12-letter words containing l, u, b, i
- obsequiously — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- omnibus bill — a bill dealing with, or providing for many different things or cases
- orbicularity — The quality of being orbicular.
- orion nebula — a luminous nebula in the constellation Orion, in the center of Orion's sword.
- out-building — a detached building subordinate to a main building.
- outbalancing — Present participle of outbalance.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- phillipsburg — a city in NW New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
- plausibility — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- powerbuilder — (tool, database) A graphical user interface development tool from Powersoft for developing client-server database applications. It runs under MS-DOS(?) and Microsoft Windows. There are also versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Macintosh, and Unix. Applications can be built by creating windows, controls (such as listboxes and buttons), and menus within the PowerBuilder development environment. The language used to program PowerBuilder, PowerScript, is loosely based on BASIC. PowerBuilder supports programming on many database backends including Sybase and Oracle. It also has added support for ODBC database drivers. PowerBuilder also comes with a built-in database backend (WATCOM SQL 32-bit relational database).
- prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- probouleutic — relating to the Athenian council, which discussed matters before submitting them to the general assembly
- public enemy — a person or thing considered a danger or menace to the public, especially a wanted criminal widely sought by the F.B.I. and local police forces.
- public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
- public house — British. a tavern.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- public works — government-funded construction
- pudding club — the state of being pregnant (esp in the phrase in the pudding club)
- pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
- pulverizable — that can be pulverized
- pupilability — confidentiality
- purblindness — the state of being purblind
- quantifiable — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quantifiably — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- questionable — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- quillai bark — soapbark (def 2).
- quilting bee — a social gathering at which the participants make quilts.
- rebelliously — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- reducibility — capable of being reduced.
- reimbursable — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
- reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- reputability — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- russian blue — any of a breed of domestic cat, thought to have originated in Arkhangelsk, with a soft, dense, grayish-blue or silvery-blue coat and green eyes
- saturability — capable of being saturated.
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
- scribbly gum — any species of the genus Eucalyptus with smooth white bark marked with random patterns made by wood-boring insects
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- service club — any of several organizations dedicated to the growth and general welfare of its members and the community.