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14-letter words containing b, e, u

  • subject matter — the substance of a discussion, book, writing, etc., as distinguished from its form or style.
  • subject to sth — If an event will take place subject to a condition, it will take place only if that thing happens.
  • subjectability — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
  • subjectiveness — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
  • subjectivities — the state or quality of being subjective; subjectiveness.
  • submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • submetacentric — referring to chromosomes which have one long arm and one short arm
  • subminiaturize — to design or manufacture (equipment, especially electronic equipment) of a greatly reduced scale.
  • subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
  • subscribership — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
  • subsecretariat — an administrative department that assists and is subordinate to a secretariat.
  • subspontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
  • substantialize — to make or become substantial or actual
  • substantiative — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
  • substantivized — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
  • subterrestrial — underground; subterranean.
  • subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
  • subversiveness — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
  • sufferableness — the quality or condition of being sufferable
  • sugar diabetes — diabetes mellitus
  • suggestibility — subject to or easily influenced by suggestion.
  • suggestion box — receptacle for customers' comments
  • suicide bomber — A suicide bomber is a terrorist who carries out a bomb attack, knowing that he or she will be killed in the explosion.
  • superabsorbent — extremely or unusually absorbent: superabsorbent fibers.
  • superabundance — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
  • superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
  • superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • superincumbent — lying or resting on something else.
  • surfer's knobs — a tumorlike nodule below a surfer's knee or on the upper area of the foot, caused by pressure on the skin and tissue exerted by the surfboard.
  • susceptibility — state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.
  • susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
  • susceptible to — liable to
  • suspender belt — garter belt.
  • suspensibility — capable of being suspended.
  • sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
  • sweet viburnum — the sheepberry, Viburnum lentago.
  • table mountain — a mountain in the Republic of South Africa, near Cape Town. 3550 feet (1080 meters).
  • tableau vivant — tableau (def 3).
  • takeout double — informatory double.
  • tall buttercup — a Eurasian buttercup, Ranunculus acris, naturalized in North American fields and meadows, having a tall stem and shiny yellow flowers.
  • tatar republic — a constituent republic of W Russia, around the confluence of the Volga and Kama Rivers. Capital: Kazan. Pop: 3 779 800 (2002). Area: 68 000 sq km (26 250 sq miles)
  • tax-deductible — noting an item the value or cost of which is deductible from the gross amount on which a tax is calculated.
  • taxable amount — the portion of your income or profits that is subject to tax
  • telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
  • terbium metals — a series of closely related rare-earth elements, including terbium, gadolinium, europium, and, sometimes, dysprosium
  • terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
  • test-tube baby — an infant developed from an ovum fertilized in vitro and implanted into a woman's uterus, usually that of the biological mother.
  • test-tube skin — skin that has been grown in the laboratory from a patch of a person's skin, used for autografting, especially in the treatment of extensive burns.
  • the beatitudes — the pronouncements in the Sermon on the Mount, which begin “Blessed are the poor in spirit”: Matt. 5:3-12
  • the blue angel — a legendary German expressionist film of 1930, the first major German sound film, starring Marlene Dietrich
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