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15-letter words containing u, n, t, a, b, l

  • double integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of two variables and that requires two applications of the integration process to evaluate.
  • double negation — the principle that a statement is equivalent to the denial of its negation, as it is not the case that John is not here meaning John is here
  • double negative — a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation.
  • double standard — any code or set of principles containing different provisions for one group of people than for another, especially an unwritten code of sexual behavior permitting men more freedom than women. Compare single standard (def 1).
  • doublet pattern — a pattern, as on a fabric, in which a figure or group is duplicated in reverse order on the opposite side of a centerline.
  • elastic rebound — a theory of earthquakes that envisages gradual deformation of the fault zone without fault slippage until friction is overcome, when the fault suddenly slips to produce the earthquake
  • fallopian tubes — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
  • false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
  • football ground — an area of land where football games are played
  • functionability — functional (def 3).
  • galactic nebula — a nebula in the Milky Way.
  • gulf of bothnia — an arm of the Baltic Sea, extending north between Sweden and Finland
  • harlequin table — a writing or dressing table having a central set of compartments that rise when drop leaves are raised.
  • hubble constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
  • immensurability — The quality of being immensurable.
  • in all but name — If you say that a situation exists in all but name, you mean that it is not officially recognized even though it exists.
  • incalculability — The quality or state of being incalculable.
  • incommutability — The quality or state of being incommutable.
  • indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
  • indisputability — The property of being indisputable.
  • indistributable — of a nature that cannot be distributed
  • indubitableness — The quality of being indubitable.
  • inscrutableness — Inscrutability.
  • insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
  • insubstantially — In an insubstantial manner.
  • interambulacral — relating to, or situated between, interambulacra
  • interambulacrum — the area between two of an echinoderm's ambulacra
  • invulnerability — incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
  • jubilate-sunday — Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.
  • justifiableness — Justifiability.
  • lapland bunting — a passerine bird: Calcarius lapponicus
  • lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
  • 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.
  • luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
  • magnetic bubble — a tiny mobile magnetized area within a magnetic material, the basis of one type of solid-state storage medium (magnetic bubble memory)
  • maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
  • malpighian tube — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
  • maneuverability — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
  • manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
  • manual alphabet — a set of finger configurations corresponding to the letters of the alphabet, used by the deaf in fingerspelling.
  • maxilloturbinal — (anatomy) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.
  • most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
  • mount blackburn — a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft)
  • nation-building — Journalists sometimes use nation-building to refer to government policies that are designed to create a strong sense of national identity.
  • non-accountable — subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable.
  • non-culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
  • non-exhaustible — to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
  • nonattributable — not capable of being attributed to a particular source or cause
  • nonquantifiable — not capable of being quantified
  • obituary column — the division of a publication reserved for obituaries
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