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11-letter words containing t, u, b, h

  • shutter-bug — an amateur photographer, especially one who is greatly devoted to the hobby.
  • shuttle bus — a bus that travels regularly between two places
  • southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
  • 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
  • steeplebush — the hardhack.
  • sub-charter — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
  • subjectship — the state of being a subject or citizen
  • sublethally — in a sublethal manner
  • superbright — exceptionally bright
  • sweet shrub — Carolina allspice.
  • terbrugghen — Hendrik. 1588–1629, Dutch painter of the Utrecht school, who specialized in religious subjects, for example the Incredulity of St Thomas and the Calling of St Matthew
  • tharborough — a type of constable in William Shakespeare's 'Love's Labours Lost'
  • the bejesus — (intensifier) used in such phrases as beat the bejesus out of, scare the bejesus out of, etc
  • the bitumen — any road with a bitumen surface
  • the numbers — an illegal lottery in which small bets are placed on the order of certain numbers, usually the last three, in some tabulation of game scores or financial reports published in the daily newspapers
  • the sublime — sublime quality; sublimity
  • thereabouts — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
  • thingumabob — thingamajig.
  • thrasybulus — died c389 b.c, Athenian patriot and general.
  • throw about — to spend (one's money) in a reckless and flaunting manner
  • thumb drive — Also called flash memory drive, thumb drive, USB drive. a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.
  • thumb glass — a drinking glass having external indentations to allow it to be firmly grasped.
  • thumb index — tabs on edge of a book's pages
  • thumb piano — any of various African boxlike musical instruments, such as the kalimba or mbira, having tuned strips of metal or wood that vibrate when played with the thumbs.
  • thumb-index — to provide (a book) with a thumb index.
  • thumbs down — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
  • thumbs-down — an act or instance of dissent, disapproval, etc.
  • thumbsucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
  • thunder bay — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
  • thunderbird — (in the mythology of some North American Indians) a huge, eaglelike bird capable of producing thunder, lightning, and rain.
  • thunderbolt — a flash of lightning with the accompanying thunder.
  • touch rugby — a limited-contact version of rugby in which players seek to evade being touched (rather than tackled) while in possession of the ball
  • triphibious — employing or involving land, naval, and air forces in a combined operation.
  • troubleshot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • truth table — a table that gives the truth-values of a compound sentence formed from component sentences by means of logical connectives, as AND, NOT, or OR, for every possible combination of truth-values of the component sentences.
  • tu bishevat — the 15th day of the month of Shevat, observed as a new year for trees by planting trees and by eating fruits.
  • tub-thumper — a vociferous supporter or promoter, as of a cause.
  • tubthumping — to promote something or express opinions vociferously.
  • tudorbethan — (of a contemporary building) imitative of Tudor and Elizabethan architecture
  • tumble home — Nautical. an inward and upward slope of the middle body of a vessel.
  • turbocharge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
  • unbenighted — not overtaken by darkness or night
  • unbetrothed — engaged to be married: She is betrothed to that young lieutenant.
  • unbreathing — not breathing; holding the breath
  • unbrotherly — not brotherly
  • uncatchable — to seize or capture, especially after pursuit: to catch a criminal; to catch a runaway horse.
  • underbreath — a whisper
  • unhabitable — capable of being inhabited.
  • uninhabited — having inhabitants; occupied; lived in or on: an inhabited island.
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