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14-letter words containing b, r, u, m

  • circumscribing — Present participle of circumscribe.
  • circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
  • columbia river — a river in SW Canada and the NW United States, flowing S and W from SE British Columbia through Washington along the boundary between Washington and Oregon and into the Pacific. 1214 miles (1955 km) long.
  • complex number — any number of the form a + ib, where a and b are real numbers and i = √–1
  • computerizable — able to be computerized
  • computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
  • computerphobic — a computerphobe
  • contact number — a person's telephone number
  • counter-gambit — a countermove
  • croquembouches — Plural form of croquembouche.
  • cruciverbalism — the compilation of crosswords
  • crunch numbers — to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise.
  • cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
  • cumbersomeness — The state of being cumbersome.
  • customs broker — a person whose job is to assist businesses in clearing imported or exported goods through customs
  • cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
  • denumerability — the quality of being countable
  • disencumbering — Present participle of disencumber.
  • disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance
  • disequilibrium — lack of equilibrium; imbalance.
  • do a number on — a numeral or group of numerals.
  • double bedroom — a large bedroom
  • double drummer — a type of cicada
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double measure — A double measure is a drink that is twice the normal measure.
  • dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
  • dummy variable — a variable appearing in a mathematical expression that can be replaced by any arbitrary variable, not occurring in the expression, without affecting the value of the whole
  • dysequilibrium — Alternative form of disequilibrium.
  • empire-builder — a person who seeks extra power for its own sake, esp by increasing the number of his subordinates or staff
  • family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
  • founder member — A founder member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
  • half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
  • harbour master — an official in charge of a harbour
  • harriet tubmanHarriet (Araminta) 1820?–1913, U.S. abolitionist: escaped slave and leader of the Underground Railroad; served as a Union scout during Civil War.
  • hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
  • hepburn system — a widely used system of Romanization of Japanese devised by James Curtis Hepburn (1815–1911).
  • homeward bound — going home
  • imperturbation — freedom from perturbation; tranquillity; calmness.
  • innumerability — The state of being innumerable.
  • insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
  • insurmountably — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
  • intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance
  • khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
  • khmer republic — a former official name of Cambodia.
  • licence number — an identifying number on a licence or licence plate that identifies it with the owner
  • license number — The license number of a car or other road vehicle is the series of letters and numbers that are shown at the front and back of it.
  • limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
  • lumbersomeness — the state of being lumbersome
  • macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
  • magdeburg laws — the local laws of the city of Magdeburg, which were adopted by many European cities in the middle ages
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