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14-letter words containing n, u, l

  • bible-thumping — an evangelist or other person who quotes the Bible frequently, especially as a means of exhortation or rebuke.
  • bildungsromane — a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist.
  • bioequivalence — the equality of strength, bioavailability, and dosage of various drug products
  • biolinguistics — the study of language functions as they relate to or derive from the biological characteristics of an organism.
  • bioluminescent — the production of light by living organisms.
  • black and blue — discolored, as by bruising; exhibiting ecchymosis: a black-and-blue mark on my knee.
  • black selenium — an allotropic form of selenium occurring as a black, amorphous, water-insoluble, light-sensitive powder: used chiefly in photoelectric cells.
  • black-and-blue — (of the skin) discoloured, as from a bruise
  • bleat on about — If you say that someone is bleating on about something, you mean that they are talking about it a great deal in a way which makes them sound weak and irritating.
  • block faulting — the process by which tensional forces in the earth's crust cause large bodies of rock to founder.
  • block mountain — a mountain produced by faulting and the uplifting of large blocks of rock
  • blood and guts — dealing with or depicting war or violence, especially in a lurid manner: a blood-and-guts movie.
  • blood grouping — the ascertainment of a person's blood group
  • blood-and-guts — dealing with or depicting war or violence, especially in a lurid manner: a blood-and-guts movie.
  • blood-curdling — A blood-curdling sound or story is very frightening and horrible.
  • blue dandelion — chicory (def 1).
  • blue mountains — a mountain range in the US, in NE Oregon and SE Washington. Highest peak: Rock Creek Butte, 2773 m (9097 ft)
  • blurred vision — a condition which makes it impossible to see clearly
  • boston lettuce — a type of butterhead lettuce
  • bottle turning — the turning of the legs of chairs, tables, etc., in manufacturing to give certain sections an ornamental, bottlelike form.
  • bouillon spoon — a spoon with a round bowl, smaller than a soup spoon.
  • boulder canyon — a canyon of the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada, above Boulder Dam.
  • bouleversement — an overthrow or reversal; violent turmoil
  • bound variable — (in the functional calculus) a variable occurring in a quantifier and in a sentential function within the scope of the quantifier.
  • boundary layer — the layer of fluid closest to the surface of a solid past which the fluid flows: it has a lower rate of flow than the bulk of the fluid because of its adhesion to the solid
  • boundary value — boundary value analysis
  • brass knuckles — linked metal rings or a metal bar with holes for the fingers, worn for rough fighting
  • brazil current — a warm current in the Atlantic Ocean flowing SE along the E coast of Brazil.
  • brazilian ruby — a light-rose spinel used as a gem: not a true ruby.
  • bremsstrahlung — the radiation produced when an electrically charged particle, esp an electron, is slowed down by the electric field of an atomic nucleus or an atomic ion
  • bridge fluting — (on the stem of a drinking glass) flutes or facets continuing onto the underside of the bowl.
  • bronchial tube — Your bronchial tubes are the two tubes which connect your windpipe to your lungs.
  • brown bullhead — a freshwater catfish, Ictalurus nebulosus, of eastern North America, having an olive to brown body with dark markings on the sides.
  • bubble company — a company whose shares are highly valued and then plummet
  • bubonic plague — Bubonic plague is a serious infectious disease spread by rats. It killed many people during the Middle Ages.
  • buchner funnel — a laboratory filter funnel used under reduced pressure. It consists of a shallow porcelain cylinder with a flat perforated base
  • buffalo indian — a member of any of the American Indian tribes, as those of the Algonquian, Athabascan, Caddoan, Kiowa, Siouan, or Uto-Aztecan linguistic families, that formerly inhabited the Great Plains. All were more or less nomadic, following the buffalo, and were often in touch with one another so that the development among them of common culture traits is noticeable.
  • builder's knot — clove hitch
  • building block — If you describe something as a building block of something, you mean it is one of the separate parts that combine to make that thing.
  • building paper — any of various types of heavy-duty paper that usually consist of bitumen reinforced with fibre sandwiched between two sheets of kraft paper: used in damp-proofing or as insulation between the soil and a road surface
  • building trade — the economic sector comprising all companies and workers involved in construction
  • building works — construction projects
  • bulk transport — the transport of large quantities of goods or commodities in lorries, ships, or by rail
  • bull-nosed bow — a bow having a bulbous forefoot.
  • bulletin board — A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.
  • bullion fringe — a thick gold or silver wire or fringed cord used as a trimming, as on military uniforms
  • burying beetle — a beetle of the genus Necrophorous, which buries the dead bodies of small animals by excavating beneath them, using the corpses as food for themselves and their larvae: family Silphidae
  • business angel — A business angel is a person who gives financial support to a commercial venture and receives a share of any profits from it, but who does not expect to be involved in its management.
  • business class — Business class seating on an aeroplane costs less than first class but more than economy class.
  • business cycle — the recurrent fluctuation between boom and depression in the economic activity of a capitalist country
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