14-letter words containing t, u, b, e, r, c
- putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
- quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- square bracket — bracket (def 3).
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- subarborescent — below or under trees
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subject matter — the substance of a discussion, book, writing, etc., as distinguished from its form or style.
- submetacentric — referring to chromosomes which have one long arm and one short arm
- subsecretariat — an administrative department that assists and is subordinate to a secretariat.
- subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
- superincumbent — lying or resting on something else.
- 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)
- the upper back — the part of the back between the shoulders
- third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
- 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.
- timber cruiser — cruiser (def 6).
- 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
- trituberculate — (of a structure such as a tooth or bone) with three tubercles
- trituberculism — the condition of being trituberculate
- tumbler switch — electrical control
- turbo-electric — noting, pertaining to, or utilizing machinery that includes a generator driven by a turbine: turbo-electric engine; turbo-electric propulsion.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turnip cabbage — kohlrabi.
- unarmed combat — the action of fighting without weapons
- unbureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
- uncontrollable — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
- uncorroborated — to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
- uncriticizable — to censure or find fault with.
- unmerchantable — (of goods) not suitable for trading
- unrecapturable — not able to be recaptured or brought back
- witchetty grub — the large white larva of any of several species of moth and beetle of Australia, especially of the moth genus Cossus, occurring in decaying wood and traditionally used as food by Aborigines.
- yttrocolumbite — Yttrotantalite.