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17-letter words containing a, r, b, u, t

  • neurofibromatosis — a dominantly inherited genetic disorder characterized by flat brown patches on the skin, neurofibromas of the skin and internal organs, and in some cases skeletal deformity.
  • non-subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
  • nonunderstandable — Not understandable.
  • old south arabian — a group of four closely related Semitic languages, having a writing system and used from about the eighth to the fifth centuries b.c. in the southern part of Arabia.
  • outside broadcast — An outside broadcast is a radio or television programme that is not recorded or filmed in a studio, but in another building or in the open air.
  • peacock butterfly — a European nymphalid butterfly, Inachis io, having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
  • pittsburg landing — a village in SW Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: battle of Shiloh in 1862.
  • plateau's problem — the problem in the calculus of variations of finding the surface with the least area bounded by a given closed curve in space.
  • polyvinyl butyral — a white, water-insoluble, polyvinyl acetal made with butyraldehyde, used chiefly as an interlayer in the manufacture of safety glass.
  • portable computer — (computer)   (Commonly, "laptop") A portable personal computer you can carry with one hand. Some laptops run so hot that it would be quite uncomforable to actually use them on your lap for long. The term "notebook" is often used to describe these, though it also implies a low weight (less than 2kg). A "luggable" is one you could carry in one hand but is so heavy you wouldn't want to. One that can by easily operated while held in one hand is a "palmtop". The computer considered by most historians to be the first true portable computer was the Osborne 1 but see the link below for other contenders.
  • postbaccalaureate — bachelor's degree.
  • potassium bromate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, KBrO 3 , used chiefly as an oxidizing agent and as an analytical reagent.
  • potassium bromide — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, KBr, having a bitter saline taste: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic papers and plates, in engraving, and in medicine as a sedative.
  • probability curve — a curve that describes the distribution of probability over the values of a random variable.
  • product liability — the responsibility of a manufacturer for injury or loss caused by its product.
  • quality paperback — a softbound book that is usually larger and more expensive than a mass market paperback and is sold primarily in bookstores as a trade book.
  • quarterback sneak — a play in which the quarterback charges into the middle of the line, usually immediately after receiving the ball from the center.
  • reflection nebula — a cloud of interstellar gas and dust that reflects the light of neighboring stars.
  • rub the wrong way — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
  • rubarth's disease — a common, rapidly progressing viral hepatitis of dogs and other carnivores, often confused with canine distemper.
  • rubber plantation — an estate in a tropical country where rubber trees are grown on a large scale
  • rubber-base paint — latex paint.
  • russell, bertrand — Bertrand Russell
  • safety in numbers — If you say that there is safety in numbers, you mean that you are safer doing something if there are a lot of people doing it rather than doing it alone.
  • saint bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
  • saxe-coburg-gotha — a member of the present British royal family, from the establishment of the house in 1901 until 1917 when the family name was changed to Windsor.
  • sodium bichromate — a red or orange crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 Cr 2 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, used as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of dyes and inks, as a corrosion inhibitor, a mordant, a laboratory reagent, in the tanning of leather, and in electroplating.
  • sodium pyroborate — borax1 .
  • spiritual bouquet — the spiritual presentation of a good work to another person.
  • square and rabbet — annulet (def 1).
  • statue of liberty — a large copper statue, on Liberty Island, in New York harbor, depicting a woman holding a burning torch: designed by F. A. Bartholdi and presented to the U.S. by France; unveiled 1886.
  • subclavian artery — either of a pair of arteries, one on each side of the body, that carry the main supply of blood to the arms.
  • subordinated debt — a debt that an unsecured creditor can only claim, in the event of a liquidation, after the claims of secured creditors have been paid
  • subscription rate — the price charged for a subscription
  • substantive right — a right, as life, liberty, or property, recognized for its own sake and as part of the natural legal order of society.
  • subtractive color — cyan, yellow, or magenta, as used in the subtractive process of color photography.
  • sunbury-on-thames — a town in SE England, in N Surrey. Pop: 27 415 (2001)
  • surrender to bail — to present oneself at court at the appointed time after having been on bail
  • tanenbaum, andrew — Andrew Tanenbaum
  • tapestry brussels — a carpet made with three-ply or four-ply worsted yarn drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern over the entire surface (body Brussels) or made of worsted or woolen yarns on which a pattern is printed (tapestry Brussels)
  • temporomandibular — of, relating to, or situated near the hinge joint formed by the lower jaw and the temporal bone of the skull.
  • the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
  • the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
  • thread-legged bug — any of certain insects of the family Reduviidae, characterized by an elongated, slender body and long frail legs, the front pair of which are raptorial.
  • torricellian tube — a vertical glass tube partly evacuated and partly filled with mercury, the height of which is used as a measure of atmospheric pressure
  • trouble came back — (jargon)   (TCB) An IBM term for an intermittent or difficult-to-reproduce problem that has failed to respond to neglect or shotgun debugging. Compare heisenbug.
  • tubercle bacillus — the bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, causing tuberculosis.
  • turbinado (sugar) — a partially refined, granulated, pale-brown sugar obtained by washing raw sugar in a centrifuge until most of the molasses is removed
  • turbosupercharger — (formerly) a turbocharger.
  • ultramicrobalance — a balance for weighing precisely, to a hundredth of a microgram or less, minute quantities of material.
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