15-letter words containing u, m, b, r
- 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)
- job requirement — a quality or qualification that you must have in order to be suitable for a certain job
- kalmyk republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: became subject to Russia in 1646. Capital: Elista. Pop: 292 400 (2002). Area: 76 100 sq km (29 382 sq miles)
- lamb's-quarters — the pigweed, Chenopodium album.
- largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
- liberal judaism — Reform Judaism.
- lithium battery — A lithium battery is a type of battery used for low-power, high-reliability, long-life applications, such as clocks, cameras and calculators.
- lobar pneumonia — pneumonia (def 2).
- lumbar puncture — Medicine/Medical. puncture into the arachnoid membrane of the spinal cord, in the lumbar region, and withdrawal of spinal fluid, performed for diagnosis of the fluid, injection of dye for imaging, or administration of anesthesia or medication.
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- maneuverability — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
- manukau harbour — an inlet of the Tasman Sea near Auckland in New Zealand on NW North Island
- 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.
- marlborough leg — a tapered leg having a square section.
- marriage bureau — an agency that provides introductions to single people seeking a marriage partner
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- maxilloturbinal — (anatomy) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.
- member function — A method in C++.
- mersenne number — a number of the form, 2 p −1, where p is a prime number.
- microbusinesses — Plural form of microbusiness.
- micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
- misdistribution — Incorrect or unfair distribution.
- moreton bay bug — a flattish edible shellfish, Thenus orientalis, of Northern Australian waters
- most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
- motorcycle club — a club of motorcycle enthusiasts
- motoring public — the population that drive road vehicles
- mount blackburn — a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft)
- 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
- mountain beaver — a burrowing rodent, Aplodontia rufa, of W North America: family Aplodontidae
- mourners' bench — a front row of seats at a revival meeting, for those who are to profess penitence
- mucous membrane — a lubricating membrane lining an internal surface or an organ, as the alimentary, respiratory, and genitourinary canals.
- 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.
- multi-binprolog — (language) A multi-threaded Linda-style parallel extension to BinProlog for Solaris 2.3. Version: 3.30.
- 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.
- negative number — a number that is less than 0
- neuroembryology — the branch of embryology dealing with the origin and development of the nervous system.
- non-equilibrium — a state of rest or balance due to the equal action of opposing forces.
- number cruncher — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
- number one wood — driver (def 4).
- number-cruncher — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
- obituary column — the division of a publication reserved for obituaries
- opposite number — counterpart; equivalent: New members with an interest in folk art will find their opposite numbers in the association's directory.
- 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).
- plumbers-friend — Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
- prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch