11-letter words containing t, u, n, i
- baluchistan — a mountainous region of SW Asia, in SW Pakistan and SE Iran
- bananaquits — Plural form of bananaquit.
- bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
- banquetings — Plural form of banqueting.
- barfulation — /bar`fyoo-lay'sh*n/ Variation of barf used around the Stanford area. An exclamation, expressing disgust. On seeing some particularly bad code one might exclaim, "Barfulation! Who wrote this, Quux?"
- barquentine — a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others
- bathing hut — a small waterside building where swimmers can change their clothes
- bathtub gin — homemade gin, especially gin made illegally during Prohibition.
- beauticians — Plural form of beautician.
- beautifying — Present participle of beautify.
- bedding out — the process of planting out young flowering plants in beds
- beguilement — to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
- bequeathing — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- bifurcation — the act or fact of bifurcating
- binucleated — having two nuclei
- bioindustry — an industry that makes use of biotechnology and other advanced life science methodologies in the creation or alteration of life forms or processes
- biscuit tin — an airtight container for storing biscuits in
- blind trust — A blind trust is a financial arrangement in which someone's investments are managed without the person knowing where the money is invested. Blind trusts are used especially by people such as members of parliament, so that they cannot be accused of using their position to make money unfairly.
- bonus point — an additional point in a game, a sporting competition, or any similar scheme in which points can be awarded
- boutonniere — a flower or flowers worn in a buttonhole, as of a lapel
- brain trust — A brain trust is a group of experts who advise important people in a government or organization.
- brain-trust — to serve as a brain trust or a brain truster for: They have brain-trusted many major corporations.
- breunnerite — an iron-containing type of magnesite used in the manufacture of refractory bricks
- bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
- buena vista — a village in NE Mexico, near Saltillo: site of the defeat of the Mexicans by US forces (1847)
- buffet line — A buffet line is a selection of food that is displayed on a long table. Guests usually serve themselves.
- bugging out — Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
- bullbaiting — a type of blood sport involving the baiting of a bull by dogs
- bunch light — a light consisting of a group of small light bulbs mounted in a reflecting box.
- burning out — to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate.
- burnishment — the act or process of burnishing
- burns night — (in Scotland) 25 January, the traditional date for holding a celebratory meal (Burns supper) in honour of Robert Burns
- bus station — a place incorporating waiting areas, stands for buses, and ticket offices from which buses or coaches depart
- butenedioic — designating a type of acid
- button lift — a kind of ski lift for one person consisting of a moving cable to which is attached a pole with a circular plate at the bottom, which a skier places between his or her legs to be carried up the hill
- cabin court — Older Use. a roadside motel having cabins.
- cabin trunk — a large trunk specially designed to be used on journeys, and often having large handles at either end to make it easy to move
- calculating — If you describe someone as calculating, you disapprove of the fact that they deliberately plan to get what they want, often by hurting or harming other people.
- calculation — A calculation is something that you think about and work out mathematically. Calculation is the process of working something out mathematically.
- calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
- calumniates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate.
- calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- candidature — Candidature means the same as candidacy.
- cannulation — a metal tube for insertion into the body to draw off fluid or to introduce medication.
- capsulation — enclosed in or formed into a capsule.
- carburation — the process of mixing a hydrocarbon fuel with a correct amount of air to make an explosive mixture for an internal-combustion engine
- carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- cataloguing — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.