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14-letter words containing o, r, e, n, b, u

  • conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
  • constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
  • contact number — a person's telephone number
  • counter-boulle — contre-partie.
  • counter-gambit — a countermove
  • counterbalance — To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
  • countersubject — (in a fugue) the theme in one voice that accompanies the statement of the subject in another
  • cumbersomeness — The state of being cumbersome.
  • cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
  • debenture bond — a corporate bond unsecured by any mortgage, dependent on the credit of the issuer.
  • debt of honour — a debt that is morally but not legally binding, such as one contracted in gambling
  • deurbanization — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
  • do a number on — a numeral or group of numerals.
  • double harness — harness for a pair of horses.
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
  • engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
  • european bison — a closely related and similar animal, Bison bonasus, formerly widespread in Europe
  • exchequer bond — a type of short-term government bond
  • favourableness — The state or condition of being favourable.
  • finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
  • founder member — A founder member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
  • french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
  • front side bus — (hardware)   (FSB) The bus via which a processor communicates with its RAM and chipset; one half of the Dual Independent Bus (the other half being the backside bus). The L2 cache is usually on the FSB, unless it is on the same chip as the processor [example?]. In PCI systems, the PCI bus runs at half the FSB speed. Altering the FSB speed and the multiplier ratio are the two main ways of overclocking processors.
  • go gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
  • groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
  • grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
  • hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
  • herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.
  • homeward bound — going home
  • honourableness — Alternative spelling of honorableness.
  • hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
  • imperturbation — freedom from perturbation; tranquillity; calmness.
  • insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
  • insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
  • interbehaviour — interaction between multiple individuals
  • journal bronze — an alloy of about 83 percent copper, 13 percent tin, 3 percent zinc, and 1 percent lead.
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • lugubriousness — The property of being lugubrious.
  • lumbersomeness — the state of being lumbersome
  • marsupial bone — epipubis.
  • money-grubbing — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
  • mound builders — a member of any of the early American Indian peoples who built the burial mounds, fortifications, and other earthworks found in the Midwest and the Southwest
  • mourning bride — a plant, Scabiosa atropurpurea, native to Europe, cultivated for its purple, reddish, or white flowers.
  • neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
  • network number — network address
  • neurobiologist — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
  • neuroblastomas — Plural form of neuroblastoma.
  • neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
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