16-letter words containing d, u, b, c, e
- drumhead cabbage — acommon type of cabbage with tightly packed leaves and a rounded form with a slightly flattened top
- duplicate bridge — a form of contract bridge used in tournaments in which contestants play the identical series of deals, with each deal being scored independently, permitting individual scores to be compared.
- forbush decrease — the sudden decrease in the intensity of cosmic rays after an increase in solar activity.
- ground substance — Also called matrix. the homogeneous substance in which the fibers and cells of connective tissue are embedded.
- hot-cathode tube — thermionic tube.
- humboldt current — a cold Pacific Ocean current flowing N along the coasts of Chile and Peru.
- judas maccabaeus — Judas or Judah [joo-duh] /ˈdʒu də/ (Show IPA), ("the Hammer") died c. 160 b.c, Judean patriot, one of the Maccabees: military leader 166–160 (son of Mattathias).
- 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
- munchen-gladbach — former name of Mönchengladbach.
- non-reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- numbered account — a bank account whose owner is identified by a number for the purpose of preserving anonymity.
- onboard computer — onboard a vehicle, ship, plane, train or spacecraft
- publication date — the date on which a book or periodical is or is planned to be published.
- 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
- ribonucleic acid — RNA.
- round lake beach — a town in NE Illinois.
- run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
- santiago de cuba — a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- sebaceous glands — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
- sodium carbonate — Also called soda ash. an anhydrous, grayish-white, odorless, water-soluble powder, Na 2 CO 3 , usually obtained by the Solvay process and containing about 1 percent of impurities consisting of sulfates, chlorides, and bicarbonates of sodium: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, soaps, paper, petroleum products, sodium salts, as a cleanser, for bleaching, and in water treatment.
- sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
- tungsten carbide — a very hard, black or gray compound of tungsten and carbon, used in the manufacture of cutting and abrasion tools, dies, and wear-resistant machine parts.
- uncontradictable — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- unpredictability — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- vulcanized fiber — a leatherlike substance made by compression of layers of paper or cloth that have been treated with acids or zinc chloride, used chiefly for electric insulation.
- wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around