14-letter words containing l, u, b, i
- nil nisi bonum — de mortuis nil nisi bonum
- nitrile rubber — a synthetic rubber obtained by the copolymerization of acrylonitrile and butadiene, noted for its oil resistance.
- noctambulation — Sleepwalking.
- non-absolutist — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
- non-cultivable — capable of being cultivated.
- non-diffusible — capable of being diffused.
- non-repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- nonbehavioural — not related to or concerned with behaviour
- noncombustible — not flammable.
- nonequilibrium — The condition of not being in equilibrium.
- nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
- nonsustainable — Not sustainable.
- nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
- oblique motion — the relative motion of two melodic parts in which one remains in place or moves relatively little while the other moves more actively.
- oblique stroke — (character) "/". Common names include: (forward) slash; stroke; ITU-T: slant; oblique stroke. Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; INTERCAL: slat. Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames, and hence also in URLs. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several languages.
- omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
- omnibus volume — a collection of works by one author or several works on a similar topic, reprinted in one volume
- ordinal number — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
- perturbational — relating to perturbation
- 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.
- platinum black — a black powder consisting of very finely divided metallic platinum, used as a catalyst, especially in organic synthesis.
- platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
- 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.
- prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
- productibility — the ability to produce
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- public affairs — (used with a plural verb) matters of general interest or concern, especially those dealing with current social or political issues.
- public analyst — a scientist who tests food, water etc to ensure that they are safe
- public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
- public gallery — the gallery in a chamber of Parliament reserved for members of the public who wish to listen to the proceedings
- public holiday — national day off work
- public housing — housing owned or operated by a government and usually offered at low rent to the needy.
- public inquiry — an official enquiry, usually into a serious accident or other disaster, or into planning applications. Interested parties can attend, and contribute.
- public library — a nonprofit library established for the use of the general public and maintained chiefly by public funds.
- public officer — a person appointed or elected to a governmental post.
- public opinion — the collective opinion of many people on some issue, problem, etc., especially as a guide to action, decision, or the like.
- 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).
- public utility — a business enterprise, as a public-service corporation, performing an essential public service and regulated by the federal, state, or local government. Compare utility (def 3).
- public welfare — state aid to the poor
- putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
- quadrisyllabic — a word or poetic meter with four syllables
- quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
- quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.