15-letter words containing b, u, r, g, e
- giant water bug — any of various aquatic bugs, as of the family Belostomatidae (giant water bug)
- great barracuda — a large barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda, of Atlantic and western Pacific seas.
- great south bay — an Atlantic Ocean inlet, between the S shore of Long Island and Fire Island and other barrier islands. 45 miles (72 km) long.
- ground observer — a person stationed in a position on the ground to watch, follow, and report on flights of aircraft, especially of enemy aircraft.
- ground-breaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
- groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
- guaranteed bond — a bond issued by a corporation in which payment of the principal, interest, or both is guaranteed by another corporation.
- guns and butter — a symbol for the economic policy of a government insofar as spending is allocated for either military or social purposes
- gutenberg bible — an edition of the Vulgate printed at Mainz before 1456, ascribed to Gutenberg and others: probably the first large book printed with movable type.
- haemoglobinuria — the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- hedge your bets — play it safe, lessen a risk
- hindenburg line — a line of elaborate fortifications established by the German army in World War I, near the French-Belgian border, from Lille SE to Metz.
- horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
- humpback bridge — arched bridge
- humphrey bogart — Humphrey (DeForest) ("Bogie"or"Bogey") 1899–57, U.S. motion-picture actor.
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- iceberg lettuce — a variety of lettuce having a cabbagelike head of crisp leaves.
- ingush republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: part of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Republic from 1936 until 1992. Capital: Magas (formerly at Nazran). Pop: 468 900 (2002). Area: 3600 sq km (1390 sq miles)
- journal bearing — a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle
- labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
- largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
- lobster newburg — (sometimes lowercase) lobster cooked in a thick seasoned cream sauce made with sherry or brandy.
- lucrezia borgia — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.
- marburg disease — a viral disease producing a severe and often fatal illness with fever, rash, diarrhea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal bleeding, transmitted to humans through contact with infected green monkeys.
- marlborough leg — a tapered leg having a square section.
- marriage bureau — an agency that provides introductions to single people seeking a marriage partner
- moreton bay bug — a flattish edible shellfish, Thenus orientalis, of Northern Australian waters
- negative number — a number that is less than 0
- neighbourliness — Standard spelling of neighborliness.
- neurobiological — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- neuroembryology — the branch of embryology dealing with the origin and development of the nervous system.
- obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
- petit bourgeois — a person who belongs to the petite bourgeoisie.
- petty bourgeois — petit bourgeois
- public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- quarter binding — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
- rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
- robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- rotary debugger — (Commodore) Essential equipment for those late-night or early-morning debugging sessions. Mainly used as sustenance for the hacker. Comes in many decorator colours, such as Sausage, Pepperoni, and Garbage.
- rough bluegrass — a grass, Poa trivialis, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America, where it is used in mixtures for lawns and pasturage.
- rough breathing — the symbol (ʿ) used in the writing of Greek to indicate aspiration of the initial vowel or of the ρ (rho) over which it is placed.
- ruby grapefruit — a grapefruit with red flesh
- running bowline — a type of slipknot formed by running the standing line through the loop formed in a regular bowline
- sliver building — a very narrow skyscraper designed in response to restriction of the building site or zoning, frequently containing only a single apartment per floor or comparably limited office space.
- southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
- subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
- sugarcane borer — the larva of the pyralid moth, Diatraea saccharalis, a serious pest of sugarcane, corn, rice, and sorghums.
- svedberg (unit) — a unit of time, equal to 10-13 second, used in determining the rate of sedimentation of a macromolecule in an ultracentrifuge
- troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.