15-letter words containing u, b, i, s
- 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.
- insuperableness — The quality of being insuperable or insurmountable; insuperability.
- intersubjective — comprehensible to, relating to, or used by a number of persons, as a concept or language.
- 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.
- jerusalem bible — a Roman Catholic version of the Bible published in 1966, translated from the French La Bible de Jérusalem, produced by Dominican scholars in Jerusalem (1956)
- jubilate-sunday — Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.
- jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
- jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
- justifiableness — Justifiability.
- kaibab squirrel — a nearly extinct tree squirrel, Sciurus kaibabensis, found only in a small area north of the Grand Canyon.
- leibnitz's rule — a rule for finding the derivative of the product of two functions. For a first derivative it is d(uv)/dx = udv/dx + vdu/dx
- liberal judaism — Reform Judaism.
- liberal studies — a supplementary arts course for those specializing in scientific, technical, or professional studies
- lighthouse tube — a vacuum tube with the electrodes arranged in parallel layers closely spaced, giving a relatively high-power output at high frequencies.
- listed building — (in Britain) a building officially recognized as having special historical or architectural interest and therefore protected from demolition or alteration
- little bluestem — a North American forage grass, Schizachyrium scoparium, having wide often bluish blades.
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- marburg disease — a viral disease producing a severe and often fatal illness with fever, rash, diarrhea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal bleeding, transmitted to humans through contact with infected green monkeys.
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- microbusinesses — Plural form of microbusiness.
- micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
- misdistribution — Incorrect or unfair distribution.
- monkey business — frivolous or mischievous behavior.
- monosubstituted — containing one substituent.
- mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
- municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- muslim brothers — an organization founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hasan al-Banna (1906–49), calling for a return to rigid orthodoxy, the overthrow of secular governments, and a restoration of the theocratic state.
- neighbourliness — Standard spelling of neighborliness.
- new brunswicker — a native or inhabitant of New Brunswick
- no-claims bonus — law: insurance premium reduction
- non combustible — not flammable.
- non-combustible — not flammable.
- non-exhaustible — to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
- non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- non-substantive — a noun.
- non-susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- novokuibyshevsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, SW of Kuibyshev.
- oblique sailing — the navigation of a vessel on a point of the compass other than one of the cardinal points.
- oblique section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane that is other than parallel or perpendicular to its longest axis.
- obstructionists — Plural form of obstructionist.
- obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
- obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
- omnibus edition — a television or radio programme consisting of two or more programmes broadcast earlier in the week
- opposite number — counterpart; equivalent: New members with an interest in folk art will find their opposite numbers in the association's directory.
- opprobriousness — The state or condition of being opprobrious.
- ordinal numbers — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).