13-letter words containing i, b, u, r
- extrudability — the quality of being extrudable
- fault breccia — angular rock fragments produced by fracture and grinding during faulting and distributed within or adjacent to the fault plane.
- fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
- fibrovascular — composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants: a fibrovascular bundle.
- filibustering — Present participle of filibuster.
- filibusterism — (dated) Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.
- filibusterous — resembling a filibuster or the actions of a filibuster
- finger buffet — a buffet meal at which food that may be picked up with the fingers (finger food), such as canapés or vol-au-vents, is served
- flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
- frederiksburg — borough on Zealand island, Denmark: suburb of Copenhagen: pop. 88,000
- fruiting body — an organ that produces spores; fructification.
- fuel air bomb — a type of bomb that spreads a cloud of gas, which is then detonated, over the target area, causing extensive destruction
- fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
- gabriel fauré — Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- geissler tube — a sealed glass tube with platinum connections at the ends, containing rarefied gas made luminous by an electrical discharge.
- genre-busting — not conforming to established patterns, styles, etc
- girl's blouse — used to refer to a man who is not behaving in a very strong or masculine way
- globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
- gnu c library — (library) (glibc) The run-time library for the GNU C compiler, gcc, and others. glibc is the source code for libc.a. It is maintained separately from the compilers and is a superset of ANSI C and POSIX.1 and a large subset of POSIX.2. Mailing list: <[email protected]> (bugs).
- gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- harlequin bug — a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
- honour bright — an exclamation pledging honour
- honourability — A state or condition or being honourable.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- hubli-dharwad — a city in Karnataka, SW India: the union of two cities, Hubli and Dharwar.
- hubli-dharwar — city in SW India: pop. 648,000
- hubristically — in a presumptuous or arrogant manner
- huckleberries — Plural form of huckleberry.
- hybrid vigour — the increased size, strength, etc, of a hybrid as compared to either of its parents
- hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
- illustratable — Capable of being illustrated.
- immunosorbent — an insoluble surface to which a specific antibody is attached for the purpose of removing the corresponding antigen from a solution or suspension.
- imperturbable — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
- imperturbably — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
- imputrescible — not liable to decomposition or putrefaction; incorruptible: a tanning process to make skins imputrescible.
- inconquerable — That cannot be conquered; unconquerable.
- inconstruable — unable to be construed
- incorruptable — Misspelling of incorruptible.
- incorruptible — not corruptible: incorruptible integrity.
- incorruptibly — In an incorruptible manner.
- incurableness — The state or condition of being incurable.
- indisturbance — Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose.
- indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
- inner harbour — a part of a harbour which is further inland
- inobtrusively — in an unobtrusive manner
- insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
- insupportably — In an insupportable manner.
- interruptible — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).