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14-letter words containing s, u, b, m, i

  • marsupial bone — epipubis.
  • master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
  • messier number — a number (preceded by M) designating the 109 double stars, clusters, nebulae, and galaxies in the Messier catalog.
  • micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
  • middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
  • military brush — one of a pair of matched hairbrushes having no handles, especially for men and boys.
  • miller's thumb — any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
  • miller's-thumb — any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
  • misattribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
  • mound builders — a member of any of the early American Indian peoples who built the burial mounds, fortifications, and other earthworks found in the Midwest and the Southwest
  • multivibrators — Plural form of multivibrator.
  • nil nisi bonum — de mortuis nil nisi bonum
  • non-combustion — the act or process of burning.
  • non-submissive — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
  • noncombustible — not flammable.
  • obstructionism — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
  • omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
  • omnibus volume — a collection of works by one author or several works on a similar topic, reprinted in one volume
  • over-ambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
  • plumbous oxide — litharge.
  • pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
  • rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • redisbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
  • semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
  • semimembranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
  • serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
  • showbiz column — a column about the entertainment industry
  • simaroubaceous — belonging to the Simaroubaceae, the quassia family of plants.
  • sodium bromide — a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble solid, NaBr, used chiefly in photography as a developer, and in medicine as a sedative.
  • somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • submetacentric — referring to chromosomes which have one long arm and one short arm
  • submicroscopic — too small to be seen through a microscope.
  • subminiaturize — to design or manufacture (equipment, especially electronic equipment) of a greatly reduced scale.
  • substantialism — the doctrine that substantial noumena exist as a basis for phenomena.
  • suicide bomber — A suicide bomber is a terrorist who carries out a bomb attack, knowing that he or she will be killed in the explosion.
  • superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
  • superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • superincumbent — lying or resting on something else.
  • sweet viburnum — the sheepberry, Viburnum lentago.
  • terbium metals — a series of closely related rare-earth elements, including terbium, gadolinium, europium, and, sometimes, dysprosium
  • terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
  • timber cruiser — cruiser (def 6).
  • transit number — an identifying number assigned by a banking organization to a bank and printed on its checks.
  • trituberculism — the condition of being trituberculate
  • trombiculiasis — the condition of being infested with chiggers.
  • tumbler switch — electrical control
  • umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
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