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14-letter words containing t, a, b, u

  • substantialism — the doctrine that substantial noumena exist as a basis for phenomena.
  • substantiality — of ample or considerable amount, quantity, size, etc.: a substantial sum of money.
  • substantialize — to make or become substantial or actual
  • substantiation — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
  • substantiative — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
  • substantiators — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
  • substantivized — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
  • substitutional — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
  • subterrestrial — underground; subterranean.
  • subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
  • sugar diabetes — diabetes mellitus
  • superabsorbent — extremely or unusually absorbent: superabsorbent fibers.
  • superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
  • supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
  • sustainability — the ability to be sustained, supported, upheld, or confirmed.
  • sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
  • table mountain — a mountain in the Republic of South Africa, near Cape Town. 3550 feet (1080 meters).
  • tableau vivant — tableau (def 3).
  • tabularization — the act of tabularizing
  • takeout double — informatory double.
  • talk about sth — You can say talk about before mentioning a particular expression or situation, when you mean that something is a very striking or clear example of that expression or situation.
  • tall buttercup — a Eurasian buttercup, Ranunculus acris, naturalized in North American fields and meadows, having a tall stem and shiny yellow flowers.
  • tatar republic — a constituent republic of W Russia, around the confluence of the Volga and Kama Rivers. Capital: Kazan. Pop: 3 779 800 (2002). Area: 68 000 sq km (26 250 sq miles)
  • tax-deductible — noting an item the value or cost of which is deductible from the gross amount on which a tax is calculated.
  • taxable amount — the portion of your income or profits that is subject to tax
  • telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
  • 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
  • test-tube baby — an infant developed from an ovum fertilized in vitro and implanted into a woman's uterus, usually that of the biological mother.
  • the beatitudes — the pronouncements in the Sermon on the Mount, which begin “Blessed are the poor in spirit”: Matt. 5:3-12
  • the blue angel — a legendary German expressionist film of 1930, the first major German sound film, starring Marlene Dietrich
  • the honourable — a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another
  • the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
  • the upper back — the part of the back between the shoulders
  • thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
  • thorough brace — either of two strong braces or bands of leather supporting the body of a coach or other vehicle and connecting the front and back springs.
  • three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
  • thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
  • tintinnabulary — of bells or the ringing of bells
  • tintinnabulate — to ring
  • touch football — an informal variety of football in which the touching, usually with both hands, of a ball-carrier by a member of the opposing team results in a down.
  • transit number — an identifying number assigned by a banking organization to a bank and printed on its checks.
  • treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
  • treasury bills — an obligation of the U.S. government represented by promissory notes in denominations ranging from $1000 to $1,000,000, with a maturity of about 90 days but bearing no interest, and sold periodically at a discount on the market.
  • trituberculate — (of a structure such as a tooth or bone) with three tubercles
  • trombiculiasis — the condition of being infested with chiggers.
  • tubal ligation — a method of permanent sterilization for women, involving the surgical sealing of the fallopian tubes to prevent the ovum from passing from the ovary to the uterus.
  • tubuai islands — a chain of small islands extending about 1400 km (850 miles) in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia; discovered by Captain Cook in 1777; annexed by France in 1880. Pop: 1979 (2002). Area: 173 sq km (67 sq miles)
  • tuckaway table — a table having a support folding into one plane and a tilting or drop-leaf top.
  • tunbridge ware — decorative wooden ware, including tables, trays, boxes, and ornamental objects, produced especially in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Tunbridge Wells, England, with mosaiclike marquetry sawed from square-sectioned wooden rods of different natural colors.
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