14-letter words containing b, i, c, u, s
- piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
- plastic bullet — A plastic bullet is a large bullet made of plastic, which is intended to make people stop rioting, rather than to kill people.
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
- public affairs — (used with a plural verb) matters of general interest or concern, especially those dealing with current social or political issues.
- public analyst — a scientist who tests food, water etc to ensure that they are safe
- public housing — housing owned or operated by a government and usually offered at low rent to the needy.
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- public service — the business of supplying an essential commodity, as gas or electricity, or a service, as transportation, to the general public.
- public statute — public law (def 1).
- putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
- quadrisyllabic — a word or poetic meter with four syllables
- rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
- runcible spoon — a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- self-publicist — someone who is skilled at promoting him or herself
- showbiz column — a column about the entertainment industry
- shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
- simaroubaceous — belonging to the Simaroubaceae, the quassia family of plants.
- sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
- subassociation — an association that forms part of a larger association
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subconsciouses — existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness: the subconscious self. Compare preconscious, unconscious.
- subconsciously — existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness: the subconscious self. Compare preconscious, unconscious.
- subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
- 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
- submicroscopic — too small to be seen through a microscope.
- 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.
- subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
- 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.
- superincumbent — lying or resting on something else.
- susceptibility — state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.
- susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
- susceptible to — liable to
- timber cruiser — cruiser (def 6).
- trituberculism — the condition of being trituberculate