14-letter words containing b, o, l, u
- louangphrabang — a city in N Laos, on the Mekong River: former royal capital.
- lugubriousness — The property of being lugubrious.
- lumbersomeness — the state of being lumbersome
- macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- mandibulohyoid — (anatomy) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch.
- marsupial bone — epipubis.
- micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
- middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
- molecular beam — a stream of molecules freed from a substance, usually a salt, by evaporation and then passed through a narrow slit for focusing, for investigating the properties of nuclei, atoms, and molecules.
- moulding board — a board on which dough is kneaded
- mound builders — a member of any of the early American Indian peoples who built the burial mounds, fortifications, and other earthworks found in the Midwest and the Southwest
- mounting-block — a block of stone formerly used to aid a person when mounting a horse
- multivibrators — Plural form of multivibrator.
- municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- nanopublishing — an inexpensive form of online publishing that uses blogging as a model to reach a specific audience
- neurobiologist — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- neuroblastomas — Plural form of neuroblastoma.
- nil nisi bonum — de mortuis nil nisi bonum
- noctambulation — Sleepwalking.
- non-absolutist — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
- non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
- non-ambulatory — of, relating to, or capable of walking: an ambulatory exploration of the countryside.
- non-consumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- non-cultivable — capable of being cultivated.
- non-diffusible — capable of being diffused.
- non-recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- non-repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- non-returnable — not returnable.
- nonaccountable — not accountable
- nonbehavioural — not related to or concerned with behaviour
- noncombustible — not flammable.
- nonequilibrium — The condition of not being in equilibrium.
- nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
- nonsustainable — Not sustainable.
- northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
- nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
- nuts and bolts — the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job.
- oblique motion — the relative motion of two melodic parts in which one remains in place or moves relatively little while the other moves more actively.
- oblique stroke — (character) "/". Common names include: (forward) slash; stroke; ITU-T: slant; oblique stroke. Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; INTERCAL: slat. Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames, and hence also in URLs. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several languages.
- obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- occult balance — asymmetrical balance of visual elements in an artistic composition.
- olfactory bulb — the enlarged terminal part of each olfactory lobe from which the olfactory nerve originates.
- omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
- omnibus volume — a collection of works by one author or several works on a similar topic, reprinted in one volume
- ordinal number — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
- penalty double — business double.
- perturbational — relating to perturbation
- phenylbutazone — a potent substance, C 1 9 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used to reduce pain and inflammation in rheumatic diseases and gout, and used in veterinary medicine for musculoskeletal disorders.
- platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour