14-letter words containing l, u, b, i
- empire-builder — a person who seeks extra power for its own sake, esp by increasing the number of his subordinates or staff
- engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
- equilibristics — Any of various circus skills involving balance or equilibrium, such as juggling, tightrope walking, or riding a unicycle.
- exhaustibility — The property of being exhaustible.
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- fairy bluebird — any fruit-eating passerine bird of the genus Irena, of the East Indies, the males of the several species being characteristically black below and purple-blue above.
- fallopian tube — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
- family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
- fifth republic — the republic established in France in 1958, the successor to the Fourth Republic.
- finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
- first republic — the republic established in France in 1792 and replaced by the First Empire in 1804.
- fluoboric acid — a clear, colorless liquid, HBF 4 , that ionizes abundantly in solution, used chiefly in the synthesis of fluoborates.
- flying dustbin — petard (def 3).
- fungible issue — a bond issued by a company on the same terms as a bond previously issued by that company, although the redemption yield will probably be different
- gallamine blue — a type of mordant dye
- gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
- gamma globulin — a protein fraction of blood plasma that responds to stimulation of antigens, as bacteria or viruses, by forming antibodies: administered therapeutically in the treatment of some viral diseases.
- general public — people in general
- giant puffball — a puffball, Calvatia gigantea, that is the largest of its kind, known to have grown to more than 5 feet (1.6 meters) in circumference.
- golden jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
- hague tribunal — the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.
- helium balloon — a balloon that is filled with helium and rises up into the air if not held
- hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
- hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- huckleberrying — the activity of gathering huckleberries
- husein ibn-ali — 1856–1931, 1st king of Hejaz 1916–24.
- image-building — improving the brand image or public image of something or someone by good public relations, advertising, etc
- immunoblotting — The use of immunoblots to analyse proteins.
- immunoglobulin — any of several classes of structurally related proteins that function as antibodies or receptors and are found in plasma and other body fluids and in the membrane of certain cells. Compare IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG, IgM.
- implausibility — not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.
- impulse buying — the buying of retail merchandise prompted by a whim on seeing the product displayed
- inclusion body — a particle that takes a characteristic stain, found in a virus-infected cell.
- incommunicable — incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
- incommunicably — In an incommunicable manner or fashion.
- inculpableness — The quality of being inculpable; blamelessness.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
- indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
- indian buffalo — a member of the cattle tribe, Bubalus bubalis, of swampy regions of S Asia, having widely spreading back-curving horns. Domesticated forms are used as draught animals
- indubitability — that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable.
- ineluctability — The state or condition of being ineluctable.
- infundibulated — Funnel-shaped.
- innumerability — The state of being innumerable.
- inscrutability — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- insuppressible — incapable of being suppressed; irrepressible: his insuppressible humor.
- insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- insurmountably — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance