14-letter words containing u, n, b, e, t
- nitrobacterium — Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate.
- non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
- non-cultivable — capable of being cultivated.
- non-returnable — not returnable.
- non-subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- nonaccountable — not accountable
- nonbarbiturate — a drug that does not contain barbiturates
- noncombustible — not flammable.
- nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
- nonobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- nonsustainable — Not sustainable.
- northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
- nudibranchiate — nudibranch.
- nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
- 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.
- occult balance — asymmetrical balance of visual elements in an artistic composition.
- on the rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
- painted beauty — a butterfly, Vanessa virginiensis, having brownish-black and orange wings, the hind wings each having two eyespots.
- penalty double — business double.
- perfect number — a positive number that is equal to the sum of all positive integers that are submultiples of it, as 6, which is equal to the sum of 1, 2, and 3.
- 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.
- prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
- prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
- quantum number — any integer or half of an odd integer that distinguishes one of the discrete states of a quantum-mechanical system.
- quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- queen's bounty — king's bounty.
- quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
- redisbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- redistribution — a distribution performed again or anew.
- resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- rotten borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough that had very few voters yet was represented in Parliament.
- round the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
- running battle — When two groups of people fight a running battle, they keep attacking each other in various parts of a place.
- russet burbank — a brown-skinned, oblong potato having a mealy flesh with high starch content.
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- saxe-altenburg — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
- stage business — business (def 10).
- sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
- sub-government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- subaggregation — a subtotalling
- subarborescent — below or under trees