15-letter words containing b, u, d, o
- four-poster bed — bed: post at each corner
- globus pallidus — anatomy: part of the brain
- good queen bess — Elizabeth I
- ground observer — a person stationed in a position on the ground to watch, follow, and report on flights of aircraft, especially of enemy aircraft.
- ground-breaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
- groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
- guaranteed bond — a bond issued by a corporation in which payment of the principal, interest, or both is guaranteed by another corporation.
- hedge your bets — play it safe, lessen a risk
- horned cucumber — a tropical African plant, Cucumis metuliferus, having fruit with spiky, orange skin and jellylike pulp that tastes like cucumbers.
- horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
- hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
- hydroxybutyrate — (chemistry) any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
- immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
- in honour bound — under a moral obligation
- in-and-out bond — a stonework or brickwork bond having headers and stretchers alternating vertically.
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- indissolubility — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
- infundibuliform — having the shape of a funnel; funnel-shaped.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- insubordination — the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance: The employee was fired for insubordination.
- keyboard plaque — (jargon) The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards. "Are there any other terminals I can use? This one has a bad case of keyboard plaque."
- langue de boeuf — ox-tongue partisan.
- leaf-footed bug — any of numerous plant-sucking or predaceous bugs of the family Coreidae, typically having leaflike legs: several species are pests of food crops.
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- medulloblastoma — (oncology) A malignant type of brain tumour that originates in the cerebellum.
- misdistribution — Incorrect or unfair distribution.
- monosubstituted — containing one substituent.
- municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- nation-building — Journalists sometimes use nation-building to refer to government policies that are designed to create a strong sense of national identity.
- nonreproducible — Unable to be reproduced; not reproducible.
- number one wood — driver (def 4).
- office building — building containing offices
- omnibus edition — a television or radio programme consisting of two or more programmes broadcast earlier in the week
- ordinal numbers — 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).
- outside the box — a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
- over-publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- platinum blonde — a person, especially a girl or woman, whose hair is of a pale blond or silver color, usually colored artificially by bleaching or dyeing.
- procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
- pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
- pubic directory — [NYU] (also "pube directory" /pyoob' d*-rek't*-ree/) The "pub" (public) directory on a machine that allows FTP access. So called because it is the default location for SEX (software exchange).
- put sb to death — If someone is put to death, they are executed.
- radio sono-buoy — a buoy equipped to detect underwater noises and transmit them by radio
- rayside-balfour — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- reproducibility — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- reynolds number — a dimensionless number, vρl/η, where v is the fluid velocity, ρ the density, η the viscosity and l a dimension of the system. The value of the number indicates the type of fluid flow
- ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- right-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the right, or starboard, side.
- robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.