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

  • neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
  • nondiffusible — not diffusible
  • nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
  • nonsubjective — Not subjective.
  • nonsubsidized — not subsidized
  • obliviousness — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
  • obnoxiousness — highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior.
  • obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
  • obtrusiveness — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
  • oil-based mud — Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid that is an emulsion containing oil as the base fluid.
  • ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
  • onus probandi — the burden of proof.
  • opprobriously — In an opprobrious manner.
  • overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
  • oversubscribe — to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.
  • pilot biscuit — hardtack.
  • postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
  • pouring-basin — (in a vacuum induction furnace) a trough through which molten metal flows under vacuum to a mold chamber.
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
  • presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
  • 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.
  • purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
  • rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
  • 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.
  • roxburghshire — a historic county in SE Scotland.
  • 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
  • show business — the entertainment industry, as theater, motion pictures, television, radio, carnival, and circus.
  • sodium borate — borax1 .
  • sound barrier — Also called sonic barrier, transonic barrier. (not in technical use) a hypothetical barrier to flight beyond the speed of sound, so postulated because aircraft undergo an abruptly increasing drag force induced by compression of the surrounding air when traveling near the speed of sound.
  • sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
  • south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • strombuliform — in the shape of a coil
  • sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
  • sub-questions — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
  • sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
  • suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
  • subbituminous — (of coal) dark brown to black and intermediate in rank between lignite and bituminous
  • subcategorize — to split into subcategories
  • subcinctorium — an embroidered silk vestment resembling, but somewhat broader than, a maniple, worn by the pope on solemn occasions.
  • subcollection — the act of collecting.
  • subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
  • subcommission — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
  • 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.
  • subcontiguous — almost touching; nearly contiguous.
  • subcontinuous — almost but not quite continuous
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