18-letter words containing b, u, s, t, o

doubly linked list — (programming) A data structure in which each element contains pointers to the next and previous elements in the list, thus forming a bidirectional linear list.
engelbart, douglas — Douglas Engelbart
fibrocartilaginous — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
football supporter — a person who supports a particular football team
fuller rose beetle — a beetle, Pantomorus godmani, that feeds on the leaves of roses as well as on those of citrus and other fruit trees.
gamma distribution — a continuous two-parameter distribution from which the chi-square and exponential distributions are derived, written Gamma (α. β), where α and β are greater than zero, and defined in terms of the gamma function
heat of combustion — the heat evolved when one mole of a substance is burnt in oxygen at constant volume
ifs, ands, or buts — a supposition; uncertain possibility: The future is full of ifs.
incommensurability — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
johannes gutenberg — Johannes [yoh-hahn-uh s] /yoʊˈhɑn əs/ (Show IPA), (Johann Gensfleisch) c1400–68, German printer: credited with invention of printing from movable type.
last but not least — lastly
liquid distributor — A liquid distributor is a device which is used to spread liquid when it enters a packed column (= a tall vessel with packing, used for separating substances).
lonely hearts club — a club for people who are trying to find a lover or a friend
loschmidt's number — the number of molecules in one cubic centimeter of an ideal gas at standard temperature and pressure, equal to 2.687 × 10 19.
multicast backbone — (MBONE) A virtual network on top of the Internet which supports routing of IP multicast packets, intended for multimedia transmission. MBONE gives public access desktop video communications. The quality is poor with only 3-5 frames per second instead of the 30 frames per second of commercial television. Its advantage is that it avoids all telecommunications costs normally associated with teleconferencing. An interesting innovation is the use of MBONE for audio communications and an electronic "whiteboard" where the computer screen becomes a shared workspace where two physically remote parties can draw on and edit shared documents in real-time.
nebular hypothesis — the theory that the solar system evolved from a mass of nebular matter: prominent in the 19th century following its precise formulation by Laplace.
non-understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
oblique-slip fault — a fault on which the movement is along both the strike and the dip of the fault
petite bourgeoisie — the portion of the bourgeoisie having the least wealth and lowest social status; the lower middle class.
productivity bonus — an extra payment made to workers for being more productive or yielding more favourable results than normal
prometheus unbound — a drama in verse (1820) by Shelley.
pseudotuberculosis — an acute, sometimes fatal disease of rodents, birds, and other animals, including humans, caused by the bacterium Yersinia (Pasteurella) pseudotuberculosis, and characterized by the formation of nodules resembling those that result from tuberculosis.
rub shoulders with — to mix with socially or associate with
rubbish collection — the collection of domestic refuse for disposal
saturation bombing — intense area bombing intended to destroy everything in the target area.
seven-league boots — mythical boots that allowed the wearer to travel seven leagues (a former unit of measurement), ie a great length, at each step
so much the better — You can say 'so much the better' or 'all the better' to indicate that it is desirable that a particular thing is used, done, or available.
sodium bicarbonate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, in powder or granules, NaHCO 3 , usually prepared by the reaction of soda ash with carbon dioxide or obtained from the intermediate product of the Solvay process by purification: used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium salts, baking powder, and beverages, as a laboratory reagent, as a fire extinguisher, and in medicine as an antacid.
sodium tetraborate — borax1 .
solubility product — the maximum number of undissociated ions, of an electrolyte in a saturated solution, capable at a given temperature of remaining in equilibrium with the undissolved phase of the solution.
southeast by south — a point on the compass 11°15′ south of southeast. Abbreviation: SEbS.
southwest by south — a point on the compass 11°15′ south of southwest. Abbreviation: SWbS.
stroustrup, bjarne — Bjarne Stroustrup
sub-classification — to arrange in subclasses.
subatomic particle — physics:
subject complement — a word or a group of words, usually functioning as an adjective or noun, that is used in the predicate following a copula and describes or is identified with the subject of the sentence, as sleepy in The travelers became sleepy.
subordinate clause — a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
supraorbital ridge — browridge.
the queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
to bare one's soul — If you bare your soul, you tell someone your most secret thoughts and feelings.
to be caught short — If you are caught short or are taken short, you feel a sudden strong need to urinate, especially when you cannot easily find a toilet.
to gussy sb/sth up — to give (a person or thing) a smarter or more interesting appearance
to put years on sb — if you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older
transubstantiation — the changing of one substance into another.
turn one's back on — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
under one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
up to one's elbows — the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
up to the eyeballs — You use up to the eyeballs to emphasize that someone is in an undesirable state to a very great degree.
urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
uriniferous tubule — a urine-bearing tubule in a nephron of a kidney.

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