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13-letter words containing b, i, o, l, u

  • mound builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
  • mound-builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
  • multiple boot — dual boot
  • multivibrator — A device consisting of two amplifying transistors or valves, each with its output connected to the input of the other, producing an oscillatory signal.
  • non-imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
  • non-reducible — capable of being reduced.
  • nondeductible — Not allowable as a deduction from income for the calculation of taxes.
  • nondiffusible — not diffusible
  • nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
  • notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
  • objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
  • oblique angle — an angle that is not a right angle; an acute or obtuse angle.
  • oblique fault — a fault that runs obliquely to, rather than parallel to or perpendicular to, the strike of the affected rocks
  • obliviousness — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
  • obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
  • oeil-de-boeuf — a comparatively small round or oval window, as in a frieze.
  • oil-based mud — Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid that is an emulsion containing oil as the base fluid.
  • old bulgarian — the Bulgarian language of the Middle Ages.
  • opprobriously — In an opprobrious manner.
  • organ-builder — a maker of organs
  • out on a limb — a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing: the lower limbs; artificial limbs.
  • perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • pilot biscuit — hardtack.
  • polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • primum mobile — (in Ptolemaic astronomy) the outermost of the 10 concentric spheres of the universe, making a complete revolution every 24 hours and causing all the others to do likewise.
  • producibility — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • public domain — the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection.
  • public office — position in government
  • public policy — the fundamental policy on which laws rest, especially policy not yet enunciated in specific rules.
  • public school — (in the U.S.) a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education commonly including primary and secondary schools.
  • public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
  • purple mombin — a tree, Spondias purpurea, of tropical America, having clusters of purple or greenish flowers and yellow or dark red fruit that is edible either raw or cooked.
  • purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
  • quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
  • rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
  • redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
  • 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).
  • republication — publication anew.
  • resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • rum rebellion — the deposition of Governor William Bligh in 1808 by officers of the New South Wales Corps, caused by his interference in their trading activities, esp in the trafficking of rum
  • saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • strombuliform — in the shape of a coil
  • sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
  • suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
  • subcollection — the act of collecting.
  • subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
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