablature — A horizontal, continuous lintel on a classical building supported by columns or a wall, comprising the architrave, frieze, and cornice.
- equilibrant — a force capable of balancing another force and producing equilibrium
- equilibrate — Bring into or keep in equilibrium.
- eubacterial — (biology) Of or pertaining to the Eubacteria.
- eubacterium — A bacterium of a large group typically having simple cells with rigid cell walls and often flagella for movement. The group comprises the “ true ” bacteria and cyanobacteria, as distinct from archaebacteria.
- exhaustible — Capable of being exhausted.
- exuberantly — In an exuberant manner.
- exuberating — Present participle of exuberate.
- fantabulous — extremely fine or desirable; excellent; wonderful.
- fat-soluble — soluble in oils or fats.
- fault block — a mass of rock bounded on at least two opposite sides by faults.
- floral tube — a cylinder formed in some flowers by the fusion of the perianth and stamens, as in the daffodil or iris.
- flutterball — (baseball) A type of pitch; knuckleball.
- fracturable — Capable of being fractured.
- funambulate — to walk on a tightrope
- funambulist — a tightrope walker.
- futurebasic — (language) A BASIC compiler for the Macintosh.
- gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- gangbusting — the activity of a gangbuster
- gas turbine — a turbine utilizing the gaseous products of combustion.
- 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.
- ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- guttae band — regula.
- gutter ball — a bowling ball that is rolled into one of the gutters and does not hit any pins.
- habituating — Present participle of habituate.
- habituation — the act of habituating.
- hash bucket — hash coding
- hattiesburg — a city in SE Mississippi.
- headbutting — Present participle of headbutt.
- health club — a usually private club that offers its members facilities for exercising and physical conditioning.