16-letter words containing b, u, l, e, t, o
- get into trouble — be punished for wrongdoing
- globular cluster — a comparatively older, spherically symmetrical, compact group of up to a million old stars, held together by mutual gravitation, that are located in the galactic halo and move in giant and highly eccentric orbits around the galactic center.
- great blue heron — a large American heron, Ardea herodias, having bluish-gray plumage.
- heterometabolous — undergoing development in which the young are born adultlike in form, often maturing without a pupal stage.
- hubble telescope — a telescope launched into orbit around the earth in 1990 to provide information about the universe in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet ranges
- humboldt current — a cold Pacific Ocean current flowing N along the coasts of Chile and Peru.
- interbehavioural — relating to or involving interbehaviour
- isobutyl nitrite — butyl nitrite.
- labour agreement — a contract between workers and managers setting out working conditions, wages, etc
- labour relations — Labour relations refers to the relationship between employers and employees in industry, and the political decisions and laws that affect it.
- labour-intensive — Labour-intensive industries or methods of making things involve a lot of workers. Compare capital-intensive.
- labrador current — a cold ocean current flowing southwards off the coast of Labrador and meeting the warm Gulf Stream, causing dense fogs off the coast of Newfoundland
- leveraged buyout — the purchase of a company with borrowed money, using the company's assets as collateral, and often discharging the debt and realizing a profit by liquidating the company. Abbreviation: LBO.
- liberal unionist — a Liberal who opposed Gladstone's policy of Irish Home Rule in 1886 and after
- lightbulb moment — a moment of sudden inspiration, revelation, or recognition
- limited-stop bus — a bus which only stops at a small number of predetermined stops, rather than on request
- medulloblastomas — Plural form of medulloblastoma.
- montagu's blenny — a small blenny, Coryphoblennius galerita, found among rocks in shallow water
- mountain climber — someone who climbs or walks up mountains
- non-attributable — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- non-quantifiable — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
- oblique zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it between the poles and the equator
- outboard profile — an exterior side elevation of a vessel, showing all deck structures, rigging, fittings, etc.
- paratuberculosis — Johne's disease.
- pourriture noble — noble rot.
- powerfully built — (of a person, esp a man) big and physically strong, with large muscles
- public relations — (used with a plural verb) the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc.
- publication date — the date on which a book or periodical is or is planned to be published.
- questionableness — The state or condition of being questionable; dubiousness.
- reasonable doubt — law: grounds for believing sb is innocent
- red flour beetle — a reddish-brown flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, that feeds on stored grain, dried fruit, etc.
- redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.
- right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
- rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
- 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.
- 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.
- south sea bubble — the financial crash that occurred in 1720 after the South Sea Company had taken over the national debt in return for a monopoly of trade with the South Seas, causing feverish speculation in their stocks
- southerly buster — a sudden violent cold wind on the SE coast of Australia causing a rapid drop in temperature
- take the trouble — If you take the trouble to do something, you do something which requires a small amount of additional effort.
- telephone number — digits dialled to reach sb by phone
- teutoburger wald — a chain of wooded hills in Germany, in Westphalia: Romans defeated by German tribes a.d.
- the boys in blue — The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue.
- the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
- to bite your lip — If you bite your lip or your tongue, you stop yourself from saying something that you want to say, because it would be the wrong thing to say in the circumstances.
- tool builder kit — (tool) (TBK) A product from IPSYS which allows users to develop CASE tools appropriate to any software engineering methodology.