11-letter words containing u, r, b, a
- buzz-aldrin — Edwin Eugene, Jr ("Buzz") born 1930, U.S. astronaut.
- byelorussia — Official name Belarus. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in E Europe, N of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Capital: Minsk.
- 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
- cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
- call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
- camera tube — the part of a television camera that converts an optical image into an electrical signal
- candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
- carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
- carbuncular — of, relating to, or resembling a carbuncle, especially having a carbuncle or a red and inflamed area.
- carburation — the process of mixing a hydrocarbon fuel with a correct amount of air to make an explosive mixture for an internal-combustion engine
- carburetant — a substance, as gasoline or benzene, added to air or gas to carburet it
- carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
- carburetors — Plural form of carburetor.
- carburetter — Alternative spelling of carburetor.
- carburettor — A carburettor is the part of an engine, usually in a car, in which air and petrol are mixed together to form a vapour which can be burned.
- carbutamide — An antidiabetic drug.
- carvelbuilt — Alternative form of carvel-built.
- cat burglar — A cat burglar is a thief who steals from houses or other buildings by climbing up walls and entering through windows or through the roof.
- cattle grub — the larva or adult of a warble fly, especially Hypoderma lineatum, a common pest of cattle in North America.
- chaleur bay — an inlet of the Gulf of St. Lawrence between NE New Brunswick and SE Quebec, in SE Canada: rich fishing ground. About 85 miles (135 km) long; 15–25 miles (24–40 km) wide.
- chamber mug — a chamber pot.
- chartbuster — A popular singer or group that makes a best-selling recording.
- chupacabras — Plural form of chupacabra.
- circumbasal — surrounding the base.
- columbarium — a vault having niches for funeral urns
- concubinary — of, relating to, or living in concubinage.
- conquerable — Capable of being conquered or subdued.
- construable — that can be construed
- contubernal — occupying the same tent
- conurbation — A conurbation consists of a large city together with the smaller towns around it.
- corbiculate — having corbiculae or pollen baskets
- corruptable — Able to be corrupted.
- cougar bait — a younger man who is often pursued by older women seeking a sexual relationship: We all agreed he was prime cougar bait.
- counterbase — a double bass
- covarrubias — Miguel [mee-gel] /miˈgɛl/ (Show IPA), 1904–57, Mexican caricaturist, illustrator, and painter.
- crab cactus — Christmas cactus
- crab nebula — the expanding remnant of the supernova observed in 1054 ad, lying in the constellation Taurus at an approximate distance of 6500 light years
- crazy about — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- cretan bull — a savage bull, captured on Crete by Hercules and allowed to roam near Marathon in Greece until captured by Theseus.
- cruciverbal — of or relating to crosswords
- culebra cut — former name of Gaillard Cut.
- cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
- curableness — The quality or state of being curable.
- curb market — curb (def 5).
- currant bun — a sweet bun containing currants
- dandy brush — a brush with stiff, short bristles that is used for grooming animals, especially horses.
- dandy-brush — a stiff brush used for grooming a horse
- dark nebula — a type of nebula that is observed by its blocking of radiation from other sources
- de beauvoir — Simone (simɔn). 1908–86, French existentialist novelist and feminist, whose works include Le Sang des autres (1944), Le Deuxième Sexe (1949), and Les Mandarins (1954)