15-letter words containing i, b, r, t, u
- francis turbine — a water turbine designed to produce high flow from a low head of pressure: used esp in hydroelectric power generation
- giant water bug — any of various aquatic bugs, as of the family Belostomatidae (giant water bug)
- groutlock brick — a brick chamfered on its inner angles to allow space for vertical and horizontal reinforcing rods sealed in grout.
- gutenberg bible — an edition of the Vulgate printed at Mainz before 1456, ascribed to Gutenberg and others: probably the first large book printed with movable type.
- harbour station — the part of a port where boats shelter or station
- harlequin table — a writing or dressing table having a central set of compartments that rise when drop leaves are raised.
- hit the buffers — to finish or be stopped, esp unexpectedly
- hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
- hypermutability — liable or subject to change or alteration.
- iceberg lettuce — a variety of lettuce having a cabbagelike head of crisp leaves.
- immeasurability — Immeasurableness.
- immensurability — The quality of being immensurable.
- immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
- impulse turbine — a turbine moved by free jets of fluid striking the blades of the rotor together with the axial flow of fluid through the rotor.
- in/into trouble — If someone is in trouble, they are in a situation in which a person in authority is angry with them or is likely to punish them because they have done something wrong.
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- indistributable — of a nature that cannot be distributed
- inobtrusiveness — the quality of being unobtrusive
- inscrutableness — Inscrutability.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- insubordination — the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance: The employee was fired for insubordination.
- interambulacral — relating to, or situated between, interambulacra
- interambulacrum — the area between two of an echinoderm's ambulacra
- internet number — internet address
- intersubjective — comprehensible to, relating to, or used by a number of persons, as a concept or language.
- invulnerability — incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- job opportunity — an opportunity of employment
- job requirement — a quality or qualification that you must have in order to be suitable for a certain job
- jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
- leibnitz's rule — a rule for finding the derivative of the product of two functions. For a first derivative it is d(uv)/dx = udv/dx + vdu/dx
- liberal studies — a supplementary arts course for those specializing in scientific, technical, or professional studies
- lithium battery — A lithium battery is a type of battery used for low-power, high-reliability, long-life applications, such as clocks, cameras and calculators.
- lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- maneuverability — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
- maxilloturbinal — (anatomy) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.
- member function — A method in C++.
- misdistribution — Incorrect or unfair distribution.
- 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
- mountain beaver — a burrowing rodent, Aplodontia rufa, of W North America: family Aplodontidae
- multi-binprolog — (language) A multi-threaded Linda-style parallel extension to BinProlog for Solaris 2.3. Version: 3.30.
- muslim brothers — an organization founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hasan al-Banna (1906–49), calling for a return to rigid orthodoxy, the overthrow of secular governments, and a restoration of the theocratic state.
- negative number — a number that is less than 0
- non-contributor — a person who contributes money, assistance, etc.
- non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- nonattributable — not capable of being attributed to a particular source or cause
- nonbureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.