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16-letter words containing u, b, a, n

  • fibonacci number — a number in the Fibonacci sequence, each of which is the sum of the previous two
  • flying ambulance — an aircraft used to take sick or injured people to hospital
  • fundamental bass — a bass consisting of the roots of the chords employed.
  • gingerbread plum — a tree, Neocarya macrophylla, of western Africa, bearing a large, edible, starchy fruit.
  • global community — the people or nations of the world, considered as being closely connected by modern telecommunications and as being economically, socially, and politically interdependent
  • go out on a limb — say sth daring
  • great blue heron — a large American heron, Ardea herodias, having bluish-gray plumage.
  • ground substance — Also called matrix. the homogeneous substance in which the fibers and cells of connective tissue are embedded.
  • growth substance — any substance, produced naturally by a plant or manufactured commercially, that, in very low concentrations, affects plant growth; a plant hormone
  • gulf of martaban — an inlet of the Bay of Bengal in Myanmar
  • gulf of san blas — an inlet of the Caribbean on the N coast of Panama
  • have been around — be experienced
  • have no business — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
  • horsehead nebula — a dark nebula in the constellation Orion, composed of opaque cosmic dust and resembling the head of a horse.
  • humanly possible — feasible, practical
  • huntington beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
  • hydration number — the number of molecules of water with which an ion can combine in an aqueous solution of given concentration.
  • hyperreal number — any of the set of numbers formed by the addition of infinite numbers and infinitesimal numbers to the set of real numbers
  • imaginary number — Also called imaginary, pure imaginary number. a complex number having its real part equal to zero.
  • immeasurableness — The state or condition of being immeasurable.
  • in a brown study — in a reverie or daydream
  • inboard-outboard — Also, outdrive, stern-drive. (of a motorboat) having an inboard engine connected to a maneuverable outboard drive-shaft unit.
  • incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
  • indisputableness — The property of being indisputable.
  • inexhaustibility — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
  • inextinguishable — not extinguishable: an inextinguishable fire.
  • inextinguishably — In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
  • insubstantiality — not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
  • insufferableness — The state of being insufferable.
  • insurance broker — person who sells insurance policies
  • interbehavioural — relating to or involving interbehaviour
  • invulnerableness — The quality of being invulnerable.
  • jacques bonhomme — the contemptuous title given by the nobles to the peasants in the revolt of the Jacquerie in 1358 and adopted by the peasants in subsequent revolts.
  • journeyman baker — a baker who is qualified to work in the employment of another
  • kentucky warbler — a wood warbler, Oporornis formosus, of the U.S., olive-green above, yellow below, and marked with black on the face.
  • kingdom-of-nubia — a region in S Egypt and the Sudan, N of Khartoum, extending from the Nile to the Red Sea.
  • labour agreement — a contract between workers and managers setting out working conditions, wages, etc
  • labour relations — Labour relations refers to the relationship between employers and employees in industry, and the political decisions and laws that affect it.
  • labour-intensive — Labour-intensive industries or methods of making things involve a lot of workers. Compare capital-intensive.
  • labrador current — a cold ocean current flowing southwards off the coast of Labrador and meeting the warm Gulf Stream, causing dense fogs off the coast of Newfoundland
  • language barrier — difficulty in communication due to language difference
  • latent ambiguity — uncertainty that arises when a seemingly clear written instrument is matched against an extrinsic fact, as when a description of something being sold fits two different items.
  • leaf-cutting bee — any of the bees of the family Megachilidae that cut circular pieces from leaves or flowers to line their nests.
  • lean-burn engine — an engine designed to use a lean mixture of fuel and air in order to reduce petrol consumption and exhaust emissions
  • leaps and bounds — You can use in leaps and bounds or by leaps and bounds to emphasize that someone or something is improving or increasing quickly and greatly.
  • lesbian cymatium — cyma reversa.
  • liberal unionist — a Liberal who opposed Gladstone's policy of Irish Home Rule in 1886 and after
  • like gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
  • martin van buren — Martin, 1782–1862, 8th president of the U.S. 1837–41.
  • mesembryanthemum — any of various chiefly Old World plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, having thick, fleshy leaves and often showy flowers.
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