14-letter words containing b, u, s, t, l
- noncombustible — not flammable.
- nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
- nonsustainable — Not sustainable.
- nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
- nuts and bolts — the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job.
- oblique stroke — (character) "/". Common names include: (forward) slash; stroke; ITU-T: slant; oblique stroke. Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; INTERCAL: slat. Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames, and hence also in URLs. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several languages.
- obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
- plastic bullet — A plastic bullet is a large bullet made of plastic, which is intended to make people stop rioting, rather than to kill people.
- pleasurability — the characteristic of being pleasurable
- plumber's mate — a person who helps a plumber do his or her job
- public analyst — a scientist who tests food, water etc to ensure that they are safe
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- public statute — public law (def 1).
- purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
- putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- ruby-tail wasp — any of various brightly coloured wasps of the family Chrysididae, having a metallic sheen, which parasitize bees and other solitary wasps
- rumbledethumps — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
- salt substrate — [MIT] Collective noun used to refer to potato chips, pretzels, saltines, or any other form of snack food designed primarily as a carrier for sodium chloride. From the technical term "chip substrate", used to refer to the silicon on the top of which the active parts of integrated circuits are deposited.
- saxe-altenburg — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- self-publicist — someone who is skilled at promoting him or herself
- shoot the bull — exaggerations; lies; nonsense.
- solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
- soluble tablet — A soluble tablet is a tablet that is designed to be dissolved in water before it is swallowed.
- somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- squeeze bottle — a flexible plastic bottle the contents of which can be forced out by squeezing.
- stubble-jumper — a prairie grain farmer
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- subcutaneously — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subdevelopment — a development within a larger or more important development
- subjectability — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
- substantialism — the doctrine that substantial noumena exist as a basis for phenomena.
- substantiality — of ample or considerable amount, quantity, size, etc.: a substantial sum of money.
- substantialize — to make or become substantial or actual
- substitutional — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- subterrestrial — underground; subterranean.
- suggestibility — subject to or easily influenced by suggestion.
- sulphur-bottom — blue whale.
- sunburst clock — a clock with the pattern or design of a sun
- supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- susceptibility — state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.
- susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
- susceptible to — liable to