16-letter words containing b, u, f, e
- four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
- full to the brim — If something, especially a container, is filled to the brim or full to the brim with something, it is filled right up to the top.
- fundamental bass — a bass consisting of the roots of the chords employed.
- huckleberry finn — (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) a novel (1884) by Mark Twain.
- insufferableness — The state of being insufferable.
- leaf-cutting bee — any of the bees of the family Megachilidae that cut circular pieces from leaves or flowers to line their nests.
- line of business — profession, trade: field
- madame butterfly — an opera (1904) by Giacomo Puccini.
- mossbauer effect — the phenomenon in which an atom in a crystal undergoes no recoil when emitting a gamma ray, giving all the emitted energy to the gamma ray, resulting in a sharply defined wavelength.
- non-quantifiable — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- of human bondage — a novel (1915) by W. Somerset Maugham.
- outboard profile — an exterior side elevation of a vessel, showing all deck structures, rigging, fittings, etc.
- powerfully built — (of a person, esp a man) big and physically strong, with large muscles
- red flour beetle — a reddish-brown flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, that feeds on stored grain, dried fruit, etc.
- reference number — a unique number on an order, application, etc, used to designate and quickly locate that order, application, etc
- right about face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
- self-lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
- self-subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- self-subsistence — the state or fact of subsisting.
- sodium bisulfate — a colorless crystalline compound, NaHSO 4 , soluble in water: used in dyeing, in the manufacture of cement, paper, soap, and an acid-type cleaner.
- sodium bisulfite — Sodium bisulfite is a crystalline compound used as an antioxidant and stabilizing agent.
- stalked puffball — a puffball-like mushroom of the genus Tulestoma, maturing in early winter.
- subjectification — to make subjective.
- sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
- sulfur butterfly — any of various yellow or orange butterflies of the family Pieridae.
- teutoburg forest — region of low, forested mountains, mostly in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: highest point, c. 1,500 ft (457 m)
- the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
- to be out of sth — if you are out of something, you no longer have any of it
- undifferentiable — capable of being differentiated.
- unenforceability — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- vulcanized fiber — a leatherlike substance made by compression of layers of paper or cloth that have been treated with acids or zinc chloride, used chiefly for electric insulation.
- writ of subpoena — a legal document commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty
- your better half — If you talk about your better half or your other half you mean your wife, your husband, or the person of the opposite sex that you live with.