15-letter words containing u, m, b, r, a
- mulberry family — the plant family Moraceae, characterized by deciduous or evergreen trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having simple, alternate leaves, often milky sap, dense clusters of small flowers, and fruit in the form of a fleshy berry, usually hollow in the center, and including the fig, mulberry, Osage orange, and rubber plant.
- negative number — a number that is less than 0
- obituary column — the division of a publication reserved for obituaries
- 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).
- paurometabolous — designating or of a group of insect orders, as orthopterans or hemipterans, in which metamorphosis to the adult state from the juvenile state is gradual and without any sudden, radical change of body form
- peruvian balsam — Peru balsam.
- plumber's snake — snake (def 3a).
- prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- ram-air turbine — a small air-driven turbine fitted to an aircraft to provide power in the event of a failure of the normal systems
- rational number — a number that can be expressed exactly by a ratio of two integers.
- samuel fb morse — Jedidiah [jed-i-dahy-uh] /ˌdʒɛd ɪˈdaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse).
- sb's trump card — Your trump card is something powerful that you can use or do, which gives you an advantage over someone.
- serous membrane — any of various thin membranes, as the peritoneum, that line certain cavities of the body and exude a serous fluid.
- sublapsarianism — infralapsarianism.
- tablet computer — a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
- tobacco budworm — the larva of a noctuid moth, Heliothis virescens, that damages the buds and young leaves of tobacco.
- torture chamber — a room where somebody is caused extreme physical pain, esp in order to extract information, break resistance, etc
- tumbling barrel — a rotating drum for subjecting materials or small manufactured objects, loosely placed inside, to a tumbling action, as to mix materials or to polish objects by friction with one another or with an abrasive.
- ultraliberalism — a belief in or support for an extremely liberal political party or doctrine
- umbrella policy — An umbrella policy is a policy that provides excess limits and gives additional excess coverage over the normal limits and coverage of liability policies.
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- unrecommendable — not able to be recommended, supported, or endorsed
- untransmissible — intransmissible
- upward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
- upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- uranium-bearing — containing or producing uranium
- urban migration — the process of people moving from rural areas to cities
- water-based mud — Water-based mud is a type of drilling mud consisting mainly of water, which has additives to modify it and make it more effective.
- weimar republic — the German republic (1919–33), founded at Weimar.