14-letter words containing b, u, n, t, i
- gibbs function — the thermodynamic function of a system that is equal to its enthalpy minus the product of its absolute temperture and entropy: a decrease in the function is equal to the maximum amount of work available exclusive of that due to pressure times volume change during a reversible, isothermal, isobaric process.
- grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
- hague tribunal — the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.
- harriet tubman — Harriet (Araminta) 1820?–1913, U.S. abolitionist: escaped slave and leader of the Underground Railroad; served as a Union scout during Civil War.
- hebetudinosity — mental dullness; insipidity
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- immunoblotting — The use of immunoblots to analyse proteins.
- imperturbation — freedom from perturbation; tranquillity; calmness.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
- indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
- indigo bunting — a North American bunting, Passerina cyanea, the male of which is indigo.
- indubitability — that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable.
- ineluctability — The state or condition of being ineluctable.
- infundibulated — Funnel-shaped.
- injury benefit — money paid to someone who has sustained an injury
- innumerability — The state of being innumerable.
- inscrutability — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- insurmountably — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- interbehaviour — interaction between multiple individuals
- intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance
- job evaluation — the analysis of the relationship between jobs in an organization: often used as a basis for a wages structure
- khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
- kuznetsk basin — an industrial region in the S Russian Federation in Asia: coal fields.
- labor unionist — unionist (def 2).
- lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
- lady bountiful — a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- manipulability — capable of or susceptible to being manipulated; manipulatable.
- misattribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
- mounting-block — a block of stone formerly used to aid a person when mounting a horse
- natural bridge — a natural limestone bridge in western Virginia. 215 feet (66 meters) high; 90 feet (27 meters) span.
- neurobiologist — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- nip in the bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- nitrile rubber — a synthetic rubber obtained by the copolymerization of acrylonitrile and butadiene, noted for its oil resistance.
- nitrobacterium — Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate.
- noctambulation — Sleepwalking.
- non-absolutist — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
- non-combustion — the act or process of burning.
- non-cultivable — capable of being cultivated.
- non-subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- non-ubiquitous — existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.
- nonbarbiturate — a drug that does not contain barbiturates
- noncombustible — not flammable.
- nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
- nonobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.