13-letter words containing b, e, s, u
- unpostponable — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- unpresentable — not fit to be shown or introduced to other people
- unpublishable — not capable of being made available in print for distribution and sale
- unrespectable — not able to be respected
- unresponsible — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- unsaleability — inability to be sold
- unsalvageable — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- unsatisfiable — not able to be satisfied
- unscratchable — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- unserviceable — not suitable to be used
- unsmotherable — unquenchable
- unspecifiable — not able to be specified
- unstaunchable — incapable of being stopped
- unstretchable — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- unsubstantive — a noun.
- unsupportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- unsurpassable — to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
- unsusceptible — not susceptible or impressionable; not possible or easy to influence; not vulnerable (to harm)
- unsustainable — not sustainable; not to be supported, maintained, upheld, or corroborated.
- untamableness — the quality or condition of being untamable
- untarnishable — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- untraversable — to pass or move over, along, or through.
- untunableness — tunelessness; lack of harmony
- unwhistleable — incapable of being whistled
- urban studies — the various disciplines associated with the study of urban areas, including urban planning, urban economics and urban architecture
- vannevar bush — (person) Dr. Vannevar Bush, 1890-1974. The man who invented hypertext, which he called memex, in the 1930s. Bush did his undergraduate work at Tufts College, where he later taught. His masters thesis (1913) included the invention of the Profile Tracer, used in surveying work to measure distances over uneven ground. In 1919, he joined MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering, where he stayed for twenty-five years. In 1932, he was appointed vice-president and dean. At this time, Bush worked on optical and photocomposition devices, as well as a machine for rapid selection from banks of microfilm. Further positions followed: president of the Carnegie Institute in Washington, DC (1939); chair of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1939); director of Office of Scientific Research and Development. This last role was as presidential science advisor, which made him personally responsible for the 6,000 scientists involved in the war effort. During World War II, Bush worked on radar antenna profiles and the calculation of artillery firing tables. He proposed the development of an analogue computer, which later became the Rockefeller Differential Analyser. Bush is the pivotal figure in hypertext research. His ground-breaking 1945 paper, "As We May Think," speculated on how a machine might be created to assist human reasoning, and introduced the idea of an easily accessible, individually configurable storehouse of knowledge. This machine, which he dubbed "memex," in various ways anticipated hypermedia and the World Wide Web by nearly half a century.
- vitreous body — a transparent gelatinous substance, permeated by fine fibrils, that fills the interior of the eyeball between the lens and the retina
- water biscuit — a crackerlike biscuit prepared from flour and water.
- water-soluble — capable of dissolving in water.
- web publisher — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.
- well-scrubbed — stunted; scrubby.
- west by south — a point on the compass 11°15prime; south of west. Abbreviation: WbS.
- west columbia — a town in central South Carolina.
- whole numbers — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- x-ray burster — a celestial source from which bursts of x-rays are received.