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14-letter words containing b, u, l, e, t, o

  • double entente — a double meaning; ambiguity.
  • double feature — a motion-picture program consisting of two films shown one after the other for the price of a single ticket.
  • double-jointed — (of particular people or animals) having unusually flexible joints that can bend in unusual ways or to abnormally great extent.
  • double-tongued — deceitful; hypocritical.
  • doubly serrate — biserrate
  • draw-out table — draw table.
  • engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
  • fallopian tube — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
  • finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
  • hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
  • insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
  • job evaluation — the analysis of the relationship between jobs in an organization: often used as a basis for a wages structure
  • left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
  • leukocytoblast — the precursor cell to a mature leukocyte
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • neurobiologist — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
  • neuroblastomas — Plural form of neuroblastoma.
  • non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
  • non-cultivable — capable of being cultivated.
  • non-returnable — not returnable.
  • nonaccountable — not accountable
  • noncombustible — not flammable.
  • nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
  • nonsustainable — Not sustainable.
  • northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
  • nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
  • oblique motion — the relative motion of two melodic parts in which one remains in place or moves relatively little while the other moves more actively.
  • oblique stroke — (character)   "/". Common names include: (forward) slash; stroke; ITU-T: slant; oblique stroke. Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; INTERCAL: slat. Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames, and hence also in URLs. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several languages.
  • obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
  • occult balance — asymmetrical balance of visual elements in an artistic composition.
  • penalty double — business double.
  • perturbational — relating to perturbation
  • phenylbutazone — a potent substance, C 1 9 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used to reduce pain and inflammation in rheumatic diseases and gout, and used in veterinary medicine for musculoskeletal disorders.
  • polar outbreak — a vigorous thrust of cold, polar air across temperate regions.
  • prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
  • provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
  • puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
  • purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
  • quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
  • roulette table — surface marked out for roulette
  • roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
  • shoot the bull — exaggerations; lies; nonsense.
  • soluble tablet — A soluble tablet is a tablet that is designed to be dissolved in water before it is swallowed.
  • squeeze bottle — a flexible plastic bottle the contents of which can be forced out by squeezing.
  • stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
  • sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
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