18-letter words containing b, r, u, t, e

milkweed butterfly — monarch butterfly.
mixed-flow turbine — a water turbine in which water flows radially and axially through the rotating vanes
mountain cranberry — cowberry
nebular hypothesis — the theory that the solar system evolved from a mass of nebular matter: prominent in the 19th century following its precise formulation by Laplace.
neural tube defect — any of a group of congenital abnormalities involving the brain and spinal cord, including spina bifida and meningocele, caused by failure of the neural tube to close properly during embryonic development.
non-understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
north attleborough — a city in SE Massachusetts.
nuclear capability — If a country has nuclear capability, it is able to produce nuclear power and usually nuclear weapons.
oblique projection — something that is oblique.
october revolution — Russian Revolution (def 2).
on the back burner — low priority
payment by results — a system of wage payment whereby all or part of the wage varies systematically according to the level of work performance of an employee
petite bourgeoisie — the portion of the bourgeoisie having the least wealth and lowest social status; the lower middle class.
piperonyl butoxide — a light-brown liquid, C 1 9 H 3 0 O 5 , used chiefly as a synergist in certain insecticides.
plumber's merchant — a shop or business that sells things needed for the job of installing and repairing pipes, fixtures, etc, for water, drainage, and gas
portable equipment — Portable equipment is electrical equipment that can easily be moved from one place to another while in operation or while connected to the supply.
prometheus unbound — a drama in verse (1820) by Shelley.
pseudotuberculosis — an acute, sometimes fatal disease of rodents, birds, and other animals, including humans, caused by the bacterium Yersinia (Pasteurella) pseudotuberculosis, and characterized by the formation of nodules resembling those that result from tuberculosis.
public expenditure — spending by central government, local authorities, and public corporations
pyramus and thisbe — (in Greek legend) two lovers of Babylon: Pyramus, wrongly supposing Thisbe to be dead, killed himself and she, encountering him in his death throes, did the same
red-bellied turtle — any of several freshwater turtles of the genus Pseudemys, of the eastern and southern U.S., having red markings on the lower shell.
return-flue boiler — a fire-tube boiler having flues that collect the combustion gases at the end of the boiler opposite the fire door and pass them through the boiler to an uptake above the fire door.
rub shoulders with — to mix with socially or associate with
rubbish collection — the collection of domestic refuse for disposal
separate but equal — pertaining to a racial policy, formerly practiced in some parts of the United States, by which black people could be segregated if granted equal opportunities and facilities, as for education, transportation, or jobs.
so much the better — You can say 'so much the better' or 'all the better' to indicate that it is desirable that a particular thing is used, done, or available.
sodium bicarbonate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, in powder or granules, NaHCO 3 , usually prepared by the reaction of soda ash with carbon dioxide or obtained from the intermediate product of the Solvay process by purification: used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium salts, baking powder, and beverages, as a laboratory reagent, as a fire extinguisher, and in medicine as an antacid.
sodium tetraborate — borax1 .
squirting cucumber — a Mediterranean plant, Ecballium elaterium, of the gourd family, whose ripened fruit forcibly ejects the seeds and juice.
strangeness number — a quantum number, designating the strangeness of an elementary particle, equivalent to the hypercharge minus the baryon number
stroustrup, bjarne — Bjarne Stroustrup
subatomic particle — physics:
subordinate clause — a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
subsistence farmer — a farmer who consumes most of the produce he grows, leaving little or nothing to be marketed
substitute teacher — educator: replaces sb temporarily
supraorbital ridge — browridge.
talk a blue streak — speak rapidly and incessantly
the baptist church — any of various Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of believers
the general public — the people in a society; people in general
the weather bureau — the national agency responsible for collecting data about the weather and issuing forecasts
the-master-builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
thermonuclear bomb — hydrogen bomb.
to bare one's soul — If you bare your soul, you tell someone your most secret thoughts and feelings.
to be above ground — to be alive
to be caught short — If you are caught short or are taken short, you feel a sudden strong need to urinate, especially when you cannot easily find a toilet.
to put years on sb — if you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older
transfinite number — an infinite cardinal or ordinal number.
turbine ventilator — a ventilator, usually mounted on the roof of a building, deck of a ship, etc., having at its head a globular, vaned rotor that is rotated by the wind, conveying air through a duct to and from a chamber below.
turn one's back on — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
under one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.

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