13-letter words containing b, e, u, n, c
- insusceptible — not susceptible; incapable of being influenced or affected (usually followed by of or to): insusceptible of flattery; insusceptible to infection.
- knuckleballer — a pitcher who specializes in throwing knuckle balls.
- lingual brace — a specialized dental brace that fits behind the teeth so that it is not visible when the wearer speaks or smiles.
- luncheon club — (in Britain) an arrangement or organization for serving hot midday meals for a small charge to old people in clubs or daycentres
- melbourne cup — an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861
- membranaceous — Resembling or having properties of a membrane.
- mescal button — one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, especially by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote.
- microbusiness — A business that operates on a very small scale.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- new brunswick — a province in SE Canada, E of Maine. 27,985 sq. mi. (72,480 sq. km). Capital: Fredericton.
- news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
- non-incumbent — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- non-reducible — capable of being reduced.
- nonconsumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- nondeductible — Not allowable as a deduction from income for the calculation of taxes.
- nonsubjective — Not subjective.
- octane number — (of gasoline) a designation of antiknock quality, numerically equal to the percentage of isooctane by volume in a mixture of isooctane and normal heptane that matches the given gasoline in antiknock characteristics.
- on the bounce — in succession; one after the other
- overabundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- pencil rubber — a piece of rubber used for erasing something written in pencil; eraser
- postpubescent — a young person in his or her early teens.
- pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- prepubescence — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
- pronounceable — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- queen's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
- rauschenbusch — Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
- record button — the button that you press on a device or remote control to begin recording sound, images, etc
- reducibleness — the extent, state or quality of being reducible
- relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- republicanism — republican government.
- republicanize — to make republican.
- republication — publication anew.
- rubber cement — a viscous, flammable liquid consisting of unvulcanized rubber dispersed in benzene, gasoline, or the like, used chiefly as an adhesive.
- rubbernecking — staring or gaping inquisitively, esp in a naive or foolish manner
- ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
- saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
- satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- skunk cabbage — a low, fetid, broad-leaved North American plant, Symplocarpus foetidus, of the arum family, having a brownish-purple and green mottled spathe surrounding a stout spadix, growing in moist ground.
- sub-component — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- sub-reference — an act or instance of referring.
- subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
- subappearance — a slight appearance
- subcollection — the act of collecting.
- subconcession — the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or a point or fact in an argument: He made no concession to caution.
- subconscience — an inhibiting sense of what is prudent: I'd eat another piece of pie but my conscience would bother me.
- subdiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.