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16-letter words containing d, e, b, o, u

  • disequilibration — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
  • do business with — trade or deal with
  • double centering — a method of extending a survey line by taking the average of two foresights, one with the telescope direct and one with it inverted, made each time by transiting the telescope after a backsight.
  • double indemnity — a clause in a life-insurance or accident-insurance policy providing for payment of twice the face value of the policy in the event of accidental death.
  • double monastery — a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.
  • double occupancy — a type of travel accommodation, as in a hotel, for two persons sharing the same room: The rate is $35 per person, double occupancy, or $65, single occupancy.
  • double pneumonia — pneumonia affecting both lungs.
  • double precision — using twice the normal amount of storage, as two words rather than one, to represent a number.
  • double solitaire — a game of solitaire for two persons, each player usually having a pack and layout but pooling foundations with the opponent.
  • double-barrelled — A double-barrelled gun has two barrels.
  • double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
  • double-clutching — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
  • drugstore cowboy — a young man who loafs around drugstores or on street corners.
  • edinburgh prolog — Prolog dialect which eventually developed into the standard, as opposed to Marseille Prolog. (The difference is largely syntax.) Clocksin & Mellish describe Edinburgh Prolog. Version: C-Prolog.
  • equidistribution — An equal distribution.
  • flamborough head — a chalk promontory in NE England, on the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire
  • forbush decrease — the sudden decrease in the intensity of cosmic rays after an increase in solar activity.
  • four-deal bridge — a version of bridge in which four hands only are played, the players then cutting for new partners
  • four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
  • ground substance — Also called matrix. the homogeneous substance in which the fibers and cells of connective tissue are embedded.
  • have been around — be experienced
  • horsehead nebula — a dark nebula in the constellation Orion, composed of opaque cosmic dust and resembling the head of a horse.
  • hot buttered rum — a drink made with rum, hot water, and sugar, served with a lump of butter in a mug.
  • hot-cathode tube — thermionic tube.
  • humboldt current — a cold Pacific Ocean current flowing N along the coasts of Chile and Peru.
  • hydration number — the number of molecules of water with which an ion can combine in an aqueous solution of given concentration.
  • indissolubleness — The quality of being indissoluble.
  • jude the obscure — a novel (1895) by Thomas Hardy.
  • labrador current — a cold ocean current flowing southwards off the coast of Labrador and meeting the warm Gulf Stream, causing dense fogs off the coast of Newfoundland
  • leaps and bounds — You can use in leaps and bounds or by leaps and bounds to emphasize that someone or something is improving or increasing quickly and greatly.
  • leveraged buyout — the purchase of a company with borrowed money, using the company's assets as collateral, and often discharging the debt and realizing a profit by liquidating the company. Abbreviation: LBO.
  • limited-stop bus — a bus which only stops at a small number of predetermined stops, rather than on request
  • medulloblastomas — Plural form of medulloblastoma.
  • metes and bounds — the precisely described boundary lines of a parcel of land, as found in a deed
  • non-reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
  • norwegian buhund — a slightly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect pointed ears and a short thick tail carried curled over its back
  • numbered account — a bank account whose owner is identified by a number for the purpose of preserving anonymity.
  • of human bondage — a novel (1915) by W. Somerset Maugham.
  • onboard computer — onboard a vehicle, ship, plane, train or spacecraft
  • operating budget — money allocated to a project
  • ordinary jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
  • organized labour — labour carried out by workers in trade unions, or the workers themselves
  • outboard profile — an exterior side elevation of a vessel, showing all deck structures, rigging, fittings, etc.
  • oxidation number — the state of an element or ion in a compound with regard to the electrons gained or lost by the element or ion in the reaction that formed the compound, expressed as a positive or negative number indicating the ionic charge of the element or ion.
  • prometheus bound — a tragedy (c457 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • publication date — the date on which a book or periodical is or is planned to be published.
  • razor-billed auk — a black and white auk, Alca torda, of the American and European coasts of the northern North Atlantic, having a compressed black bill encircled by a white band.
  • reasonable doubt — law: grounds for believing sb is innocent
  • rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
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