11-letter words containing u, b, a, n
- buoyantness — the property of being buoyant
- bupivacaine — a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks
- burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
- burnt sugar — caramel
- bus station — a place incorporating waiting areas, stands for buses, and ticket offices from which buses or coaches depart
- bushbashing — the process of forcing a path through the bush
- bushelwoman — a woman who alters clothes
- bushmanship — the skills necessary for survival in the bush; bushcraft
- bushranging — the life of a bushranger
- bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
- businessman — A businessman is a man who works in business.
- busy signal — If you try to make a telephone call and get a busy signal, it means that you cannot make the call because the line is already being used by someone else.
- but and ben — a two-roomed cottage consisting of an outer room or kitchen (but) and an inner room (ben)
- butorphanol — a narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 2 , administered by injection to treat moderate to severe pain.
- butter bean — Butter beans are the yellowish flat round seeds of a kind of bean plant. They are eaten as a vegetable, and in Britain they are usually sold dried rather than fresh.
- buzz-aldrin — Edwin Eugene, Jr ("Buzz") born 1930, U.S. astronaut.
- 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
- call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
- cancelbunny — Cancelpoodle
- candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
- carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
- carbuncular — of, relating to, or resembling a carbuncle, especially having a carbuncle or a red and inflamed area.
- carburation — the process of mixing a hydrocarbon fuel with a correct amount of air to make an explosive mixture for an internal-combustion engine
- carburetant — a substance, as gasoline or benzene, added to air or gas to carburet it
- carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
- celebutante — a young woman from a wealthy background who becomes a celebrity
- chelsea bun — a rolled yeast currant bun decorated with sugar
- clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
- concludable — to bring to an end; finish; terminate: to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.
- concubinage — cohabitation without legal marriage
- concubinary — of, relating to, or living in concubinage.
- concubitant — a person obliged to marry another, esp a woman obliged to marry her husband's brother on her husband's death
- confabulate — to talk together; converse; chat
- confusables — Plural form of confusable.
- connubially — As in marriage.
- conquerable — Capable of being conquered or subdued.
- construable — that can be construed
- consumables — goods intended to be bought, used, and replaced, esp materials needed for computers and photocopiers
- contubernal — occupying the same tent
- conurbation — A conurbation consists of a large city together with the smaller towns around it.
- counterbase — a double bass
- crab nebula — the expanding remnant of the supernova observed in 1054 ad, lying in the constellation Taurus at an approximate distance of 6500 light years
- cretan bull — a savage bull, captured on Crete by Hercules and allowed to roam near Marathon in Greece until captured by Theseus.
- cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
- curableness — The quality or state of being curable.
- currant bun — a sweet bun containing currants
- cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
- dandy brush — a brush with stiff, short bristles that is used for grooming animals, especially horses.
- dandy-brush — a stiff brush used for grooming a horse