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11-letter words containing u, n, c

  • autoclaving — Present participle of autoclave.
  • autodynamic — Supplying its own power.
  • autogenetic — self-generated.
  • autokinetic — automatically self-moving
  • autonomical — autonomous.
  • averruncate — to avert, to turn away
  • avuncularly — in the manner of an uncle
  • back burner — If you put an issue on the back burner, you leave it in order to deal with it later because you now consider it to have become less urgent or important.
  • back number — A back number of a magazine or newspaper is the same as a back issue.
  • back-burner — a condition of low priority or temporary deferment (usually used in the phrase on the back burner): Put other issues on the back burner until after the election.
  • backcountry — an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland
  • backgrounds — Plural form of background.
  • baconburger — a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon.
  • bagna cauda — a dip made from garlic, anchovies, butter, and olive oil, usually served hot over a spirit burner, with raw vegetables
  • balance lug — a lugsail having a portion of its area forward of the mast and having a long foot, often with a boom.
  • balance out — If two or more opposite things balance out or if you balance them out, they become equal in amount, value, or effect.
  • baluchistan — a mountainous region of SW Asia, in SW Pakistan and SE Iran
  • bancassurer — a bank that sells insurance products
  • bannockburn — a village in central Scotland, south of Stirling: nearby is the site of a victory (1314) of the Scots, led by Robert the Bruce, over the English. Pop: 7396 (2001)
  • bareknuckle — (of a prizefight, prizefighter, etc.) without boxing gloves; using the bare fists.
  • barracudina — any of several slender, large-mouthed, pelagic fishes of the family Paralepididae.
  • basicranium — (anatomy) The inferior region of the skull.
  • bateau neck — boat neck.
  • beancounter — Alternative spelling of bean counter.
  • beauticians — Plural form of beautician.
  • beckenbauer — Franz. born 1945, German footballer: team captain when West Germany won the World Cup (1974): manager of West Germany (1984–90), coaching the team to success in the 1990 World Cup
  • benue-congo — a branch of the Niger-Congo family of African languages, consisting of the Bantu languages together with certain other languages of W Africa
  • bergschrund — a crevasse at the head of a glacier
  • bifurcation — the act or fact of bifurcating
  • binocularly — relating to the use of two eyes at once
  • binucleated — having two nuclei
  • biscuit tin — an airtight container for storing biscuits in
  • bivouacking — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
  • black angus — Aberdeen Angus
  • black cumin — a Eurasian herb, Nigella sativa, having pungent aromatic seeds used as a spice, but unrelated to cumin.
  • blacktongue — canine pellagra.
  • blood count — Your blood count is the number of red and white cells in your blood. A blood count can also refer to a medical examination which determines the number of red and white cells in your blood.
  • blue pencil — deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
  • blue screen — a special effects film technique involving filming actors against a blue screen on which effects such as computerized graphics can be added later and integrated into a single sequence
  • blue-pencil — to alter, abridge, or cancel with or as with a pencil that has blue lead, as in editing a manuscript.
  • bluejacking — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages
  • bonus stock — shares of stock, usually common, given by a corporation as a bonus with the purchase of another class of security
  • bounce back — If you bounce back after a bad experience, you return very quickly to your previous level of success, enthusiasm, or activity.
  • bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
  • bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
  • brown sauce — a sauce made from cooked fat and flour
  • brunch coat — a knee-length housecoat.
  • bucaramanga — a city in N central Colombia, in the Cordillera Oriental: centre of a district growing coffee, tobacco, and cotton. Pop: 1 069 000 (2005 est)
  • buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
  • bucket down — If the rain buckets down, or if it buckets down with rain, it rains very heavily.
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