Can you name the words that end in 'B' and are at least 4 letters long and listed in alphabetical order?

Clue	Word
Take in or soak up
United ___ Emirates
From whence a tulip comes
An A-lister, for short
A dusty former spider home
Cage for a baby
Interrupt, bother or interfere with
Clothing or apparel
Dill or oregano, e.g.
Biblical ladder envisoner
A baby sheep

Clue	Word
US beer brand since 1896
Feeling no pain
To lay pipes or seal with lead
Region of Northwest India
Swedish car company
American investment broker Charles
Satellite that fell to Earth in 1979
Treat with neglect or contempt
An outlying part of a city
A doohickey or gizmo
Action word

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Ends in 'B' Quiz

by sproutcm

Created Oct 8, 2011 in Language
Featured Jan 16, 2012
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	pokeman:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 18:10 GMT	0 points
	Very fun! some of these stupmed me.

	bandersnatch:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 18:13 GMT	1 point
	Can you accept thingummybob for thingamabob? :)

	BanjoZebra:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 18:15 GMT	9 points
	Fab Job!

	rockgolf:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 18:27 GMT	12 points
	Superb!

	cmkeller:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 18:45 GMT	2 points
	I am so in the mood for lamb chops now.

	bamber:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 18:48 GMT	15 points
	If you're going to devize a quiz, it is essential to make sure it isn't open to misunderstanding and that it is inclusive. Thingamabob is spelled thingummybob in the UK, so you should make either answer acceptable...or discard the question.

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	Xpider:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 18:54 GMT	16 points
	I thought I could compete with great aplomb, but alas, I was not the bomb. Hope you comb the dictionary and put out a part B!

	Blimpyboy:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 18:55 GMT	4 points
	First thing I thought of for the clue "Cage for a baby" was Kal-El.

	balatjr:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 19:04 GMT	9 points
	Nice bonus question in the puzzle address: DeKalb....

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	TrumpetPlayer:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 19:09 GMT	1 point
	great quiz, although i'm not sure i agree with the definition for "snub."

	sproutcm:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 19:15 GMT	7 points
	@bandersnatch I did check in Chambers and thingummybob is an acceptable alternate spelling so I added that to the others I already had listed. I made a series of four of these quizzes but here is the sequel: http://www.sporcle.com/games/sproutcm/capital_of_greenland

	RJMurphy:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 19:17 GMT	2 points
	@bamber I'm from the UK too but I spell it Thingamibob or Thingamybob, would it be possible to accept more variants? thanks

	sproutcm:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 19:27 GMT	10 points
	@bamber I fixed it and added that to the set of alternate spellings. It is also cute that you spelled devise as "devize" because that's not a word in American English. @RJMurphy I have accepted any form that is listed as an accepted spelling in any American or British dictionary (with is about 7 different versions). I will not add misspellings because there are plenty of accepted spellings for the word.

	torerodrizzle:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 19:40 GMT	11 points
	Stop complaining about Cage for baby. I got it right away and found it hilarious.

	untitled:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 19:46 GMT	4 points
	For the clue "Interrupt, bother or interfere with", would the word "curb" be an acceptable alternate? It fits alphabetically and is 4 letters long -- not entirely sure myself if the definition is close enough, but I got stuck on that one and wasn't able to make room in my brain for the proper answer. Fun quiz regardless, thanks.

	Tommy_C:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 19:49 GMT	7 points
	I was hoping Goldfinger's Korean assistant would throw his hat into the ring.

	Ludo:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 20:16 GMT	0 points
	Not to self 'read instructions!' At least 4 letters. messing about trying words like burb instead of suburb.

	muse:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 20:25 GMT	2 points
	i had a total brain freeze for baby sheep.. couldnt get the notion it was cub out of my head.. duh! :)

	Niques:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 20:54 GMT	2 points
	Doh, I even googled alternate spellings for "thingamybob" and still didn't get it. Apparently there's a '60s television series called "Thingumybob".

	tennis17:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 21:05 GMT	3 points
	when i first saw "cage for baby," i was terribly worried!

	monstro:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 21:10 GMT	6 points
	I think "Schwab" should be pronounced "uhb." As in Schwa-B.

	MasterNachosII:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 22:00 GMT	14 points
	I HATE words that end in silent b's, they're so dumb...

	mustango:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 22:23 GMT	3 points
	Only 1 in 6 remember the 1979 satellite. Feeling old.

	WeaselKing1000:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 22:32 GMT	8 points
	'Whence a tulip comes' is correct. The 'from' makes it tautologous.

	Fridayplaylist:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 22:46 GMT	-1 points
	'cage for a baby' sounds horrific

	Bob91351:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 22:56 GMT	5 points
	I was lost when the former spider home wasn't WEB... boy would I have felt dumb if it hadn't hit me with a few seconds to spare

	Bob91351:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 22:58 GMT	-3 points
	Missed out on that wonderful delicacy from 2 1/2 men - squab (or as Jake put it - squaaawb)

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	schak1971:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 23:01 GMT	-1 points
	any chance of taking SNOB for the a-lister question?

	EmYanks2001:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 23:26 GMT	-2 points
	For those that think "caging" a baby is a terrible thing, would you think 2x before you put your dog in a cage??? A cage is nothing more than a safe place to put him/her, and same with a baby... i would only consider it child/animal abuse if they're never allowed out!! That being said a crib is not exactly a cage in a literal sense, but its still a good clue that makes you think outside the box a bit, and thats all it was meant to be

	dwmdm:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 23:27 GMT	14 points
	Hung up thinking "perturb" for "interrupt, bother or interfere with." Anyone else?

	EmYanks2001:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 23:31 GMT	3 points
	oh and am i the only one that totally misread the directions, and thought it had to be 4 letters (not 4+) i couldnt understand how cobwebs would fit (so didnt try) and a few others.. until about a minute left when i decided to reread the directions... headdesk!!

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	roonilwazlib:	Jan 17th, 2012 at 00:23 GMT	10 points
	Totally enjoyed this quiz. Note to all who complained about the baby cage: When my daughter learned to climb out of her crib in the middle of the night, I did wish her crib were an actual cage, but apparently the authorities frown on that sort of thing. Still, I think the clue is perfectly fine as is.

	JustANiceGuy:	Jan 17th, 2012 at 02:29 GMT	4 points
	It seems to be a lot more difficult to think of a word by the last letter than the first....I wonder why that is? This is a fun twist from the usual "starts with" quizzes.

	RonB:	Jan 17th, 2012 at 02:33 GMT	2 points
	@dwmdm I was also perturbed by that clue.

	Bobman1:	Jan 17th, 2012 at 05:42 GMT	2 points
	Gee, I loved the baby cage clue. Maybe because my three pesky sons are all in school. I wish I'da called it that way back when. Maybe I did; it's all a blur. As for the most-complained about word... spelling was not my problem. You could have spotted me the first few letters and I would have been shut out. It's a fun word, just not in my everyday vocab.

	grover173:	Jan 17th, 2012 at 16:50 GMT	2 points
	I too got hung up thinking "perturb", to the point that it was basically cancelling out any other thought. Argh!