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13-letter words containing n, u, b, c

  • macroglobulin — A plasma globulin of high molecular weight.
  • melbourne cup — an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861
  • membranaceous — Resembling or having properties of a membrane.
  • mescal button — one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, especially by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote.
  • microbusiness — A business that operates on a very small scale.
  • multibranched — Having more than one branch.
  • neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
  • new brunswick — a province in SE Canada, E of Maine. 27,985 sq. mi. (72,480 sq. km). Capital: Fredericton.
  • news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
  • nightclubbing — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
  • non-incumbent — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
  • non-reducible — capable of being reduced.
  • nonconsumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
  • nondeductible — Not allowable as a deduction from income for the calculation of taxes.
  • nonsubjective — Not subjective.
  • notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
  • octane number — (of gasoline) a designation of antiknock quality, numerically equal to the percentage of isooctane by volume in a mixture of isooctane and normal heptane that matches the given gasoline in antiknock characteristics.
  • on the bounce — in succession; one after the other
  • overabundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
  • pencil rubber — a piece of rubber used for erasing something written in pencil; eraser
  • postpubescent — a young person in his or her early teens.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • prepubescence — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
  • pronounceable — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
  • public domain — the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection.
  • queen's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
  • rambling club — a club for people who enjoy taking walks in the country
  • rauschenbusch — Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
  • record button — the button that you press on a device or remote control to begin recording sound, images, etc
  • reducibleness — the extent, state or quality of being reducible
  • relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • republicanize — to make republican.
  • republication — publication anew.
  • rubber cement — a viscous, flammable liquid consisting of unvulcanized rubber dispersed in benzene, gasoline, or the like, used chiefly as an adhesive.
  • rubbernecking — staring or gaping inquisitively, esp in a naive or foolish manner
  • ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
  • saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
  • saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
  • satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • skunk cabbage — a low, fetid, broad-leaved North American plant, Symplocarpus foetidus, of the arum family, having a brownish-purple and green mottled spathe surrounding a stout spadix, growing in moist ground.
  • slimming club — a group of people who meet regularly and are all trying to lose weight
  • sub-component — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
  • sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
  • sub-reference — an act or instance of referring.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
  • subappearance — a slight appearance
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