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15-letter words containing a, c, u, t, e, b

  • plug-compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
  • procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
  • publicity agent — A publicity agent is a person whose job is to make sure that a large number of people know about a person, show, or event so that they are successful.
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • quasi-objective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
  • queen substance — a pheromone secreted from the mandibular glands of a queen honeybee and smelled, eaten, and absorbed by the worker bees, having the effect of preventing them from producing or rearing rival queens.
  • reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
  • rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
  • robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
  • runabout ticket — a rail ticket that allows unlimited travel within a specified area for a limited period of time (for example one day, a weekend, three days, etc)
  • sb's cup of tea — If you say that someone or something is not your cup of tea, you mean that they are not the kind of person or thing that you like.
  • sesquicarbonate — a salt intermediate in composition between a carbonate and a bicarbonate or consisting of the two combined.
  • special subject — an area of knowledge in which someone specializes
  • streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
  • subcontraoctave — the octave below the contraoctave, which is three octaves below the middle C octave on a standard keyboard
  • subject catalog — a catalog having entries listed by subject only.
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
  • substance abuse — long-term, pathological use of alcohol or drugs, characterized by daily intoxication, inability to reduce consumption, and impairment in social or occupational functioning; broadly, alcohol or drug addiction.
  • subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
  • superbureaucrat — an important or highly powerful bureaucrat
  • tableau curtain — a curtain, often used as an act curtain, designed to be drawn aside and up to give a festooned or draped effect.
  • tablet computer — a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
  • the black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
  • the public weal — the public good; the good of society
  • torture chamber — a room where somebody is caused extreme physical pain, esp in order to extract information, break resistance, etc
  • touch base with — the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests: a metal base for the table.
  • travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
  • tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
  • tuberculization — the process of becoming, or of causing people or animals to become, infected with tuberculosis
  • un-come-at-able — not accessible
  • unacceptability — capable or worthy of being accepted.
  • unascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
  • uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
  • unconstrainable — unable to be confined
  • uncontrollables — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • unexceptionable — not offering any basis for exception or objection; beyond criticism: an unexceptionable record of achievement.
  • unobjectionable — causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.
  • unobjectionably — without objection
  • unteachableness — the quality or condition of being unteachable
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