12-letter words containing bu
- last but one — next to last
- lawrenceburg — a town in S Tennessee.
- le corbusier — (Charles Édouard Jeanneret) 1887–1965, Swiss architect in France.
- lemon butter — a spread made of butter flavored with lemon
- lillibullero — a part of the refrain to a song deriding the Irish Roman Catholics, popular in England during and after the revolution of 1688.
- lobular pump — a blower or pump displacing air or liquid by means of rotors having meshing lobes that act as a seal at their place of mesh.
- lunch-bucket — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
- malibu board — a lightweight, fiberglass-covered surfboard, usually about 10 feet (3 meters) long with a rounded nose and tail and a convex bottom for increased maneuverability.
- mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
- maple butter — thickened maple syrup
- market abuse — (in Britain) a statutory offence which covers insider trading and stock market manipulation
- meker burner — a gas burner similar to the Bunsen burner but producing a hotter flame by virtue of having at its mouth a metal screen to allow a more intimate mixture of air and gas.
- microbubbles — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microtubular — Of or pertaining to microtubules.
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- middlebuster — Southern U.S. lister1 (def 1).
- milkweed bug — any of several red and black lygaeid bugs, as Oncopeltus fasciatus, that feed on the juice of the milkweed.
- misattribute — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- miss the bus — lose opportunity
- mooring buoy — a buoy to which ships or boats can be moored.
- mount erebus — a volcano in Antarctica, on Ross Island: discovered by Sir James Ross in 1841 and named after his ship. Height: 3794 m (12 448 ft)
- multilobular — having several or many lobules.
- multitubular — Having many tubes.
- mwambutsa iv — 1912–77, king of Burundi 1962–66.
- myclobutanil — A triazole fungicide that works by inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis.
- nebulization — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- nebulosities — Plural form of nebulosity.
- nebulousness — The characteristic of being nebulous.
- new business — New business is the number of new policies that are written by an insurance company in a particular period.
- noctambulant — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- nonturbulent — Not turbulent.
- obambulation — (obsolete) Wandering about; a casual outing.
- oda nobunaga — 1534–82, Japanese general and feudal leader, who unified much of Japan under his control: assassinated
- ohio buckeye — See under buckeye (def 1).
- ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
- omnibus bill — a bill dealing with, or providing for many different things or cases
- orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt
- orion nebula — a luminous nebula in the constellation Orion, in the center of Orion's sword.
- out-building — a detached building subordinate to a main building.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
- overabundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- overburdened — Excessively burdened.
- panic button — an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help.
- panic buying — shopping to stockpile for emergency
- pause button — a button on a video or music player which can be pressed to temporarily stop the playing of the recording