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13-letter words containing r, u, b, e, o

  • primum mobile — (in Ptolemaic astronomy) the outermost of the 10 concentric spheres of the universe, making a complete revolution every 24 hours and causing all the others to do likewise.
  • probate court — a special court with power over administration of estates of deceased persons, the probate of wills, etc.
  • pronounceable — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
  • proper subset — a subset that excludes at least one member of the containing set
  • proton number — the number of positive charges or protons in the nucleus of an atom of a given element, and therefore also the number of electrons normally surrounding the nucleus. Symbol: Z. Abbreviation: at. no.;
  • public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
  • purple mombin — a tree, Spondias purpurea, of tropical America, having clusters of purple or greenish flowers and yellow or dark red fruit that is edible either raw or cooked.
  • purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
  • quarter-bound — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
  • rabble-rouser — a person who stirs up the passions or prejudices of the public, usually for his or her own interests; demagogue.
  • rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
  • random number — pseudorandom number
  • random rubble — masonry in which untooled stones are set without coursing
  • reattribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
  • record button — the button that you press on a device or remote control to begin recording sound, images, etc
  • redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
  • relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • republication — publication anew.
  • resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • robert fulton — Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
  • rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
  • round of beef — round1 (def 35a).
  • roxburghshire — a historic county in SE Scotland.
  • rubber gloves — gloves made of rubber, worn to protect the hands while washing up, gardening, etc
  • rube goldberg — having a fantastically complicated, improvised appearance: a Rube Goldberg arrangement of flasks and test tubes.
  • rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
  • rum rebellion — the deposition of Governor William Bligh in 1808 by officers of the New South Wales Corps, caused by his interference in their trading activities, esp in the trafficking of rum
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
  • short subject — a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.
  • smoked rubber — a type of crude natural rubber in the form of brown sheets obtained by coagulating latex with an acid, rolling it into sheets, and drying over open wood fires. It is the main raw material for natural rubber products
  • sodium borate — borax1 .
  • sound barrier — Also called sonic barrier, transonic barrier. (not in technical use) a hypothetical barrier to flight beyond the speed of sound, so postulated because aircraft undergo an abruptly increasing drag force induced by compression of the surrounding air when traveling near the speed of sound.
  • sound blaster — (hardware)   The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
  • southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
  • sponge rubber — a light, spongy rubber, usually prepared by bubbling carbon dioxide through or whipping air into latex, used for padding, insulation, gaskets, etc.; foam rubber.
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
  • subcategorize — to split into subcategories
  • subcoriaceous — almost leathery
  • subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
  • subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • subgovernment — 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.
  • sublime porte — official name of Porte.
  • subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
  • subterraneous — existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.
  • superlobbyist — someone who lobbies on behalf of another
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