12-letter words containing b, r, u, e
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
- pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
- pulverizable — that can be pulverized
- purblindness — the state of being purblind
- purple beech — copper beech.
- quarter bend — a 90° bend, as in a plumbing pipe.
- quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
- rabble-rouse — to stir up the emotions or prejudices of the public; agitate.
- rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- re-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- reattributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- rebelliously — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- recarburizer — to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
- red mulberry — See under mulberry (def 2).
- redistribute — to distribute again or anew: The corporation will redistribute its share of the profits to its stockholders.
- redoublement — the act of redoubling
- reducibility — capable of being reduced.
- reed bunting — an Old World bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, inhabiting marshy areas.
- regular verb — verb that follows standard conjugation
- reimbursable — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
- renounceable — of a nature that can be renounced
- reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- reputability — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- reset button — control that restores a default setting
- resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
- revenue bond — a bond issued, as by a municipal utility, to finance a specific project, the income from which will be used for repaying the bond.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- rubber boots — wellingtons: footwear worn in rain
- rubber check — a check drawn on an account lacking the funds to pay it; a check that bounces.
- rubber goods — contraceptives; condoms
- rubber latex — the milky sap of any of several trees of the genus Hevea, especially H. brasiliensis, from which natural rubber is derived.
- rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
- rubber plant — a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental house plant.
- rubber stamp — handheld printing tool
- rubber-faced — having a face with unusually mobile features: a rubber-faced comedian.
- rubber-stamp — to imprint with a rubber stamp.
- rubber-tyred — having a tyre or tyres made of rubber
- rubbernecker — a person who rubbernecks
- rubik's cube — a puzzle consisting of a cube with colored faces made of 26 smaller colored blocks attached to a spindle in the center, the object being to rotate the blocks until each face of the cube is a single color.
- ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
- rugby league — a form of rugby football played between teams of 13 players
- rugby player — a person who plays rugby
- rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
- rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- russian blue — any of a breed of domestic cat, thought to have originated in Arkhangelsk, with a soft, dense, grayish-blue or silvery-blue coat and green eyes
- safe harbour — a place that offers protection from the weather, attack, etc
- saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.