15-letter words containing t, u, b, i
- figurate number — a number having the property that the same number of equally spaced dots can be arranged in the shape of a regular geometrical figure.
- floral tributes — bunches or arrangements of flowers left as a memorial at the site of a fatal incident
- flying buttress — a segmental arch transmitting an outward and downward thrust to a solid buttress that through its inertia transforms the thrust into a vertical one.
- forbidden fruit — the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, tasted by Adam and Eve against God's prohibition. Gen. 2:17; 3:3.
- forget about it — don't mention it, you're welcome
- fountains abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey near Ripon in Yorkshire: founded 1132, dissolved 1539; landscaped 1720
- fourth republic — the republic established in France in 1945 and replaced by the Fifth Republic in 1958.
- francis turbine — a water turbine designed to produce high flow from a low head of pressure: used esp in hydroelectric power generation
- functionability — functional (def 3).
- galactic nebula — a nebula in the Milky Way.
- giant water bug — any of various aquatic bugs, as of the family Belostomatidae (giant water bug)
- groutlock brick — a brick chamfered on its inner angles to allow space for vertical and horizontal reinforcing rods sealed in grout.
- gulf of bothnia — an arm of the Baltic Sea, extending north between Sweden and Finland
- gutenberg bible — an edition of the Vulgate printed at Mainz before 1456, ascribed to Gutenberg and others: probably the first large book printed with movable type.
- harbour station — the part of a port where boats shelter or station
- harlequin table — a writing or dressing table having a central set of compartments that rise when drop leaves are raised.
- hit the buffers — to finish or be stopped, esp unexpectedly
- hot-bulb engine — a low-compression oil engine requiring a heated bulb or cap for ignition.
- housing benefit — In Britain, housing benefit is money that the government gives to people with no income or very low incomes to pay for part or all of their rent.
- hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
- hypermutability — liable or subject to change or alteration.
- iceberg lettuce — a variety of lettuce having a cabbagelike head of crisp leaves.
- immeasurability — Immeasurableness.
- immensurability — The quality of being immensurable.
- immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
- impulse turbine — a turbine moved by free jets of fluid striking the blades of the rotor together with the axial flow of fluid through the rotor.
- in all but name — If you say that a situation exists in all but name, you mean that it is not officially recognized even though it exists.
- in-and-out bond — a stonework or brickwork bond having headers and stretchers alternating vertically.
- in/into trouble — If someone is in trouble, they are in a situation in which a person in authority is angry with them or is likely to punish them because they have done something wrong.
- incalculability — The quality or state of being incalculable.
- incentive bonus — an extra payment made to an employee to reward good work
- incommutability — The quality or state of being incommutable.
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- indisputability — The property of being indisputable.
- indissolubility — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
- indistributable — of a nature that cannot be distributed
- indubitableness — The quality of being indubitable.
- inobtrusiveness — the quality of being unobtrusive
- inscrutableness — Inscrutability.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- insubordination — the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance: The employee was fired for insubordination.
- insubstantially — In an insubstantial manner.
- interambulacral — relating to, or situated between, interambulacra
- interambulacrum — the area between two of an echinoderm's ambulacra
- internet number — internet address
- intersubjective — comprehensible to, relating to, or used by a number of persons, as a concept or language.
- invulnerability — incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- it's sb's shout — If you are in a pub and someone you are with says 'It's your shout' or 'It's my shout', they mean that it is your turn or their turn to buy a round of drinks.
- job opportunity — an opportunity of employment