14-letter words containing o, u, t, b, r, e
- polar outbreak — a vigorous thrust of cold, polar air across temperate regions.
- prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
- puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
- purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
- quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- redistribution — a distribution performed again or anew.
- resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- rotten borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough that had very few voters yet was represented in Parliament.
- roulette table — surface marked out for roulette
- round the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- sub-government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
- subaggregation — a subtotalling
- subarborescent — below or under trees
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
- superabsorbent — extremely or unusually absorbent: superabsorbent fibers.
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
- the honourable — a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another
- the upper body — the part of the body above the waist
- thorough brace — either of two strong braces or bands of leather supporting the body of a coach or other vehicle and connecting the front and back springs.
- through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
- to be bursting — to want desperately to urinate
- troubleshooted — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- troubleshooter — a person with special skill in resolving disputes, impasses, etc., as in business, national, or international affairs: a diplomatic troubleshooter in the Middle East.
- turbo debugger — (programming) A source-level debugger designed for use with Borland and other compilers.
- turbo-electric — noting, pertaining to, or utilizing machinery that includes a generator driven by a turbine: turbo-electric engine; turbo-electric propulsion.
- turbogenerator — a large electrical generator driven by a steam turbine
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turbulent flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid varies irregularly.
- ubv photometry — the photometric measurement of the color index of a star, using ultraviolet, blue, and visual (yellow) filters.
- un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- unarmed combat — the action of fighting without weapons
- uncontrollable — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
- uncorroborated — to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident