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13-letter words containing u, b, e, r

  • congratulable — worthy of congratulation
  • conjecturable — Able to be conjectured upon.
  • constructible — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
  • contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
  • contribute to — to have a share in bringing about (a result); be partly responsible for
  • core business — the business activity that is main source of a company's profits and success, usually the activity that the company was originally set up to carry out
  • core subjects — three foundation subjects (English, mathematics, and science) that are compulsory throughout each key stage in the National Curriculum
  • councilmember — a member of a council, especially a legislative council.
  • counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
  • counterbidder — a person or organization that makes a bid in opposition to another bid
  • counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
  • counterboring — a tool for enlarging a drilled hole for a portion of its length, as to permit sinking a screw head.
  • counterphobic — seeking out a situation that one fears in an attempt to overcome the fear.
  • country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
  • credit bureau — an agency that is a clearinghouse for information on the credit rating of individuals or firms
  • creosote bush — a shrub, Larrea (or Covillea) tridentata of the western US and Mexico, that has resinous leaves with an odour resembling creosote, and can live for many thousands of years: family Zygophyllaceae
  • croquembouche — a French dessert consisting of a cone-shaped mound of small cream puffs glazed with caramelized sugar
  • crowd trouble — bad behaviour by fans at a sports match
  • crush barrier — a barrier erected to separate sections of large crowds in order to prevent crushing
  • cubic measure — a system of units for the measurement of volumes, based on the cubic inch, the cubic centimetre, etc
  • cucumber root — Indian cucumber root.
  • cucumber tree — any of several American trees or shrubs of the genus Magnolia, esp M. acuminata, of E and central North America, having cup-shaped greenish flowers and cucumber-shaped fruits
  • cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
  • curb exchange — American Stock Exchange.
  • curly bracket — a punctuation mark { }, also used as a symbol in maths
  • currant borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Ramosia tipuliformis, that bores into the stems of currants.
  • currency bond — a bond payable in legal tender.
  • customer base — A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
  • cutter number — a code combining decimal numbers with letters from an author's surname, used in an alphabetizing system.
  • cyberbullying — Cyberbullying is the use of the Internet to frighten or upset someone, usually by sending them unpleasant messages.
  • cybersecurity — the state of being safe from electronic crime and the measures taken to achieve this
  • cybersquatter — the registration of a commercially valuable Internet domain name, as a trademark, with the intention of selling it or profiting from its use.
  • danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
  • daughterboard — a small circuit board that can be attached to the motherboard of a computer
  • deattribution — a switch in the attribution of a work of art to another artist, usually a lesser one.
  • decarburizing — Present participle of decarburize.
  • deutocerebrum — (zoology) The median lobes of the brain of an insect.
  • direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
  • disburdenment — The removal of a burden; an unburdening.
  • disbursements — Plural form of disbursement.
  • disencumbered — Simple past tense and past participle of disencumber.
  • dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
  • distributable — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
  • distributives — Plural form of distributive.
  • dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
  • double boiler — a utensil consisting of two pots, one of which fits partway into the other: water is boiled in the lower pot to cook or warm food or melt a substance in the upper.
  • double bridle — a bridle with four reins coming from a bit with two rings on each side
  • double dagger — a mark (‡) used for references, as footnotes.
  • double garage — a garage that can hold two vehicles
  • double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
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