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14-letter words containing u, b, o, l, t

  • lady bountiful — a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
  • left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
  • leukocytoblast — the precursor cell to a mature leukocyte
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • mounting-block — a block of stone formerly used to aid a person when mounting a horse
  • multivibrators — Plural form of multivibrator.
  • neurobiologist — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
  • neuroblastomas — Plural form of neuroblastoma.
  • noctambulation — Sleepwalking.
  • non-absolutist — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
  • non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
  • non-ambulatory — of, relating to, or capable of walking: an ambulatory exploration of the countryside.
  • non-cultivable — capable of being cultivated.
  • non-returnable — not returnable.
  • nonaccountable — not accountable
  • noncombustible — not flammable.
  • nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
  • nonsustainable — Not sustainable.
  • northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
  • nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
  • nuts and bolts — the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job.
  • oblique motion — the relative motion of two melodic parts in which one remains in place or moves relatively little while the other moves more actively.
  • oblique stroke — (character)   "/". Common names include: (forward) slash; stroke; ITU-T: slant; oblique stroke. Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; INTERCAL: slat. Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames, and hence also in URLs. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several languages.
  • obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
  • occult balance — asymmetrical balance of visual elements in an artistic composition.
  • olfactory bulb — the enlarged terminal part of each olfactory lobe from which the olfactory nerve originates.
  • penalty double — business double.
  • perturbational — relating to perturbation
  • phenylbutazone — a potent substance, C 1 9 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used to reduce pain and inflammation in rheumatic diseases and gout, and used in veterinary medicine for musculoskeletal disorders.
  • platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
  • polar outbreak — a vigorous thrust of cold, polar air across temperate regions.
  • prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
  • productibility — the ability to produce
  • provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
  • puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
  • purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
  • quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
  • rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
  • roulette table — surface marked out for roulette
  • roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
  • shoot the bull — exaggerations; lies; nonsense.
  • solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
  • soluble tablet — A soluble tablet is a tablet that is designed to be dissolved in water before it is swallowed.
  • somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • squeeze bottle — a flexible plastic bottle the contents of which can be forced out by squeezing.
  • stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
  • sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
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