11-letter words containing u, b, a
- surtarbrand — deposits of brown coal embedded in Iceland lava
- suspectable — that could be suspected
- sustainable — capable of being supported or upheld, as by having its weight borne from below.
- sustainably — in a way that allows for continual use of a natural resource without depleting it or causing environmental damage: sustainably grown coffee.
- swamp blues — a style of slow blues originating in Louisiana
- swamp buggy — an amphibious vehicle for use in and around swamps, typically having an automobile engine, four-wheel drive, large wheels with deep treads, and a raised chassis.
- swashbuckle — to work, behave, or perform as a swashbuckler.
- syllabarium — syllabary.
- table sugar — granulated white sugar.
- tabula rasa — a mind not yet affected by experiences, impressions, etc.
- tabularised — to tabulate.
- tabularized — to tabulate.
- tamburlaine — Tamerlane.
- tankbusting — the practice of destroying tanks
- taurobolium — the sacrifice of a bull, followed by the baptism of neophytes in the blood, as practiced in the ancient rites of Mithras or Cybele.
- tea biscuit — a small, round, soft biscuit, usually shortened and sweetened.
- terbutaline — a selective beta-adrenergic receptor agonist substance, C 12 H 19 NO 3 , used in the treatment of asthma.
- terebratula — any brachiopod of the genus Terebratula
- tharborough — a type of constable in William Shakespeare's 'Love's Labours Lost'
- 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 glass — a drinking glass having external indentations to allow it to be firmly grasped.
- 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.
- 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.
- tibiofibula — the bone of a frog's lower leg
- tibiotarsus — the main bone of the leg of a bird, between the femur and tarsometatarsus, formed by the fusion of several tarsal bones with the tibia.
- tolbutamide — a white crystalline substance, C 12 H 18 N 2 O 3 S, used to augment insulin secretion in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
- trabeculate — Anatomy, Botany. a structural part resembling a small beam or crossbar.
- treasurable — wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
- tribulation — grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering.
- tribunitial — relating to the Roman tribune
- trobar clus — a complex and obscure style of writing adopted by some 12th-century Provençal poets.
- troubadours — one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d'oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love. Compare trouvère.
- trouble man — troubleshooter (def 2).
- trunk cabin — a cabin of a yacht that presents a long, low profile with a relatively unbroken line fore and aft. Compare doghouse (def 2).
- 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.
- trypan blue — dye used for staining cells in biological research
- 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 gurnard — a type of gurnard coastal fish with pectoral fins used for crawling along the seabed
- tuba player — someone who plays the tuba, a valved brass instrument of bass pitch, in which the bell points upwards and the mouthpiece projects at right angles
- tuberaceous — belonging or relating to the order of fungi Tuberaceae, or specifically the truffle genus (Tuber)
- tuberculate — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
- tuberculoma — a tumour or other mass that grows from a tuberculous lesion or caused by the tubercle bacillus
- tudorbethan — (of a contemporary building) imitative of Tudor and Elizabethan architecture
- tumble cart — a horse-drawn cart having two solid wheels.
- tunableness — the quality of being melodious or tuneful
- turbocharge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
- turntablist — a DJ who is skilled in using turntables to obtain distinctive effects from records