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

  • jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
  • juniper berry — the berrylike cone of a juniper.
  • kennebunkport — a town in SW Maine: summer resort.
  • komi republic — a constituent republic of NW Russia: annexed by the princes of Moscow in the 14th century. Capital: Syktyvkar. Pop: 1 019 000 (2002). Area: 415 900 sq km (160 540 sq miles)
  • lepton number — in a process involving elementary particles, the total number of leptons minus the total number of antileptons.
  • lumbar plexus — a network of nerves originating in the spinal nerves of the midback region and innervating the pelvic area, the front of the legs, and part of the feet.
  • melbourne cup — an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861
  • moebius strip — Möbius strip
  • non-reputable — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
  • ombudspersons — Plural form of ombudsperson.
  • paucis verbis — in or by few words; with brevity.
  • peanut butter — a paste made from ground roasted peanuts, used as a spread or in cookery.
  • pencil rubber — a piece of rubber used for erasing something written in pencil; eraser
  • perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • peruvian bark — cinchona (def 2).
  • pleasure boat — recreational vessel
  • postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
  • premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
  • prepubescence — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
  • presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
  • 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.;
  • prussian blue — any of a number of blue pigments containing ferrocyanide or ferricyanide complexes
  • public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
  • 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.
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • republicanize — to make republican.
  • republication — publication anew.
  • rumble strips — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
  • rumbledethump — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
  • she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
  • slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
  • spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.
  • 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.
  • spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
  • spruce beetle — a beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis, that feeds on and nests in spruce, pine, and other evergreen trees, sometimes causing extensive damage.
  • subappearance — a slight appearance
  • subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
  • subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
  • sublime porte — official name of Porte.
  • submarine pen — a bunker that prevents submarines from bombs
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