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14-letter words containing b, u, t, r, e

  • objet de vertu — an object of virtu
  • 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.
  • on the rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
  • or thereabouts — You add or thereabouts after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate.
  • outer hebrides — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
  • over-ambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
  • perfect number — a positive number that is equal to the sum of all positive integers that are submultiples of it, as 6, which is equal to the sum of 1, 2, and 3.
  • perturbational — relating to perturbation
  • piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
  • pleasurability — the characteristic of being pleasurable
  • plumber's mate — a person who helps a plumber do his or her job
  • pocket borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough whose representatives in Parliament were controlled by an individual or family.
  • polar outbreak — a vigorous thrust of cold, polar air across temperate regions.
  • prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
  • prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
  • provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
  • public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
  • puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
  • puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
  • purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
  • putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
  • quantum number — any integer or half of an odd integer that distinguishes one of the discrete states of a quantum-mechanical system.
  • quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
  • quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
  • rateable value — In Britain, the rateable value of a building was a value based on its size and facilities, which was used in calculating local taxes called rates.
  • redisbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • redistribution — a distribution performed again or anew.
  • redistributive — favoring, supporting, or practicing income redistribution: the redistributive effects of public spending.
  • resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
  • ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
  • robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
  • rotten borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough that had very few voters yet was represented in Parliament.
  • roulette table — surface marked out for roulette
  • round the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
  • roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
  • roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
  • rumbledethumps — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
  • running battle — When two groups of people fight a running battle, they keep attacking each other in various parts of a place.
  • russet burbank — a brown-skinned, oblong potato having a mealy flesh with high starch content.
  • sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
  • 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
  • shit disturber — a person who enjoys causing controversy or upsetting people
  • square bracket — bracket (def 3).
  • st. petersburg — Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
  • 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.
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