14-letter words containing u, p, b, i
- inculpableness — The quality of being inculpable; blamelessness.
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- insuppressible — incapable of being suppressed; irrepressible: his insuppressible humor.
- irreproducible — unable to be reproduced or recreated.
- john q. public — the average or typical U.S. citizen: an entertainment aimed at Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
- khmer republic — a former official name of Cambodia.
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- manipulability — capable of or susceptible to being manipulated; manipulatable.
- marsupial bone — epipubis.
- micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
- multiple birth — a birth at which two or more children are born at the same time
- municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- nanopublishing — an inexpensive form of online publishing that uses blogging as a model to reach a specific audience
- nip in the bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- non-repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- painted beauty — a butterfly, Vanessa virginiensis, having brownish-black and orange wings, the hind wings each having two eyespots.
- perturbational — relating to perturbation
- piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
- pituitary body — (formerly) the pituitary gland.
- plastic bullet — A plastic bullet is a large bullet made of plastic, which is intended to make people stop rioting, rather than to kill people.
- platinum black — a black powder consisting of very finely divided metallic platinum, used as a catalyst, especially in organic synthesis.
- platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
- pleasurability — the characteristic of being pleasurable
- plumbous oxide — litharge.
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
- pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
- productibility — the ability to produce
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- public affairs — (used with a plural verb) matters of general interest or concern, especially those dealing with current social or political issues.
- public analyst — a scientist who tests food, water etc to ensure that they are safe
- public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
- public gallery — the gallery in a chamber of Parliament reserved for members of the public who wish to listen to the proceedings
- public holiday — national day off work
- public housing — housing owned or operated by a government and usually offered at low rent to the needy.
- public inquiry — an official enquiry, usually into a serious accident or other disaster, or into planning applications. Interested parties can attend, and contribute.
- public library — a nonprofit library established for the use of the general public and maintained chiefly by public funds.
- public officer — a person appointed or elected to a governmental post.
- public opinion — the collective opinion of many people on some issue, problem, etc., especially as a guide to action, decision, or the like.
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- public service — the business of supplying an essential commodity, as gas or electricity, or a service, as transportation, to the general public.
- public statute — public law (def 1).
- public utility — a business enterprise, as a public-service corporation, performing an essential public service and regulated by the federal, state, or local government. Compare utility (def 3).
- public welfare — state aid to the poor
- puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
- purkinje fiber — any of the specialized cardiac muscle fibers forming a network in the ventricular walls that conduct electric impulses responsible for the contractions of the ventricles.
- putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
- resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- ruby-tail wasp — any of various brightly coloured wasps of the family Chrysididae, having a metallic sheen, which parasitize bees and other solitary wasps