17-letter words containing u, n, s, b, l
- iberian peninsula — Also called Iberian Peninsula. a peninsula in SW Europe, comprising Spain and Portugal.
- in double figures — An amount or number that is in single figures is between zero and nine. An amount or number that is in double figures is between ten and ninety-nine. You can also say, for example, that an amount or number is in three figures when it is between one hundred and nine hundred and ninety-nine.
- in double harness — in a harness for two animals pulling the same carriage, plow, etc.
- indestructibility — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
- indistinguishable — not distinguishable.
- indistinguishably — In an indistinguishable manner; so that separate components or differences cannot be discerned.
- inexhaustibleness — The quality of being inexhaustible.
- insupportableness — The state of being insupportable; insufferableness.
- insurmountability — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- interdental brush — a small brush that is used to clean between the teeth
- intersubjectively — (philosophy) In an intersubjective way; between or among multiple subjects.
- john of salisbury — c1115–80, English prelate and scholar.
- 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
- mis en bouteilles — (of a wine) bottled by a specified château, shipper, etc.
- misunderstandable — Capable of being misunderstood.
- nicholas bourbaki — the pseudonym of a group of mainly French mathematicians that, since 1939, has been producing a monumental work on advanced mathematics, Eléments de Mathématique
- nonunderstandable — Not understandable.
- nuclear submarine — undersea vessel powered by atomic energy
- old south arabian — a group of four closely related Semitic languages, having a writing system and used from about the eighth to the fifth centuries b.c. in the southern part of Arabia.
- percussion bullet — a bullet that is exploded by percussion
- pittsburg landing — a village in SW Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: battle of Shiloh in 1862.
- plumbing fixtures — things such as pipes, sinks, toilets that are fixed in position in a building
- public assistance — government aid to the poor, disabled, or aged or to dependent children, as financial assistance or food stamps.
- public enterprise — economic activity by governmental organizations
- public television — a type of noncommercial, usually educational, television programming funded by the government, grants, viewers, and corporations. Compare educational television.
- publicity-seeking — eager to attract publicity
- queensberry rules — the code of rules followed in modern boxing, requiring the use of padded gloves, rounds of three minutes, and restrictions on the types of blows allowed
- russell, bertrand — Bertrand Russell
- say the unsayable — to express an opinion thought to be too controversial to mention
- 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
- subsistence level — low standard of living
- 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.
- teething troubles — Teething troubles are the same as teething problems.
- telephone numbers — extremely large numbers, esp in reference to salaries or prices
- triboluminescence — luminescence produced by friction, usually within a crystalline substance.
- tuberculin-tested — (of milk) produced by cows that have been certified as free of tuberculosis
- 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.