14-letter words containing b, u, r, e, a
- sufferableness — the quality or condition of being sufferable
- sugar diabetes — diabetes mellitus
- superabsorbent — extremely or unusually absorbent: superabsorbent fibers.
- superabundance — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
- tall buttercup — a Eurasian buttercup, Ranunculus acris, naturalized in North American fields and meadows, having a tall stem and shiny yellow flowers.
- tatar republic — a constituent republic of W Russia, around the confluence of the Volga and Kama Rivers. Capital: Kazan. Pop: 3 779 800 (2002). Area: 68 000 sq km (26 250 sq miles)
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- terbium metals — a series of closely related rare-earth elements, including terbium, gadolinium, europium, and, sometimes, dysprosium
- terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
- the honourable — a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another
- the upper back — the part of the back between the shoulders
- thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
- thorough brace — either of two strong braces or bands of leather supporting the body of a coach or other vehicle and connecting the front and back springs.
- three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
- thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
- transit number — an identifying number assigned by a banking organization to a bank and printed on its checks.
- treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
- treasury bills — an obligation of the U.S. government represented by promissory notes in denominations ranging from $1000 to $1,000,000, with a maturity of about 90 days but bearing no interest, and sold periodically at a discount on the market.
- trituberculate — (of a structure such as a tooth or bone) with three tubercles
- tunbridge ware — decorative wooden ware, including tables, trays, boxes, and ornamental objects, produced especially in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Tunbridge Wells, England, with mosaiclike marquetry sawed from square-sectioned wooden rods of different natural colors.
- turbogenerator — a large electrical generator driven by a steam turbine
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turkey buzzard — turkey vulture.
- turnip cabbage — kohlrabi.
- umbrella plant — an African plant, Cyperus alternifolius, of the sedge family, that has several stems growing directly upward from a mass of roots and an umbrella-shaped cluster of leaves at the top of each stem.
- umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
- umbrella stand — an upright rack or stand for umbrellas
- un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- unalterability — the state or quality of not being alterable or not being able to be changed
- unapproachable — not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.
- unarmed combat — the action of fighting without weapons
- unattributable — 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.
- unbureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
- uncontrollable — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
- uncorroborated — to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
- uncriticizable — to censure or find fault with.
- undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- undeliberately — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
- understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- understandably — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- undeterminable — capable of being determined.
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- unforeknowable — not foreknowable
- universal bank — A universal bank is a bank that offers both banking and stockbroking services to its clients.
- universal beam — a broad-flanged rolled steel joist suitable for a stanchion (axial load) or beam (bending load)