15-letter words containing r, e, b, i, t
- tortoise beetle — any of several turtle-shaped leaf beetles, as Chelymorpha cassidea (argus tortoise beetle or milkweed tortoise beetle) which resembles the ladybird beetle and feeds primarily on bindweed and milkweed.
- tortoise brooch — a domed, oval brooch worn in pairs by Viking women.
- transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- transitive verb — a verb accompanied by a direct object and from which a passive can be formed, as deny, rectify, elect.
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- trial by battle — a method of trying an accused person or of settling a dispute by a personal fight between the two parties involved or, in some circumstances, their permitted champions, in the presence of a judge. It was introduced to England after the Norman Conquest and abolished in 1819
- tribromoethanol — a white, crystalline powder, C 2 H 3 Br 3 O, used as a basal anesthetic.
- trinitrobenzene — any of three yellow crystalline compounds having the formula C 9 H 3 N 3 O 6 , capable of more explosive power and requiring more impact than TNT.
- troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- tuberculin test — a test for tuberculosis in which a hypersensitive reaction to a given quantity of tuberculin indicates a past or present infection.
- tuberculization — the process of becoming, or of causing people or animals to become, infected with tuberculosis
- tumbling barrel — a rotating drum for subjecting materials or small manufactured objects, loosely placed inside, to a tumbling action, as to mix materials or to polish objects by friction with one another or with an abrasive.
- tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
- turbinate bones — the thin scroll-shaped bones situated on the walls of the nasal passages
- turbojet engine — a jet-propulsion engine in which air from the atmosphere is compressed for combustion by a turbine-driven compressor.
- udmurt republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the basin of the middle Kama. Capital: Izhevsk. Pop: 1 570 500 (2002). Area: 42 100 sq km (16 250 sq miles)
- ultraliberalism — a belief in or support for an extremely liberal political party or doctrine
- unanswerability — the quality of not being answerable or contestable
- unascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
- unconstrainable — unable to be confined
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- uninterpretable — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- united brethren — a Protestant denomination, of Wesleyan beliefs and practices, founded in 1800.
- unobtrusiveness — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- unrehabilitated — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- untransmissible — intransmissible
- unverifiability — the quality or state of being unverifiable
- utter barrister — a barrister belonging to the outer bar.
- vegetable ivory — ivory (def 9).
- visible exports — goods sold to a foreign country or countries
- visible imports — products that a company or country buys from other countries
- voltaic battery — battery (def 1a).
- vulnerabilities — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- white bear lake — a city in E Minnesota: summer resort.
- wild strawberry — uncultivated plant bearing red fruit
- william gilbert — Cass, 1859–1934, U.S. architect.
- william webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- ytterbium oxide — a colorless compound, Yb 2 O 3 , used in certain alloys and ceramics.