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11-letter words containing ub

  • erubescence — the process of growing red or a condition of redness
  • eubacterial — (biology) Of or pertaining to the Eubacteria.
  • eubacterium — A bacterium of a large group typically having simple cells with rigid cell walls and often flagella for movement. The group comprises the “ true ” bacteria and cyanobacteria, as distinct from archaebacteria.
  • exuberantly — In an exuberant manner.
  • exuberating — Present participle of exuberate.
  • fat-soluble — soluble in oils or fats.
  • floral tube — a cylinder formed in some flowers by the fusion of the perianth and stamens, as in the daffodil or iris.
  • foam rubber — a light, spongy rubber, used for mattresses, cushions, etc.
  • four-h club — an organization sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, established chiefly to instruct young people, originally in rural areas, in modern farming methods and other useful skills, as carpentry and home economics.
  • geiger tube — a tube functioning as an ionization chamber within a Geiger counter.
  • golden club — an aquatic plant, Orontium aquaticum, of the arum family, native to the eastern U.S., having blue-green leaves and a clublike spadix covered with tiny yellow flowers.
  • grub street — a street in London, England: formerly inhabited by many impoverished minor writers and literary hacks; now called Milton Street.
  • gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
  • hard rubber — rubber vulcanized with a large amount of sulfur, usually 25–35 percent, to render it stiff and comparatively inflexible.
  • health club — a usually private club that offers its members facilities for exercising and physical conditioning.
  • hot-tubbing — a wooden tub, usually large enough to accommodate several persons, that is filled with hot aerated water and often equipped with a thermostat and whirlpool: used for recreation or physical therapy and often placed out of doors, as on a porch.
  • hubba hubba — expressing sexual attraction
  • hubba-hubba — an expression of excitement or approval
  • in the club — pregnant
  • incubations — Plural form of incubation.
  • indian club — a metal or wooden club shaped like a large bottle, swung singly or in pairs for exercising the arms.
  • indubiously — Synonym of without a doubt.
  • indubitable — that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable.
  • indubitably — that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable.
  • inner-tuber — tuber2 (def 2).
  • insalubrity — unfavorable to health; unwholesome.
  • irresoluble — incapable of being solved or clarified.
  • irresolubly — In a irresoluble manner.
  • jockey club — an association for the regulation and promotion of thoroughbred horse racing, usually composed of racing officials and thoroughbred owners at a specific racetrack or in a particular region.
  • jubal early — Jubal Anderson [joo-buh l] /ˈdʒu bəl/ (Show IPA), 1816–94, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
  • kennel club — an association of dog breeders, usually concerned only with certain breeds of dogs.
  • kublai khan — 1216–94, khan c1260–94: founder of the Mongol dynasty in China (grandson of Genghis Khan).
  • landlubbers — Plural form of landlubber.
  • landlubbing — an unseasoned sailor or someone unfamiliar with the sea.
  • lenard tube — an early cathode-ray tube having at the end opposite the cathode a window of thin glass or metal allowing cathode rays (Lenard rays) to pass out into the atmosphere.
  • lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
  • lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
  • lubber line — a vertical line on the forward inner side of the bowl of a fixed compass, used as a reference mark indicating the heading of a vessel.
  • lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • lubritorium — a place, as in a service station, for the lubrication of motor vehicles
  • lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
  • lucubratory — Composed by candlelight, or at night.
  • maceranduba — the milk tree, native to Brazil
  • mare nubium — (Sea of Clouds) a dark plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 95,000 sq. mi. (245,000 sq. km).
  • melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
  • microbubble — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
  • microtubule — a hollow cylindrical structure in the cytoplasm of most cells, involved in intracellular shape and transport.
  • misdoubtful — doubting; distrustful
  • misdoubting — Present participle of misdoubt.
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