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15-letter words containing b, u, l, e, g

  • haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
  • hindenburg line — a line of elaborate fortifications established by the German army in World War I, near the French-Belgian border, from Lille SE to Metz.
  • hot-bulb engine — a low-compression oil engine requiring a heated bulb or cap for ignition.
  • hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
  • iceberg lettuce — a variety of lettuce having a cabbagelike head of crisp leaves.
  • ingush republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: part of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Republic from 1936 until 1992. Capital: Magas (formerly at Nazran). Pop: 468 900 (2002). Area: 3600 sq km (1390 sq miles)
  • journal bearing — a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle
  • labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
  • langue de boeuf — ox-tongue partisan.
  • largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
  • 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.
  • league football — rugby league football
  • lighthouse tube — a vacuum tube with the electrodes arranged in parallel layers closely spaced, giving a relatively high-power output at high frequencies.
  • listed building — (in Britain) a building officially recognized as having special historical or architectural interest and therefore protected from demolition or alteration
  • lobster newburg — (sometimes lowercase) lobster cooked in a thick seasoned cream sauce made with sherry or brandy.
  • lucrezia borgia — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.
  • magnetic bubble — a tiny mobile magnetized area within a magnetic material, the basis of one type of solid-state storage medium (magnetic bubble memory)
  • malpighian tube — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
  • marlborough leg — a tapered leg having a square section.
  • neighbourliness — Standard spelling of neighborliness.
  • neurobiological — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
  • neuroembryology — the branch of embryology dealing with the origin and development of the nervous system.
  • object language — the language to which a metalanguage refers.
  • oblique sailing — the navigation of a vessel on a point of the compass other than one of the cardinal points.
  • obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
  • office building — building containing offices
  • plug compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
  • plug-compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
  • plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
  • public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
  • public spending — expenditure by central government, local authorities, and public enterprises
  • publicity agent — A publicity agent is a person whose job is to make sure that a large number of people know about a person, show, or event so that they are successful.
  • rough bluegrass — a grass, Poa trivialis, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America, where it is used in mixtures for lawns and pasturage.
  • running bowline — a type of slipknot formed by running the standing line through the loop formed in a regular bowline
  • sebaceous gland — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
  • self-subsisting — to exist; continue in existence.
  • sleeping beauty — a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
  • sliver building — a very narrow skyscraper designed in response to restriction of the building site or zoning, frequently containing only a single apartment per floor or comparably limited office space.
  • southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
  • subintelligence — below average intelligence
  • subject catalog — a catalog having entries listed by subject only.
  • system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
  • tumbling barrel — a rotating drum for subjecting materials or small manufactured objects, loosely placed inside, to a tumbling action, as to mix materials or to polish objects by friction with one another or with an abrasive.
  • tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
  • uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
  • unchallengeably — in a way that cannot be challenged; in an unchallengeable manner
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
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