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17-letter words containing u, n, a, b, s, e

  • juvenile diabetes — any of several disorders characterized by increased urine production.
  • latent strabismus — the tendency, controllable by muscular effort, for one or both eyes to exhibit strabismus.
  • least upper bound — an upper bound that is less than or equal to all the upper bounds of a particular set. 3 is the least upper bound of the set consisting of 1, 2, 3. Abbr.: lub.
  • lebanon mountains — a mountain range extending the length of Lebanon, in the central part. Highest peak, 10,049 feet (3063 meters).
  • lebesgue integral — an integral obtained by application of the theory of measure and more general than the Riemann integral.
  • leibniz mountains — a mountain range on the SW limb of the moon, containing the highest peaks (10 000 metres) on the moon
  • limousine liberal — a wealthy left-wing person
  • make noises about — to give indications of one's intentions
  • mesembryanthemums — Plural form of mesembryanthemum.
  • misunderstandable — Capable of being misunderstood.
  • nervous breakdown — (not in technical use) any disabling mental disorder requiring treatment.
  • neurofibromatosis — a dominantly inherited genetic disorder characterized by flat brown patches on the skin, neurofibromas of the skin and internal organs, and in some cases skeletal deformity.
  • nonunderstandable — Not understandable.
  • nuclear submarine — undersea vessel powered by atomic energy
  • performance bonus — a monetary bonus paid to staff who have performed well in their job
  • pressurized cabin — the cabin of an aircraft in which the air has been pressurized
  • public assistance — government aid to the poor, disabled, or aged or to dependent children, as financial assistance or food stamps.
  • quarterback sneak — a play in which the quarterback charges into the middle of the line, usually immediately after receiving the ball from the center.
  • rubber-base paint — latex paint.
  • rubberman disease — Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
  • russell, bertrand — Bertrand Russell
  • safety in numbers — If you say that there is safety in numbers, you mean that you are safer doing something if there are a lot of people doing it rather than doing it alone.
  • saint bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
  • say the unsayable — to express an opinion thought to be too controversial to mention
  • square and rabbet — annulet (def 1).
  • squash vine borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Melittia satyriniformis, that bores into the stems of squash and related plants.
  • subclavian artery — either of a pair of arteries, one on each side of the body, that carry the main supply of blood to the arms.
  • subclavian groove — either of two grooves in the first rib, one for the main artery (subclavian artery) and the other for the main vein (subclavian vein) of the arm
  • subordinated debt — a debt that an unsecured creditor can only claim, in the event of a liquidation, after the claims of secured creditors have been paid
  • subscription rate — the price charged for a subscription
  • substantive right — a right, as life, liberty, or property, recognized for its own sake and as part of the natural legal order of society.
  • sum and substance — main idea, gist, or point: the sum and substance of an argument.
  • sunbury-on-thames — a town in SE England, in N Surrey. Pop: 27 415 (2001)
  • sunday observance — the fact of keeping Sunday as a special day when people go to church
  • surrender to bail — to present oneself at court at the appointed time after having been on bail
  • symbolic language — a specialized language dependent upon the use of symbols for communication and created for the purpose of achieving greater exactitude, as in symbolic logic or mathematics.
  • the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
  • thyestean banquet — a banquet at which human flesh is served
  • uncircumscribable — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
  • uncle tom's cabin — an antislavery novel (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  • uncomfortableness — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
  • understandability — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • undistinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • universal algebra — (logic)   The model theory of first-order equational logic.
  • unlawful assembly — a meeting of three or more people with the intent of carrying out any unlawful purpose
  • unpredictableness — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
  • unsubstantiatable — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
  • user brain damage — (humour)   (UBD) A description (usually abbreviated) used to close a trouble report obviously due to utter cluelessness on the user's part. Compare pilot error; opposite: PBD; see also brain-damaged, PEBCAK.
  • ventura publisher — Corel VENTURA
  • welshman's button — an angler's name for a species of caddis fly, Sericostoma personatum
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