12-letter words containing l, u, b, r, i
- mare liberum — a body of navigable water to which all nations have unrestricted access.
- microbubbles — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- microtubular — Of or pertaining to microtubules.
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- middlebuster — Southern U.S. lister1 (def 1).
- multilobular — having several or many lobules.
- multiproblem — characterized by or experiencing several problems
- multitubular — Having many tubes.
- murderabilia — objects that are regarded as valuable because of their connection with murders or other notorious crimes
- muscle fiber — one of the structural cells of a muscle.
- muscle fibre — any of the numerous elongated contractile cells that make up striated muscle
- neurobiology — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- neurofibrils — Plural form of neurofibril.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- orbicularity — The quality of being orbicular.
- orion nebula — a luminous nebula in the constellation Orion, in the center of Orion's sword.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- phillipsburg — a city in NW New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- 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 works — government-funded construction
- pulverizable — that can be pulverized
- purblindness — the state of being purblind
- quillai bark — soapbark (def 2).
- 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.
- silbury hill — the largest prehistoric artificial mound in Europe, located near Avebury, England, and dating from 2600 b.c.
- slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly