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15-letter words containing u, p, b, i

  • humpback bridge — arched bridge
  • hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
  • hypermutability — liable or subject to change or alteration.
  • hypoalbuminemia — an abnormally small quantity of albumin in the blood.
  • imperial bushel — a unit of dry measure containing 4 pecks, equivalent in the U.S. (and formerly in England) to 2150.42 cubic inches or 35.24 liters (Winchester bushel) and in Great Britain to 2219.36 cubic inches or 36.38 liters (Imperial bushel) Abbreviation: bu., bush.
  • implausibleness — The quality of being implausible.
  • impulse turbine — a turbine moved by free jets of fluid striking the blades of the rotor together with the axial flow of fluid through the rotor.
  • indisputability — The property of being indisputable.
  • ingush republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: part of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Republic from 1936 until 1992. Capital: Magas (formerly at Nazran). Pop: 468 900 (2002). Area: 3600 sq km (1390 sq miles)
  • insuperableness — The quality of being insuperable or insurmountable; insuperability.
  • isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
  • job opportunity — an opportunity of employment
  • jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
  • kalmyk republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: became subject to Russia in 1646. Capital: Elista. Pop: 292 400 (2002). Area: 76 100 sq km (29 382 sq miles)
  • lapland bunting — a passerine bird: Calcarius lapponicus
  • livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
  • lobar pneumonia — pneumonia (def 2).
  • malpighian tube — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
  • mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
  • motoring public — the population that drive road vehicles
  • multi-binprolog — (language)   A multi-threaded Linda-style parallel extension to BinProlog for Solaris 2.3. Version: 3.30.
  • municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • non-culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
  • non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
  • non-susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
  • nonreproducible — Unable to be reproduced; not reproducible.
  • nullarbor plain — a treeless, semiarid area of S Australia, contiguous to the Great Australian Bight.
  • opposite number — counterpart; equivalent: New members with an interest in folk art will find their opposite numbers in the association's directory.
  • opprobriousness — The state or condition of being opprobrious.
  • over-publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
  • painted bunting — a brilliantly colored bunting, Passerina ciris, of the southern U.S.
  • parti québécois — (in Canada) a political party in Quebec, formed in 1968 and originally advocating the separation of Quebec from the rest of the country
  • peruvian balsam — Peru balsam.
  • petit bourgeois — a person who belongs to the petite bourgeoisie.
  • petty bourgeois — petit bourgeois
  • pick up the tab — If you pick up the tab, you pay a bill on behalf of a group of people or provide the money that is needed for something.
  • picture library — A picture library is a collection of photographs that is held by a particular company or organization. Newspapers or publishers can pay to use the photographs in their publications.
  • platinum blonde — a person, especially a girl or woman, whose hair is of a pale blond or silver color, usually colored artificially by bleaching or dyeing.
  • plug compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
  • plug-compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
  • plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
  • plumbers-friend — Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
  • polyisobutylene — a polymer of isobutylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber.
  • prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
  • probit equation — A probit equation is used to quantify the relationship between the concentration of a dangerous material and its effect on people.
  • pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
  • pubic directory — [NYU] (also "pube directory" /pyoob' d*-rek't*-ree/) The "pub" (public) directory on a machine that allows FTP access. So called because it is the default location for SEX (software exchange).
  • pubic symphysis — the fixed joint at the front of the pelvic girdle where the halves of the pubis meet.
  • public building — a building that belongs to a town or state, and is used by the public
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