14-letter words containing e, u, s, b, i
- oversubscribed — If something such as an event or a service is oversubscribed, too many people apply to attend the event or use the service.
- piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
- plastic bullet — A plastic bullet is a large bullet made of plastic, which is intended to make people stop rioting, rather than to kill people.
- pleasurability — the characteristic of being pleasurable
- plumbous oxide — litharge.
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
- pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- public service — the business of supplying an essential commodity, as gas or electricity, or a service, as transportation, to the general public.
- public statute — public law (def 1).
- puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
- putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
- quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
- queen-size bed — bed: larger than double
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- rebelliousness — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- redisbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- redistribution — a distribution performed again or anew.
- redistributive — favoring, supporting, or practicing income redistribution: the redistributive effects of public spending.
- resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
- runcible spoon — a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- self-oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- self-publicist — someone who is skilled at promoting him or herself
- self-published — published independently by the author: self-published books.
- semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
- semimembranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
- shit disturber — a person who enjoys causing controversy or upsetting people
- shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
- siberian husky — one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs.
- silver jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
- simaroubaceous — belonging to the Simaroubaceae, the quassia family of plants.
- skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
- sodium bromide — a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble solid, NaBr, used chiefly in photography as a developer, and in medicine as a sedative.
- square-bashing — drill on a barrack square
- stage business — business (def 10).
- sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- sub-treasuries — a subordinate or branch treasury.
- subaggregation — a subtotalling
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subconsciouses — existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness: the subconscious self. Compare preconscious, unconscious.
- subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary