14-letter words containing a, b, u, n, s
- bush, vannevar — Vannevar Bush
- business agent — a representative of a labor union local, who investigates working conditions, negotiates contracts, etc.
- business angel — A business angel is a person who gives financial support to a commercial venture and receives a share of any profits from it, but who does not expect to be involved in its management.
- business class — Business class seating on an aeroplane costs less than first class but more than economy class.
- bust one's ass — Informal. to burst. to go bankrupt. to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort: She was determined to make straight A's or bust.
- christiansburg — a town in SW Virginia.
- colon bacillus — coliform bacillus.
- confabulations — Plural form of confabulation.
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- constabulatory — (obsolete) A constabulary.
- consubstantial — (esp of the three persons of the Trinity) regarded as identical in substance or essence though different in aspect
- cranberry bush — a North American caprifoliaceous shrub or small tree, Viburnum trilobum, producing acid red fruit
- crash and burn — to fail; be unsuccessful
- cuban sandwich — a hero sandwich, especially with ham, pork, cheese, and pickles, often grilled.
- custodian bank — A custodian bank is a bank that holds customer assets in safety.
- cybersquatting — Cybersquatting involves buying an Internet domain name that might be wanted by another person, business, or organization with the intention of selling it to them and making a profit.
- de haut en bas — with haughtiness; condescendingly
- diffuse nebula — nebula (def 1a).
- disambiguating — Present participle of disambiguate.
- disambiguation — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
- disattribution — an act or process of invalidating the attribution of something, for example of a work of art to a particular artist
- disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance
- distributional — an act or instance of distributing.
- do a slow burn — If someone does a slow burn, their angry feelings grow slowly but steadily.
- double bassoon — a bassoon an octave lower in pitch than the ordinary bassoon: the largest and deepest-toned instrument of the oboe class; contrabassoon.
- double harness — harness for a pair of horses.
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
- dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
- dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
- european bison — a closely related and similar animal, Bison bonasus, formerly widespread in Europe
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- favourableness — The state or condition of being favourable.
- gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
- garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
- go gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
- herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.
- honourableness — Alternative spelling of honorableness.
- husein ibn-ali — 1856–1931, 1st king of Hejaz 1916–24.
- in sb's favour — If someone makes a judgment in your favour, they say that you are right about something.
- inculpableness — The quality of being inculpable; blamelessness.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- inscrutability — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- insurmountably — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance
- james buchanan — James, 1791–1868, 15th president of the U.S. 1857–61.