11-letter words containing t, u, n, b, r
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
- lunar orbit — path or movement of the moon around the earth
- martinsburg — a city in NE West Virginia.
- moribundity — in a dying state; near death.
- mount tabor — a mountain in N Israel, near Nazareth: traditionally regarded as the mountain where the Transfiguration took place. Height: 588 m (1929 ft)
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- munsterberg — Hugo [hyoo-goh;; German hoo-goh] /ˈhyu goʊ;; German ˈhu goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1916, German psychologist and philosopher in the U.S.
- mutton bird — any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
- muttonbirds — Plural form of muttonbird.
- neural tube — a tube formed by the closure of ectodermal tissue in the early vertebrate embryo that later develops into the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia.
- neuroblasts — Plural form of neuroblast.
- newburyport — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- north-bound — going toward the north: northbound traffic.
- northumbria — an early English kingdom extending N from the Humber to the Firth of Forth.
- numberplate — Alternative spelling of number plate.
- objurgating — Present participle of objurgate.
- objurgation — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- obscuration — the act of obscuring.
- obscurement — The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.
- obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
- obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- obumbration — the action of making dim, dark, obfuscated, or eclipsed
- outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
- outbreeding — to breed selected individuals outside the limits of the breed or variety.
- outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
- outnumbered — to exceed in number.
- overburthen — to overburden
- perturbment — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- port number — port
- protuberant — bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting: protuberant eyes.
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- 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.
- retribution — requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil.
- return bend — a 180° bend, as in a plumbing pipe.
- round about — In spoken English, round about means approximately.
- round table — conference, meeting
- round-table — noting or pertaining to a conference, discussion, or deliberation in which each participant has equal status, equal time to present views, etc.: round-table discussions.
- rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- runnability — to move with haste; act quickly: Run upstairs and get the iodine.
- 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.
- spartanburg — a city in NW South Carolina.
- spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
- strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
- subarration — an ancient way of marrying by giving a ring or gift
- subcontract — a contract by which one agrees to render services or to provide materials necessary for the performance of another contract.