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15-letter words containing o, b, t, r, u, d

  • misdistribution — Incorrect or unfair distribution.
  • procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
  • pubic directory — [NYU] (also "pube directory" /pyoob' d*-rek't*-ree/) The "pub" (public) directory on a machine that allows FTP access. So called because it is the default location for SEX (software exchange).
  • reproducibility — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
  • right-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the right, or starboard, side.
  • robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
  • rotary debugger — (Commodore) Essential equipment for those late-night or early-morning debugging sessions. Mainly used as sustenance for the hacker. Comes in many decorator colours, such as Sausage, Pepperoni, and Garbage.
  • roundaboutation — circumlocution
  • roundaboutility — roundaboutness
  • sub-distributor — a person or thing that distributes.
  • to do your best — If you do your best or try your best to do something, you try as hard as you can to do it, or do it as well as you can.
  • tobacco budworm — the larva of a noctuid moth, Heliothis virescens, that damages the buds and young leaves of tobacco.
  • troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
  • unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
  • under your belt — If you have something under your belt, you have already achieved it or done it.
  • upward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
  • ytterbium oxide — a colorless compound, Yb 2 O 3 , used in certain alloys and ceramics.
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