15-letter words containing t, a, b, o, u, r
- public lavatory — a public toilet
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- put years on sb — If you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older.
- rational number — a number that can be expressed exactly by a ratio of two integers.
- reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- right-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the right, or starboard, side.
- rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
- robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- rotary debugger — (Commodore) Essential equipment for those late-night or early-morning debugging sessions. Mainly used as sustenance for the hacker. Comes in many decorator colours, such as Sausage, Pepperoni, and Garbage.
- rough breathing — the symbol (ʿ) used in the writing of Greek to indicate aspiration of the initial vowel or of the ρ (rho) over which it is placed.
- roundaboutation — circumlocution
- roundaboutility — roundaboutness
- runabout ticket — a rail ticket that allows unlimited travel within a specified area for a limited period of time (for example one day, a weekend, three days, etc)
- sesquicarbonate — a salt intermediate in composition between a carbonate and a bicarbonate or consisting of the two combined.
- streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- sub-corporation — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
- subcontraoctave — the octave below the contraoctave, which is three octaves below the middle C octave on a standard keyboard
- suborganization — an organization within a larger organization
- subperiosteally — 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.
- substitutionary — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- substratosphere — the upper troposphere.
- subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
- suburbanization — to give suburban characteristics to: to suburbanize a rural area.
- tablet computer — a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
- tailor's bunion — a bunionlike enlargement of the joint of the little toe, usually caused by pressure from tight shoes.
- thiobarbiturate — a barbiturate in which a sulphur atom has replaced one oxygen atom
- tobacco budworm — the larva of a noctuid moth, Heliothis virescens, that damages the buds and young leaves of tobacco.
- torture chamber — a room where somebody is caused extreme physical pain, esp in order to extract information, break resistance, etc
- travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
- troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
- tuberculization — the process of becoming, or of causing people or animals to become, infected with tuberculosis
- turbinate bones — the thin scroll-shaped bones situated on the walls of the nasal passages
- turkish tobacco — a strongly aromatic tobacco, grown chiefly in Turkey and Greece, used in cigarettes.
- unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
- unconstrainable — unable to be confined
- uncontrollables — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- upward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
- urban migration — the process of people moving from rural areas to cities