15-letter words containing u, n, r, e, b
- sugarcane borer — the larva of the pyralid moth, Diatraea saccharalis, a serious pest of sugarcane, corn, rice, and sorghums.
- superabundantly — very or too abundantly
- svedberg (unit) — a unit of time, equal to 10-13 second, used in determining the rate of sedimentation of a macromolecule in an ultracentrifuge
- tableau curtain — a curtain, often used as an act curtain, designed to be drawn aside and up to give a festooned or draped effect.
- thermionic tube — a vacuum tube in which the cathode is heated electrically to cause the emission of electrons by thermal agitation.
- troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
- tuberculin test — a test for tuberculosis in which a hypersensitive reaction to a given quantity of tuberculin indicates a past or present infection.
- tuberculization — the process of becoming, or of causing people or animals to become, infected with tuberculosis
- 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.
- tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
- turbinate bones — the thin scroll-shaped bones situated on the walls of the nasal passages
- turbojet engine — a jet-propulsion engine in which air from the atmosphere is compressed for combustion by a turbine-driven compressor.
- turn the tables — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
- un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
- unanswerability — the quality of not being answerable or contestable
- unapprehensible — not able to be understood or comprehended
- unascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
- uncircumscribed — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- unconstrainable — unable to be confined
- uncontrollables — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- under sb's nose — If you do something under someone's nose, you do it right in front of them, without trying to hide it from them.
- under sb's roof — If something happens under your roof, it happens in your home.
- under the table — of, relating to, or for use on a table: a table lamp.
- under your belt — If you have something under your belt, you have already achieved it or done it.
- under-the-table — transacted in secret or in an underhanded manner.
- underpublicized — lacking publicity
- undersubscribed — having more places available than the demand for them
- unendurableness — the quality or state of being unendurable
- uninterpretable — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- united brethren — a Protestant denomination, of Wesleyan beliefs and practices, founded in 1800.
- unobtrusiveness — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- unpronounceable — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- unrecommendable — not able to be recommended, supported, or endorsed
- unrehabilitated — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- unskilled labor — work that requires practically no training or experience for its adequate or competent performance.
- untransmissible — intransmissible
- unverifiability — the quality or state of being unverifiable
- uranium-bearing — containing or producing uranium
- urban guerrilla — a member of any underground political group engaged in terrorism or violence in urban areas, especially during the 1970s.
- urinary bladder — a distensible, muscular and membranous sac, in which the urine is retained until it is discharged from the body.
- vascular bundle — a longitudinal arrangement of strands of xylem and phloem, and sometimes cambium, that forms the fluid-conducting channels of vascular tissue in the rhizomes, stems, and leaf veins of vascular plants, the arrangement varying with the type of plant.
- vulnerabilities — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
- welsbach burner — a type of gaslight in which a mantle containing thorium and cerium compounds becomes incandescent when heated by a gas flame
- wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
- winesburg, ohio — a cycle of short stories (1919) by Sherwood Anderson.