11-letter words containing u, n, b, o, e
- bulbousness — the quality of being bulbous
- bull tongue — a heavy plough used in growing cotton, having an almost vertical mouldboard
- bull's nose — bullnose (def 1).
- bunchflower — a tall plant (Melanthium virginicum) of the lily family, growing in the E U.S. and having large clusters of white or greenish flowers
- bungee cord — a type of stretchy rope consisting of elastic strands often in a fabric casing. Bungee cords may be used in parachuting, bungee jumping or to secure loads. Ones used for securing loads often have hooks on either end.
- bunny slope — (in skiing) a nursery slope
- buon fresco — fresco (def 1).
- buoyantness — the property of being buoyant
- burne-jones — Sir Edward. 1833–98, English Pre-Raphaelite painter and designer of stained-glass windows and tapestries
- burnet rose — a very prickly Eurasian rose, Rosa pimpinellifolia, with white flowers and purplish-black fruits
- bus network — (networking) A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire or set of wires (the bus). Bus networks typically use CSMA/CD techniques to determine which node should transmit data at any given time. Some networks are implemented as a bus, e.g. Ethernet - a one-bit bus operating at 10, 100, 1000 or 10,000 megabits per second. Originally Ethernet was a physical layer bus consisting of a wire (with terminators at each end) to which each node was attached. Switched Ethernet, while no longer physically a bus still acts as one at the logical layers.
- bushelwoman — a woman who alters clothes
- butenedioic — designating a type of acid
- button rose — a small rose whose flowers form a round head
- button tree — any of a genus (Conocarpus) of dicotyledonous West Indian trees with buttonlike fruit
- button-hole — the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
- buttoned up — If you say that someone is buttoned up, you mean that they do not usually talk about their thoughts and feelings.
- buttoned-up — carefully planned, operated, supervised, etc.: one of the most buttoned-up companies in the business.
- buttonholer — a person who buttonholes
- carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
- clenbuterol — a drug prescribed for breathing disorders
- code number — a number used to identify something
- concludable — to bring to an end; finish; terminate: to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.
- concubinage — cohabitation without legal marriage
- conductible — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- confabulate — to talk together; converse; chat
- confusables — Plural form of confusable.
- 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
- 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.
- contubernal — occupying the same tent
- convulsible — capable of becoming intensely agitated
- cordon bleu — Cordon bleu is used to describe cookery or cooks of the highest standard.
- counterbase — a double bass
- counterbids — Plural form of counterbid.
- counterblow — a retaliatory blow
- counterbond — a bond that protects a person who has entered into a bond for another person
- counterbore — a tool for enlarging a drilled hole for a portion of its length, as to permit sinking a screw head.
- counterbuff — a retaliatory blow
- cunobelinus — also called Cymbeline. died ?42 ad, British ruler of the Catuvellauni tribe (?10–?42); founder of Colchester (?10)
- cuttlebones — Plural form of cuttlebone.
- cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
- debouchment — the act or an instance of debouching
- demountable — to remove from a mounting, setting, or place of support, as a gun.
- deobstruent — a drug which removes obstructions in the body by aiding the opening of ducts
- do business — trade
- double bind — Psychology. a situation in which a person is given conflicting cues, especially by a parent, such that to obey one cue is to disobey the other.