14-letter words containing b, u, o, e
- press cupboard — a cupboard of the 16th and 17th centuries having an overhanging top above a recessed cabinet, beneath which is a section of drawers or cabinets.
- probable cause — reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime, or, in a civil case, that grounds for the action existed: used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution.
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
- public officer — a person appointed or elected to a governmental post.
- puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
- puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
- purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
- queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
- queen's bounty — king's bounty.
- queens problem — eight queens puzzle
- quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- rainbow runner — a streamlined, cigar-shaped swift jack, Elagatis bipinnulata, of warm seas, having a blue back, light-colored abdomen, and blue-bordered yellow stripes on its sides: a food and game fish.
- random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
- rebelliousness — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- redistribution — a distribution performed again or anew.
- required-cobol — A minimal subset of COBOL developed in 1961. It was later dropped entirely.
- resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
- ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- rotten borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough that had very few voters yet was represented in Parliament.
- roulette table — surface marked out for roulette
- round the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
- runcible spoon — a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.
- scoresby sound — a heavily indented arm of the Norwegian Sea in E Greenland.
- self-oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
- semimembranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
- shoot the bull — exaggerations; lies; nonsense.
- shoulder blade — the scapula.
- shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
- shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
- simaroubaceous — belonging to the Simaroubaceae, the quassia family of plants.
- skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
- sodium bromide — a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble solid, NaBr, used chiefly in photography as a developer, and in medicine as a sedative.
- soluble tablet — A soluble tablet is a tablet that is designed to be dissolved in water before it is swallowed.
- spruce budworm — the larva of a common tortricid moth, Choristoneura fumiferana, that is a destructive pest primarily of spruce and balsam fir in the northern and northeastern U.S. and in Canada.
- 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-government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
- subaggregation — a subtotalling