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11-letter words containing u, b, a

  • nullifiable — Able, or allowed to be nullified.
  • numberplate — Alternative spelling of number plate.
  • nursing bra — a bra for breastfeeding mothers which provides additional support and has cups that can be folded down so the infant can be fed without the mother having to remove the bra
  • obfuscating — Present participle of obfuscate.
  • obfuscation — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
  • obfuscatory — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
  • obfusticate — Synonym of obfuscate.
  • objurgating — Present participle of objurgate.
  • objurgation — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
  • objurgative — That objurgates; sharply disapproving.
  • objurgatory — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
  • obliquation — the fact or process of veering or moving in an oblique or slantwise direction
  • obscuration — the act of obscuring.
  • obumbration — the action of making dim, dark, obfuscated, or eclipsed
  • ombudswoman — a woman employed to investigate complaints against government or institutional officials, employers, etc.
  • opera buffa — an Italian farcical comic opera originating in the 18th century and containing recitativo secco, patter songs, and ensemble finales.
  • orbicularis — a muscle surrounding an opening
  • orbicularly — In an orbicular fashion.
  • order about — to bully or domineer
  • ouija board — board used by spiritualists
  • out-of-band — 1.   (communications)   The exchange of call control information on a dedicated channel, separate from that used by the telephone call or data transmission. 2. Sometimes used to describe what communications people call "shift characters", such as the ESC that leads control sequences for many terminals, or the level shift indicators in the old 5-bit Baudot codes. 3. In personal communication, using methods other than electronic mail, such as telephone or snail-mail. 4.   (software)   Values returned by a function that are not in its "natural" range of return values, but rather signal some kind of exception. Many C functions that normally return a non-negative integer return -1 to indicate failure. This use confuses "out-of-band" with "out-of-range". It is actually a clear example of in-band signalling since it uses the same "channel" for control and data. Compare hidden flag, green bytes, fence.
  • outbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outbalance.
  • outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
  • outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
  • outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
  • paper-bound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
  • para rubber — India rubber obtained from the tree Hevea brasiliensis, of the spurge family, and other species of the same genus of tropical South America.
  • parabolanus — a member of an early Christian brotherhood in Alexandria and Constantinople who helped the sick in the times of plague
  • parkersburg — a city in NW West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
  • pastry tube — a conical tube with a patterned hole at one end, fitted over the opening of a cloth funnel (pastry bag) for shaping icings, food pastes, etc., as they are forced through by squeezing the bag.
  • paul bunyan — John, 1628–88, English preacher: author of The Pilgrim's Progress.
  • perambulate — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • perpetuable — able to be perpetuated
  • persuadable — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
  • persuasible — capable of being persuaded; open to or yielding to persuasion.
  • perturbable — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
  • perturbator — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
  • peru balsam — an aromatic balsam that is obtained from the tropical South American leguminous tree Myroxylon pereirae and is similar to balsam of Tolu
  • photo album — bound book for photos
  • pickelhaube — a spiked German helmet from the 19th and 20th centuries
  • plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
  • pleasurable — such as to give pleasure; enjoyable; agreeable; pleasant: a pleasurable experience.
  • plough back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
  • plunge bath — a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
  • politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
  • postcubital — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.
  • pourability — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
  • preambulary — of, pertaining to or of the nature of a preamble; preliminary, introductory
  • preambulate — to make a preamble, to give an introduction
  • prepubertal — the period of life just prior to sexual maturation.
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