11-letter words that end in e
- bullet tree — any of various tropical American trees, as Manilkara bidentata, of the sapodilla family, that yield the gum balata.
- bunny slope — (in skiing) a nursery slope
- bunyanesque — of immense size or stature, as ascribed to Paul Bunyan or to the other characters, exploits, etc., in the legends about him.
- bupivacaine — a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks
- burnet rose — a very prickly Eurasian rose, Rosa pimpinellifolia, with white flowers and purplish-black fruits
- burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
- bursiculate — resembling a pouch
- bush league — In baseball, a bush league is the same as a minor league.
- bush parole — an escape from prison.
- bush shrike — any shrike of the African subfamily Malaconotinae, such as Chlorophoneus nigrifrons (black-fronted bush shrike)
- bush-league — inferior or amateurish; mediocre: a bush-league theatrical performance.
- bust a move — go, leave
- bustle pipe — an annular pipe distributing hot air to the tuyères.
- busy lizzie — a balsaminaceous plant, Impatiens balsamina, that has pink, red, or white flowers and is often grown as a pot plant
- butt stroke — a blow struck with the butt of a rifle, as in close combat.
- butter tree — any of several trees, as the shea, whose fatty seeds yield a butterlike substance
- butterpaste — a mixture of flour and butter kneaded together, used as a thickening for sauces.
- button rose — a small rose whose flowers form a round head
- button tree — any of a genus (Conocarpus) of dicotyledonous West Indian trees with buttonlike fruit
- button-hole — the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
- buzz phrase — a phrase that comes into vogue in the same way as a buzz word
- cacqueteuse — a narrow, upright armchair of 16th-century France, having widely splayed arms and a very narrow back.
- cafe filtre — a strong black filtered coffee
- cafe royale — black coffee, to which cognac, lemon peel, sugar, and sometimes cinnamon have been added.
- caffe latte — latte
- calculative — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- calefactive — producing heat
- calendarise — apportion (eg budget) to equal units of time (usually months) within a year
- calendarize — to apportion (e.g. a budget) into equal units of time (usually months) within a year
- californite — vesuvianite jade.
- call centre — A call centre is an office where people work answering or making telephone calls for a particular company.
- calligramme — words arranged to form a picture
- camaraderie — Camaraderie is a feeling of trust and friendship among a group of people who have usually known each other for a long time or gone through some kind of experience together.
- camera tube — the part of a television camera that converts an optical image into an electrical signal
- cameraphone — a mobile phone incorporating a camera
- campanulate — (esp of flower corollas) shaped like a bell
- campbellite — a member of the Disciples of Christ.
- camphor ice — an ointment consisting of camphor, white wax, spermaceti, and castor oil, used to treat skin ailments, esp chapped skin
- can't abide — If you can't abide someone or something, you dislike them very much.
- canadianize — to make Canadian in character.
- canal barge — a long narrow boat used on canals, esp for carrying freight
- cancellable — able to be cancelled
- cancelm00se — Cancelmoose
- cancelmoose — (messaging) A semi-mythical being that cancels Usenet articles posted by others. (In general, an article can only be cancelled by its original author.) The Cancelmoose's usual target is spam or extremely excessive cross-posting. Some believe that the Cancelmoose exists only in the same mythic sense that B1FF, the NSA line eater and Shub Internet exist; others consider Cancelmoose's historicity to be closer to that of Kibo. The latter group assume that the real Cancelmoose is not one person (or moose), but instead is a cabal of NNTP wonks. However, the Cancelmoose is probably real, seeing as how it has its own website.
- cancer gene — oncogene.
- candescence — glowing; incandescent.
- candidature — Candidature means the same as candidacy.
- candleflame — Flame of a candle.
- candy apple — A candy apple is an apple coated with hard, red sugar syrup and fixed on a stick.
- candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery