11-letter words containing u, n, b, i
- buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
- buckjumping — a competitive event for buckjumpers in a rodeo
- buckskinned — made of buckskin
- buena vista — a village in NE Mexico, near Saltillo: site of the defeat of the Mexicans by US forces (1847)
- buenos dias — good day; good morning
- 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.
- bulk buying — the purchase at one time, and often at a reduced price, of a large quantity of a particular commodity
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bull riding — a rodeo event in which a contestant tries to ride a bucking bull for eight seconds, with one hand holding a rope tied to a band around the bull's chest.
- bullbaiting — a type of blood sport involving the baiting of a bull by dogs
- bulldogging — one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired, muscular dogs with prominent, undershot jaws, usually having a white and tan or brindled coat, raised originally for bullbaiting.
- bunch light — a light consisting of a group of small light bulbs mounted in a reflecting box.
- bunker hill — the first battle of the American Revolution, actually fought on Breed's Hill, next to Bunker Hill, near Boston, on June 17, 1775. Though defeated, the colonists proved that they could stand against British regular soldiers
- buon giorno — good day; hello
- bupivacaine — a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks
- 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
- bushbashing — the process of forcing a path through the bush
- bushhogging — to clear (land) by using a bush hog.
- 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.
- businessmen — a man regularly employed in business, especially a white-collar worker, executive, or owner.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
- colourblind — Alternative form of colour blind.
- combustions — Plural form of combustion.
- 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
- conductible — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- connubially — As in marriage.
- contributed — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contributer — Misspelling of contributor.
- contributes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contribute.
- contributor — You can use contributor to refer to one of the causes of an event or situation, especially if that event or situation is an unpleasant one.
- conurbation — A conurbation consists of a large city together with the smaller towns around it.
- convulsible — capable of becoming intensely agitated
- counterbids — Plural form of counterbid.