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13-letter words containing b, u, s

  • postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
  • postdebutante — following the stage of being a debutante
  • postpubescent — a young person in his or her early teens.
  • pouring-basin — (in a vacuum induction furnace) a trough through which molten metal flows under vacuum to a mold chamber.
  • pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
  • prepubescence — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
  • presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
  • proper subset — a subset that excludes at least one member of the containing set
  • prussian blue — any of a number of blue pigments containing ferrocyanide or ferricyanide complexes
  • public access — the availability of noncommercial television and radio broadcasting facilities to community groups or members of the public for programs of general interest to the community, especially as a condition of cable television franchises.
  • public school — (in the U.S.) a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education commonly including primary and secondary schools.
  • public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
  • public spirit — active interest in public welfare or the good of the community
  • pubococcygeus — a muscle that stretches backward from the pubes toward the coccyx and forms part of the pelvic floor. Abbreviation: PC.
  • pudding basin — A pudding basin is a deep round bowl that is used in the kitchen, especially for mixing or for cooking puddings.
  • punjab states — (formerly) a group of states in NW India, amalgamated in 1956 with Punjab state
  • purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
  • queen's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
  • queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
  • rabble-rouser — a person who stirs up the passions or prejudices of the public, usually for his or her own interests; demagogue.
  • rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
  • rauschenbusch — Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
  • re-submitting — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • reducibleness — the extent, state or quality of being reducible
  • refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
  • reimbursement — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • retributivism — a policy or theory of criminal justice that advocates the punishment of criminals in retribution for the harm they have inflicted.
  • retributivist — a policy or theory of criminal justice that advocates the punishment of criminals in retribution for the harm they have inflicted.
  • rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
  • rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
  • rough as bags — uncouth
  • roxburghshire — a historic county in SE Scotland.
  • rubber gloves — gloves made of rubber, worn to protect the hands while washing up, gardening, etc
  • rubbish chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which rubbish may be dropped for disposal
  • rumble strips — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
  • run sb ragged — If someone runs you ragged, they make you do so much that you become exhausted.
  • rushed behind — a situation when the ball passes through the goalposts but was last touched by a defending player, causing the attacking team to win a point
  • saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
  • saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
  • sand bluestem — a grass, Andropogon hallii, native to the Great Plains, used as a cover crop for sand dunes.
  • satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
  • sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
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