15-letter words containing c, u, r, b, i, n
- country bumpkin — an awkward, simple, rustic person
- cranberry juice — the juice of cranberries
- cyber-squatting — (jargon, networking) The practice of registering famous brand names as Internet domain names, e.g. harrods.com, ibm.firm or sears.shop, in the hope of later selling them to the appropriate owner at a profit.
- decarburization — The act, process, or result of decarburizing.
- discount broker — an agent who discounts commercial paper.
- 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
- enterobacterium — (microbiology) Any of very many gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, many of which are pathogenic.
- francis bushman — Francis X(avier) 1883–1966, U.S. film actor.
- francis turbine — a water turbine designed to produce high flow from a low head of pressure: used esp in hydroelectric power generation
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- 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
- intersubjective — comprehensible to, relating to, or used by a number of persons, as a concept or language.
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- judicial branch — the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice; the judiciary.
- lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
- member function — A method in C++.
- microbusinesses — Plural form of microbusiness.
- micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
- motoring public — the population that drive road vehicles
- mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
- neurobiological — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- new brunswicker — a native or inhabitant of New Brunswick
- non-contributor — a person who contributes money, assistance, etc.
- non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- nonbureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
- noncontributory — pertaining to or of the nature of contribution; contributing.
- nonreproducible — Unable to be reproduced; not reproducible.
- obituary column — the division of a publication reserved for obituaries
- obstructionists — Plural form of obstructionist.
- obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
- octanitrocubane — (organic compound) A high explosive derived from cubane.
- prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
- public defender — a lawyer appointed or elected by a city or county as a full-time, official defender to represent indigents in criminal cases at public expense.
- public interest — the welfare or well-being of the general public; commonwealth: health programs that directly affect the public interest.
- public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
- ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- robinson crusoe — Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- rubbing alcohol — a poisonous solution of about 70 percent isopropyl or denatured ethyl alcohol, usually containing a perfume oil, used chiefly in massaging.
- runabout ticket — a rail ticket that allows unlimited travel within a specified area for a limited period of time (for example one day, a weekend, three days, etc)
- scribaciousness — the quality or state of being scribacious
- scrubbing brush — a handheld brush with short stiff bristles, used esp for scrubbing floors