12-letter words containing b, u, r, o, s
- suborbicular — nearly circular or orblike
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- substruction — a foundation or substructure.
- subsultorily — in a subsultory manner
- subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
- superposable — to place above or upon something else, or one upon another.
- support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
- supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
- the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
- thrash about — flail, throw oneself around
- through bass — figured bass.
- trouble spot — an area in which trouble exists or is expected to develop: There are several diplomatic trouble spots in Central America.
- troubleshoot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- tuberculosed — tuberculous
- tuberculosis — an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, especially the lungs, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and characterized by tubercles.
- tuberiferous — bearing or producing tubers
- tubuliferous — bearing or made up of tubules.
- turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour
- turbo pascal — (language, product) Borland International's Pascal. Perhaps the first integrated development environment for MS-DOS. Versions 1.0-3.0: standard Pascal with a few extensions Versions 4.0 (1987) and 5.0: separate compilation. Version 5.5: object-oriented. Version 6.0: Turbo Vision OOP library.
- unburdensome — oppressively heavy; onerous.
- union buster — any of a group of persons hired by a company to disperse picketers, end a strike or job action, etc., especially by violence or intimidation.
- unobservable — incapable of observation; imperceptible
- unobservance — a failure to comply or observe (a law, custom, etc)
- unobservedly — without having been observed; in an unobserved manner
- unobstructed — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- unpersonable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- unreasonable — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
- unreasonably — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
- unresolvable — not able to be resolved or brought to a satisfactory resolution
- unrestorable — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- unsalubrious — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- up for grabs — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
- urban forest — the trees and plants within a city.
- urbanisation — the act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city: Urbanization has led to more air pollution and increasing childhood asthma.
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems
- verbenaceous — belonging to the plant family Verbenaceae.
- youngberries — Plural form of youngberry.