11-letter words containing ub
- monday club — (in Britain) a club made up of right-wing Conservatives who originally met together for lunch on Monday: founded in 1961
- necker cube — a line drawing showing the 12 edges of a transparent cube, so that it can be seen alternately facing in two different directions: an example of an ambiguous figure
- neural tube — a tube formed by the closure of ectodermal tissue in the early vertebrate embryo that later develops into the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia.
- nubian goat — one of a breed of large, long-eared North African goats having a Roman nose and predominantly brown or black hair: noted for their rich milk.
- on the club — away from work due to sickness, esp when receiving sickness benefit
- overdubbing — Present participle of overdub.
- para rubber — India rubber obtained from the tree Hevea brasiliensis, of the spurge family, and other species of the same genus of tropical South America.
- pastry tube — a conical tube with a patterned hole at one end, fitted over the opening of a cloth funnel (pastry bag) for shaping icings, food pastes, etc., as they are forced through by squeezing the bag.
- peel rubber — to accelerate an automobile very rapidly, as in a drag race
- pickelhaube — a spiked German helmet from the 19th and 20th centuries
- pickup tube — camera tube.
- pollen tube — the protoplasmic tube that is extruded from a germinating pollen grain and grows toward the ovule.
- postcubital — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.
- postpuberty — the period after puberty
- prepubertal — the period of life just prior to sexual maturation.
- protuberant — bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting: protuberant eyes.
- protuberate — to bulge out, forming a rounded projection.
- pubic louse — See under louse (def 1).
- public bill — a congressional or parliamentary bill involving the general interests of the people at large or of the whole community.
- public debt — national debt.
- public gaze — If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
- public good — benefit of all people
- public life — public service as an elected or appointed government official.
- public room — a lounge or other room that is open to all, especially in a hotel or on a ship.
- public sale — auction (def 1).
- publication — the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
- publicities — extensive mention in the news media or by word of mouth or other means of communication.
- publishable — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- publishings — the activities or business of a publisher, especially of books or periodicals: He plans to go into publishing after college.
- publishment — publication.
- redoubtable — that is to be feared; formidable.
- relubricate — to lubricate again or with new lubricant
- republisher — a person who republishes
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- resubscribe — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- rotary club — a local club of business and professional men that is a member of a world-wide organization of similar clubs (Rotary International) devoted to serving the community and promoting world peace.
- rowing club — rowboat association
- rubber band — a narrow, circular or oblong band of rubber, used for holding things together, as papers or a box and its lid.
- rubber boot — Rubber boots are long boots made of rubber that you wear to keep your feet dry.
- rubber duck — duck-shaped bath toy
- rubber game — any game played to break a tie resulting when each side has won the same number of games
- rubber ring — an air-filled ring made of rubber, used as a swimming aid
- rubber room — Informal. a room padded with foam rubber for the confinement of a violent mentally ill person.
- rubber tree — any tree that yields latex from which rubber is produced, especially Hevea brasiliensis, of the spurge family, native to South America, the chief commercial source of rubber.
- rubbish bag — a plastic bag for the disposal of household rubbish
- rubbish bin — trash can
- rubbish tip — dump for refuse
- rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- rubrum lily — either of two cultivated lilies, Lilium auratum rubrum or L. speciosum rubrum, having showy red flowers.