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16-letter words containing s, u, b, e

  • mossbauer effect — the phenomenon in which an atom in a crystal undergoes no recoil when emitting a gamma ray, giving all the emitted energy to the gamma ray, resulting in a sharply defined wavelength.
  • nash equilibrium — (in game theory) a stable state of a system involving the interaction of two or more players in which no player can gain by a unilateral change of strategy if the strategies of the other players remain unchanged
  • neuroborreliosis — A disorder of the central nervous system caused by a spirochete of the genus Borrelia.
  • niche publishing — publishing books that are intended for a very specialized market
  • nitrous bacteria — bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites in the soil
  • nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
  • obsequent stream — a stream flowing in a direction opposite to that of the dip of the local strata.
  • obstreperousness — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
  • obtuse bisectrix — See under bisectrix (def 1).
  • october surprise — a major event, occurring shortly before a presidential election, which influences the result
  • oversubscription — to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.
  • paint-by-numbers — formulaic; showing no original thought or creativity
  • paratuberculosis — Johne's disease.
  • plumber's helper — plunger (def 3).
  • pre-subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
  • prometheus bound — a tragedy (c457 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • public ownership — ownership by the state; nationalization
  • public relations — (used with a plural verb) the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc.
  • publishing house — a company that publishes books, pamphlets, engravings, or the like: a venerable publishing house in Boston.
  • questionableness — The state or condition of being questionable; dubiousness.
  • rambunctiousness — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • raster subsystem — (graphics)   The part of a graphics system concerned with an image after it has been transformed and scaled to screen coordinates. It includes scan conversion and display.
  • reasonable doubt — law: grounds for believing sb is innocent
  • rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
  • redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.
  • reserve buoyancy — the difference between the volume of a hull below the designed waterline and the volume of the hull below the lowest opening incapable of being made watertight.
  • rhythm and blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
  • rhythm-and-blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
  • rich tea biscuit — any of various semisweet biscuits
  • robin's-egg blue — a pale green to a light greenish-blue color.
  • saint petersburg — Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
  • san buenaventura — a city in SW California.
  • santiago de cuba — a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
  • sb will be lucky — If you say that someone will be lucky to do or get something, you mean that they are very unlikely to do or get it, and will definitely not do or get any more than that.
  • schaumburg-lippe — a former state in NW Germany.
  • sebaceous glands — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
  • security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
  • self-lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
  • self-subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
  • self-subsistence — the state or fact of subsisting.
  • semantic tableau — a method of demonstrating the consistency or otherwise of a set of statements by constructing a diagrammatic representation of all the circumstances that satisfy the set of statements
  • semisubterranean — half below the surface of the ground: the semisubterranean houses of some Indian tribes.
  • slubberdegullion — a slovenly or worthless person
  • sodium bisulfate — a colorless crystalline compound, NaHSO 4 , soluble in water: used in dyeing, in the manufacture of cement, paper, soap, and an acid-type cleaner.
  • sodium bisulfite — Sodium bisulfite is a crystalline compound used as an antioxidant and stabilizing agent.
  • sodium carbonate — Also called soda ash. an anhydrous, grayish-white, odorless, water-soluble powder, Na 2 CO 3 , usually obtained by the Solvay process and containing about 1 percent of impurities consisting of sulfates, chlorides, and bicarbonates of sodium: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, soaps, paper, petroleum products, sodium salts, as a cleanser, for bleaching, and in water treatment.
  • sodium perborate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, NaBO 2 ⋅3H 2 O or NaBO 3 ⋅4H 2 O, used chiefly as a bleaching agent and antiseptic.
  • south sea bubble — the financial crash that occurred in 1720 after the South Sea Company had taken over the national debt in return for a monopoly of trade with the South Seas, causing feverish speculation in their stocks
  • southerly buster — a sudden violent cold wind on the SE coast of Australia causing a rapid drop in temperature
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