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16-letter words containing b, l, u, e, i

  • filterable virus — a virus particle small enough to pass through a filter of diatomaceous earth or porcelain, which will not pass bacteria: chiefly historical or an informal indicator of size, as synthetic membrane filters now permit passage of the smallest virus.
  • fire-tube boiler — any boiler for generating steam by passing hot gases and other combustible products through tubes (fire tubes) immersed in water to a chimney or uptake.
  • flying ambulance — an aircraft used to take sick or injured people to hospital
  • four-deal bridge — a version of bridge in which four hands only are played, the players then cutting for new partners
  • full to the brim — If something, especially a container, is filled to the brim or full to the brim with something, it is filled right up to the top.
  • get into trouble — be punished for wrongdoing
  • gingerbread plum — a tree, Neocarya macrophylla, of western Africa, bearing a large, edible, starchy fruit.
  • hawksbill turtle — a sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, the shell of which is the source of tortoise shell: an endangered species.
  • huckleberry finn — (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) a novel (1884) by Mark Twain.
  • humanly possible — feasible, practical
  • hunt the thimble — a children's game in which the players look for a hidden thimble
  • hybrid perpetual — a type of cultivated rose bred from varieties having vigorous growth and more or less recurrent bloom.
  • hypersusceptible — hypersensitive (def 2).
  • immeasurableness — The state or condition of being immeasurable.
  • imperturbability — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
  • incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
  • indisputableness — The property of being indisputable.
  • indissolubleness — The quality of being indissoluble.
  • inexhaustibility — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
  • inextinguishable — not extinguishable: an inextinguishable fire.
  • inextinguishably — In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
  • insufferableness — The state of being insufferable.
  • insusceptibility — not susceptible; incapable of being influenced or affected (usually followed by of or to): insusceptible of flattery; insusceptible to infection.
  • interbehavioural — relating to or involving interbehaviour
  • invulnerableness — The quality of being invulnerable.
  • isobutyl nitrite — butyl nitrite.
  • julius rosenberg — Alfred, 1893–1946, German Nazi ideologist and political leader, born in Estonia.
  • khakass republic — a constituent republic of S central Russia, formerly in Krasnoyarsk Territory: formed in 1930. Capital: Abakan. Pop: 546 100 (2002). Area: 61 900 sq km (23 855 sq miles)
  • kirribilli house — the official Sydney residence of the Australian Prime Minister
  • labour relations — Labour relations refers to the relationship between employers and employees in industry, and the political decisions and laws that affect it.
  • labour-intensive — Labour-intensive industries or methods of making things involve a lot of workers. Compare capital-intensive.
  • language barrier — difficulty in communication due to language difference
  • latent ambiguity — uncertainty that arises when a seemingly clear written instrument is matched against an extrinsic fact, as when a description of something being sold fits two different items.
  • leaf-cutting bee — any of the bees of the family Megachilidae that cut circular pieces from leaves or flowers to line their nests.
  • lean-burn engine — an engine designed to use a lean mixture of fuel and air in order to reduce petrol consumption and exhaust emissions
  • lesbian cymatium — cyma reversa.
  • liberal unionist — a Liberal who opposed Gladstone's policy of Irish Home Rule in 1886 and after
  • library pictures — a caption used to alert viewers that footage being broadcast is from an earlier time and is not happening now
  • lightbulb moment — a moment of sudden inspiration, revelation, or recognition
  • like gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
  • limited-stop bus — a bus which only stops at a small number of predetermined stops, rather than on request
  • line of business — profession, trade: field
  • louise bourgeois — Léon Victor Auguste [ley-awn veek-tawr oh-gyst] /leɪˈɔ̃ vikˈtɔr oʊˈgyst/ (Show IPA), 1851–1925, French statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1920.
  • lumberjack shirt — a thick checked shirt, as worn by lumberjacks
  • mari el republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Yoshkar-Ola. Pop: 728 000 (2002). Area: 23 200 sq km (8955 sq miles)
  • mountain climber — someone who climbs or walks up mountains
  • multituberculate — a rodentlike mammal of the extinct order Multituberculata, which lived from the late Jurassic Period to the Oligocene Epoch, reaching the size of a woodchuck and having molars with two or three rows of simple pointed cusps.
  • nash equilibrium — (in game theory) a stable state of a system involving the interaction of two or more players in which no player can gain by a unilateral change of strategy if the strategies of the other players remain unchanged
  • neuroborreliosis — A disorder of the central nervous system caused by a spirochete of the genus Borrelia.
  • niche publishing — publishing books that are intended for a very specialized market
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