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12-Letter Words That Start With: BUT

There are 15 12-letter words, 12 12-letter phrases and 0 12-letter abbr's that start with BUT.

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buttonhooked12
22 verbv
Valid word for Scrabble US
butterscotch12
21 nounn
noun

• a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar

butterflying12
21 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.

• To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.

butterfishes12
20 nounn
noun

• Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially

butterflyers12
20
Valid word for Scrabble US
buttonbushes12
19 nounn
noun

• Any of the genus Cephalanthus of flowering plants in the madder family.

• Any of the genus Conocarpus of two species of tropical flowering plants; a mangrove.

buttonholing12
18 verbv
noun

• a hole through which buttons are pushed

verb

• detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors

buttonholers12
17 nounn
noun

• One who detains somebody in conversation against their will.

• An attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forward-and-backward motions involved in sewing a buttonhole.

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