15-letter words containing c, u, l, e, b, r
- circumnavigable — Able to be circumnavigated.
- clumber spaniel — a type of thickset spaniel having a broad heavy head
- comma butterfly — an orange-brown European vanessid butterfly, Polygonia c-album, with a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
- cornflower blue — a deep vivid blue, like that of the typical blooms of a cornflower
- corruptibleness — The state or quality of being corruptible.
- council chamber — the room in which council meetings are held
- counterbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of counterbalance.
- counterbalances — Plural form of counterbalance.
- counterblockade — a retaliatory blockade
- countermandable — able to be countermanded
- countervailable — able to counteract or offset as equivalent
- crude oil berth — A crude oil berth is a place at a port for ships carrying crude oil.
- cry blue murder — to make an outcry
- cucumber beetle — any leaf beetle of the genus Diabrotica and related genera that feeds on cucumbers and other plants of the gourd family and is a vector of cucurbit wilt.
- current balance — an instrument for measuring electric currents, in which the magnetic force between two current-carrying coils is balanced against a weight.
- debt counsellor — a person who advises people who are in debt on how to deal with their debt and get out of it
- decree absolute — A decree absolute is the final order made by a court in a divorce case which ends a marriage completely.
- decubitus ulcer — a chronic ulcer of the skin and underlying tissues caused by prolonged pressure on the body surface of bedridden patients
- destructibility — The condition of being destructible.
- double concerto — a concerto for two solo instruments
- elastic rebound — a theory of earthquakes that envisages gradual deformation of the fault zone without fault slippage until friction is overcome, when the fault suddenly slips to produce the earthquake
- eleutherophobic — afraid of freedom
- false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
- fourth republic — the republic established in France in 1945 and replaced by the Fifth Republic in 1958.
- french mulberry — a shrub, Callicarpa americana, of the verbena family, of the south-central U.S. and the West Indies, having violet-colored fruit and bluish flowers.
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- hercules beetle — a large Neotropical rhinoceros beetle, Dynastes hercules.
- hydraulic brake — a brake operated by fluid pressures in cylinders and connecting tubular lines.
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- iceberg lettuce — a variety of lettuce having a cabbagelike head of crisp leaves.
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- ingush republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: part of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Republic from 1936 until 1992. Capital: Magas (formerly at Nazran). Pop: 468 900 (2002). Area: 3600 sq km (1390 sq miles)
- inscrutableness — Inscrutability.
- interambulacral — relating to, or situated between, interambulacra
- interambulacrum — the area between two of an echinoderm's ambulacra
- kalmyk republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: became subject to Russia in 1646. Capital: Elista. Pop: 292 400 (2002). Area: 76 100 sq km (29 382 sq miles)
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- lucrezia borgia — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.
- lumbar puncture — Medicine/Medical. puncture into the arachnoid membrane of the spinal cord, in the lumbar region, and withdrawal of spinal fluid, performed for diagnosis of the fluid, injection of dye for imaging, or administration of anesthesia or medication.
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- motorcycle club — a club of motorcycle enthusiasts
- neurobiological — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- nonreproducible — Unable to be reproduced; not reproducible.
- obstacle course — a military training area having obstacles, as hurdles, ditches, and walls, that must be surmounted or crossed in succession.
- over-publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- perfluorocarbon — a fluorocarbon consisting only of fluorine and carbon atoms
- picture library — A picture library is a collection of photographs that is held by a particular company or organization. Newspapers or publishers can pay to use the photographs in their publications.