14-letter words containing a, b, u, n, s
- kuznetsk basin — an industrial region in the S Russian Federation in Asia: coal fields.
- labor unionist — unionist (def 2).
- lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
- marsupial bone — epipubis.
- misattribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
- nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
- nanopublishing — an inexpensive form of online publishing that uses blogging as a model to reach a specific audience
- neuroblastomas — Plural form of neuroblastoma.
- non-absolutist — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
- non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
- non-consumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- non-subsidiary — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
- nonsustainable — Not sustainable.
- nuts and bolts — the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job.
- omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
- orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
- pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
- public analyst — a scientist who tests food, water etc to ensure that they are safe
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
- russet burbank — a brown-skinned, oblong potato having a mealy flesh with high starch content.
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- saxe-altenburg — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
- semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
- semimembranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- siberian husky — one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs.
- slash and burn — Slash and burn is a method of farming that involves clearing land by destroying and burning all the trees and plants on it, farming there for a short time, and then moving on to clear a new piece of land.
- slash-and-burn — of a method of agriculture used in the tropics, in which forest vegetation is felled and burned, the land is cropped for a few years, then the forest is allowed to reinvade.
- solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
- somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- sounding board — a thin, resonant plate of wood forming part of a musical instrument, and so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tone.
- south suburban — a city in SE West Bengal, in E India: a suburb of Calcutta.
- spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
- square-bashing — drill on a barrack square
- stage business — business (def 10).
- sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- subaggregation — a subtotalling
- subarborescent — below or under trees