14-letter words containing b, e, t, r, u
- objet de vertu — an object of virtu
- oblique stroke — (character) "/". Common names include: (forward) slash; stroke; ITU-T: slant; oblique stroke. Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; INTERCAL: slat. Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames, and hence also in URLs. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several languages.
- obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- on the rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
- or thereabouts — You add or thereabouts after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate.
- outer hebrides — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- over-ambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- perfect number — a positive number that is equal to the sum of all positive integers that are submultiples of it, as 6, which is equal to the sum of 1, 2, and 3.
- perturbational — relating to perturbation
- piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
- pleasurability — the characteristic of being pleasurable
- plumber's mate — a person who helps a plumber do his or her job
- pocket borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough whose representatives in Parliament were controlled by an individual or family.
- polar outbreak — a vigorous thrust of cold, polar air across temperate regions.
- prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
- prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
- puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
- purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
- putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
- quantum number — any integer or half of an odd integer that distinguishes one of the discrete states of a quantum-mechanical system.
- quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
- rateable value — In Britain, the rateable value of a building was a value based on its size and facilities, which was used in calculating local taxes called rates.
- redisbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- redistribution — a distribution performed again or anew.
- redistributive — favoring, supporting, or practicing income redistribution: the redistributive effects of public spending.
- resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- rotten borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough that had very few voters yet was represented in Parliament.
- roulette table — surface marked out for roulette
- round the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
- rumbledethumps — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
- running battle — When two groups of people fight a running battle, they keep attacking each other in various parts of a place.
- russet burbank — a brown-skinned, oblong potato having a mealy flesh with high starch content.
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- salt substrate — [MIT] Collective noun used to refer to potato chips, pretzels, saltines, or any other form of snack food designed primarily as a carrier for sodium chloride. From the technical term "chip substrate", used to refer to the silicon on the top of which the active parts of integrated circuits are deposited.
- saxe-altenburg — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- shit disturber — a person who enjoys causing controversy or upsetting people
- square bracket — bracket (def 3).
- st. 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).
- stubble-jumper — a prairie grain farmer
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.