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17-letter words containing b, i, n, t, u, r

  • lebesgue integral — an integral obtained by application of the theory of measure and more general than the Riemann integral.
  • liberal education — an education based primarily on the liberal arts, emphasizing the development of intellectual abilities as opposed to the acquisition of professional skills.
  • lithium carbonate — a colorless crystalline compound, Li 2 CO 3 , slightly soluble in water: used in ceramic and porcelain glazes, pharmaceuticals, and luminescent paints.
  • little blue heron — a small heron, Egretta caerulea, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere, having bluish-gray plumage.
  • manufacturability — The condition of being manufacturable.
  • misunderstandable — Capable of being misunderstood.
  • neurofibromatosis — a dominantly inherited genetic disorder characterized by flat brown patches on the skin, neurofibromas of the skin and internal organs, and in some cases skeletal deformity.
  • non-reimbursement — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
  • non-subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
  • number eight iron — a club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a pitcher but less slope than a niblick.
  • number eight wire — a standard gauge of fencing wire
  • old south arabian — a group of four closely related Semitic languages, having a writing system and used from about the eighth to the fifth centuries b.c. in the southern part of Arabia.
  • on-the-job injury — On-the-job injury is bodily harm that is caused while you are doing your job.
  • percussion bullet — a bullet that is exploded by percussion
  • pittsburg landing — a village in SW Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: battle of Shiloh in 1862.
  • plumbing fixtures — things such as pipes, sinks, toilets that are fixed in position in a building
  • polyvinyl butyral — a white, water-insoluble, polyvinyl acetal made with butyraldehyde, used chiefly as an interlayer in the manufacture of safety glass.
  • production number — a specialty number or routine, usually performed by the entire cast consisting of musicians, singers, dancers, stars, etc., of a musical comedy, vaudeville show, or the like.
  • public enterprise — economic activity by governmental organizations
  • recumbent bicycle — a type of bicycle that is ridden in a reclining position
  • redistributionist — a person who believes in, advocates, or supports income redistribution.
  • reflection nebula — a cloud of interstellar gas and dust that reflects the light of neighboring stars.
  • ribonucleoprotein — a substance composed of RNA in close association with protein; a nucleoprotein containing RNA. Abbreviation: RNP.
  • rubber plantation — an estate in a tropical country where rubber trees are grown on a large scale
  • rubber-base paint — latex paint.
  • safety in numbers — If you say that there is safety in numbers, you mean that you are safer doing something if there are a lot of people doing it rather than doing it alone.
  • saint bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
  • subclavian artery — either of a pair of arteries, one on each side of the body, that carry the main supply of blood to the arms.
  • subordinated debt — a debt that an unsecured creditor can only claim, in the event of a liquidation, after the claims of secured creditors have been paid
  • subscription rate — the price charged for a subscription
  • substantive right — a right, as life, liberty, or property, recognized for its own sake and as part of the natural legal order of society.
  • surrender to bail — to present oneself at court at the appointed time after having been on bail
  • synchronous orbit — an orbit in which the orbital period of a satellite is identical to the spin period of the central body
  • teething troubles — Teething troubles are the same as teething problems.
  • temporomandibular — of, relating to, or situated near the hinge joint formed by the lower jaw and the temporal bone of the skull.
  • the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
  • third-degree burn — a burned place or area: a burn where fire had ripped through the forest.
  • to knit your brow — If you knit your brows or knit your eyebrows, you frown because you are angry or worried.
  • torricellian tube — a vertical glass tube partly evacuated and partly filled with mercury, the height of which is used as a measure of atmospheric pressure
  • triboluminescence — luminescence produced by friction, usually within a crystalline substance.
  • tuberculin-tested — (of milk) produced by cows that have been certified as free of tuberculosis
  • turbidity current — a turbid, dense current of sediments in suspension moving along the slope and bottom of a lake or ocean.
  • turbinado (sugar) — a partially refined, granulated, pale-brown sugar obtained by washing raw sugar in a centrifuge until most of the molasses is removed
  • ultramicrobalance — a balance for weighing precisely, to a hundredth of a microgram or less, minute quantities of material.
  • understandability — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • unpredictableness — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
  • unreconstructible — not capable of being reconstructed.
  • urban exploration — a recreational activity in which people explore derelict urban structures such as abandoned sewers or underground railways or attempt to access areas which are closed to the public such as the roofs of skyscrapers
  • ventura publisher — Corel VENTURA
  • vibrofluidization — Vibrofluidization is when vibration is used to make particles move in a fluidized bed.
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