16-letter words containing b, e, a, u, t, i

paint-by-numbers — formulaic; showing no original thought or creativity
paratuberculosis — Johne's disease.
patent ambiguity — uncertainty of meaning created by the obscure or ambiguous language appearing on the face of a written instrument.
pietermaritzburg — a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
public relations — (used with a plural verb) the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc.
publication date — the date on which a book or periodical is or is planned to be published.
publicity agency — an advertising agency; a firm that gets publicity for people or products
questionableness — The state or condition of being questionable; dubiousness.
rambunctiousness — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
reaction turbine — a turbine driven by the reactive force of a fluid passing through the rotor blades.
rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.
republican party — one of the two major political parties in the U.S.: originated 1854–56.
rich tea biscuit — any of various semisweet biscuits
right about face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
run-time library — (operating system, programming, library) A file containing routines which are linked with a program at run time rather than at compile-time. The advantage of such dynamic linking is that only one copy of the library needs to be stored, rather than a copy being included with each executable that refers to it. This can greatly reduce the disk space occupied by programs. Furthermore, it means that all programs immediately benefit from changes (e.g. bug fixes) to the single copy of the library without requiring recompilation. Since the library code is normally classified as read-only to the memory management system, it is possible for a single copy of the library to be loaded into memory and shared by all active programs, thus reducing RAM and virtual memory requirements and program load time.
saint petersburg — Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
santiago de cuba — a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
self-lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
self-subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
semantic tableau — a method of demonstrating the consistency or otherwise of a set of statements by constructing a diagrammatic representation of all the circumstances that satisfy the set of statements
semisubterranean — half below the surface of the ground: the semisubterranean houses of some Indian tribes.
sodium bisulfate — a colorless crystalline compound, NaHSO 4 , soluble in water: used in dyeing, in the manufacture of cement, paper, soap, and an acid-type cleaner.
sodium carbonate — Also called soda ash. an anhydrous, grayish-white, odorless, water-soluble powder, Na 2 CO 3 , usually obtained by the Solvay process and containing about 1 percent of impurities consisting of sulfates, chlorides, and bicarbonates of sodium: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, soaps, paper, petroleum products, sodium salts, as a cleanser, for bleaching, and in water treatment.
sodium perborate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, NaBO 2 ⋅3H 2 O or NaBO 3 ⋅4H 2 O, used chiefly as a bleaching agent and antiseptic.
southern baptist — a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in Augusta, Georgia, in 1845, that is strictly Calvinistic and active in religious publishing and education.
squeaky-bum time — the tense final matches in the race to a league championship, esp from the point of view of the leaders
state-subsidized — partly paid for by the state; subsidized by the state
subjectification — to make subjective.
subsistence wage — the lowest wage upon which a worker and his or her family can survive
substantive rank — a permanent rank in the armed services obtained by length of service, selection, etc
take by surprise — to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me.
take the biscuit — Take the biscuit means the same as take the cake.
tertiary bursary — a noncompetitive award granted to all pupils who have passed a university entrance examination
the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
the subsidiariat — a collective term for the news sources that would not survive without being subsidized directly (by a government, etc), or indirectly (through sharing a parent company with another more profitable revenue source)
thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
tibetan buddhism — the form of Mahayana Buddhism that developed and is practiced primarily in Tibet and some nearby nations: its spiritual leader is the Dalai Lama
to mean business — If you say that someone means business, you mean they are serious and determined about what they are doing.
to overabound in — to have or contain too large a quantity or number of something
transubstantiate — to change from one substance into another; transmute.
tungsten carbide — a very hard, black or gray compound of tungsten and carbon, used in the manufacture of cutting and abrasion tools, dies, and wear-resistant machine parts.
turn a blind eye — pretend not to see sth
twin-carburettor — (of an engine) having two carburettors
ultra-liberalism — extremely liberal, especially in politics.
uncontradictable — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
undifferentiable — capable of being differentiated.

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