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13-letter words containing b, e, n, u, m

  • premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
  • presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
  • proton number — the number of positive charges or protons in the nucleus of an atom of a given element, and therefore also the number of electrons normally surrounding the nucleus. Symbol: Z. Abbreviation: at. no.;
  • purple mombin — a tree, Spondias purpurea, of tropical America, having clusters of purple or greenish flowers and yellow or dark red fruit that is edible either raw or cooked.
  • random number — pseudorandom number
  • random rubble — masonry in which untooled stones are set without coursing
  • re-submitting — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
  • reimbursement — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • rubber cement — a viscous, flammable liquid consisting of unvulcanized rubber dispersed in benzene, gasoline, or the like, used chiefly as an adhesive.
  • rum rebellion — the deposition of Governor William Bligh in 1808 by officers of the New South Wales Corps, caused by his interference in their trading activities, esp in the trafficking of rum
  • sand bluestem — a grass, Andropogon hallii, native to the Great Plains, used as a cover crop for sand dunes.
  • serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
  • serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
  • signed number — Mathematics. a number preceded by a plus sign (+) to indicate a positive quantity or by a minus sign (−) to indicate a negative quantity.
  • square number — a number that is the square of another integer, as 1 of 1, 4 of 2, 9 of 3, etc.
  • steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
  • street number — the number on a street of a particular building or address
  • sub-component — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
  • subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
  • subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
  • subgovernment — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • submarine pen — a bunker that prevents submarines from bombs
  • subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
  • supermembrane — a type of two-dimensional entity postulated in certain theories of elementary particles that involve supersymmetry
  • supreme being — God.
  • tibeto-burman — a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan languages, including especially Tibetan and Burmese.
  • tout ensemble — all together.
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • umbrella pine — a Japanese evergreen tree, Sciadopitys verticillata, having linear leaves growing in umbrellalike whorls, cultivated as an ornamental.
  • umbrella tent — a small tent with a metal frame consisting of ribs that radiate from a single supporting pole.
  • unamiableness — the state or quality of being unamiable or ill-tempered
  • unassimilable — capable of being assimilated.
  • unbeseemingly — in an unbeseeming or unbefitting manner
  • unciform bone — a small bone of the wrist
  • uncomfortable — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
  • uncommendable — not able to be commended; unworthy of commendation; reprehensible
  • uncommendably — in an uncommendable manner
  • uncompletable — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • unconformable — not conformable; not conforming.
  • unembarrassed — to cause confusion and shame to; make uncomfortably self-conscious; disconcert; abash: His bad table manners embarrassed her.
  • unembellished — to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.
  • unimpeachable — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
  • unimpeachably — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
  • unimpressible — not capable of being or willing to be impressed
  • uninflammable — (of materials and substances) not liable to catch fire, not flammable
  • unmedicinable — not able to be treated with medicine
  • unmentionable — not mentionable; inappropriate, unfit, or improper for mention, as in polite conversation; unspeakable.
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