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15-letter words containing d, a, n, u, b, e

  • guns and butter — a symbol for the economic policy of a government insofar as spending is allocated for either military or social purposes
  • horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
  • immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
  • indian mulberry — a small tree, Morinda citrifolia, of the madder family, found from India to Australasia, having shiny leaves, white flowers, and fleshy, yellowish fruit, yielding red and yellow dyes.
  • indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
  • indistributable — of a nature that cannot be distributed
  • indubitableness — The quality of being indubitable.
  • insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
  • jubilate-sunday — Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.
  • langue de boeuf — ox-tongue partisan.
  • ordinal numbers — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
  • painted bunting — a brilliantly colored bunting, Passerina ciris, of the southern U.S.
  • platinum blonde — a person, especially a girl or woman, whose hair is of a pale blond or silver color, usually colored artificially by bleaching or dyeing.
  • procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
  • pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
  • quarter binding — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
  • queensland blue — a pumpkin with a bluish skin
  • reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
  • sebaceous gland — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
  • sodium benzoate — a white crystalline soluble compound used as an antibacterial and antifungal agent in preserving food (E211), as an antiseptic, and in making dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: (C6H5COO)Na
  • sound as a bell — in perfect condition
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • superabundantly — very or too abundantly
  • un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
  • unadvisableness — the quality of being imprudent or not advisable
  • under the table — of, relating to, or for use on a table: a table lamp.
  • under-the-table — transacted in secret or in an underhanded manner.
  • undisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or controlled
  • unendurableness — the quality or state of being unendurable
  • unknowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • unrecommendable — not able to be recommended, supported, or endorsed
  • unrehabilitated — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • unskilled labor — work that requires practically no training or experience for its adequate or competent performance.
  • unsubstantiated — not substantiated; unproved or unverified: unsubstantiated allegations.
  • urinary bladder — a distensible, muscular and membranous sac, in which the urine is retained until it is discharged from the body.
  • vascular bundle — a longitudinal arrangement of strands of xylem and phloem, and sometimes cambium, that forms the fluid-conducting channels of vascular tissue in the rhizomes, stems, and leaf veins of vascular plants, the arrangement varying with the type of plant.
  • wattle and daub — Also, wattle and dab. a building technique employing wattles plastered with clay and mud.
  • wedding banquet — a lavish meal served after a wedding ceremony
  • wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
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