14-letter words containing u, p, b, r
- fifth republic — the republic established in France in 1958, the successor to the Fourth Republic.
- first republic — the republic established in France in 1792 and replaced by the First Empire in 1804.
- general public — people in general
- global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
- hepburn system — a widely used system of Romanization of Japanese devised by James Curtis Hepburn (1815–1911).
- imperturbation — freedom from perturbation; tranquillity; calmness.
- 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.
- khmer republic — a former official name of Cambodia.
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- louangphrabang — a city in N Laos, on the Mekong River: former royal capital.
- 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
- non-recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- non-repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- paper mulberry — a mulberry tree, Broussonetia papyrifera, of eastern Asia, having alternate leaves that vary in size, round catkins, and orange-red fruit, grown widely as a shade tree.
- pas de bourree — a short running step.
- perfect number — a positive number that is equal to the sum of all positive integers that are submultiples of it, as 6, which is equal to the sum of 1, 2, and 3.
- 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.
- pleasurability — the characteristic of being pleasurable
- plenum-chamber — a system of mechanical ventilation in which fresh air is forced into the spaces to be ventilated from a chamber (plenum chamber) at a pressure slightly higher than atmospheric pressure, so as to expel foul air.
- plumber's mate — a person who helps a plumber do his or her job
- pocket borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough whose representatives in Parliament were controlled by an individual or family.
- polar outbreak — a vigorous thrust of cold, polar air across temperate regions.
- prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
- prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
- press cupboard — a cupboard of the 16th and 17th centuries having an overhanging top above a recessed cabinet, beneath which is a section of drawers or cabinets.
- pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
- probable cause — reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime, or, in a civil case, that grounds for the action existed: used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution.
- 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.
- pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
- public affairs — (used with a plural verb) matters of general interest or concern, especially those dealing with current social or political issues.
- public gallery — the gallery in a chamber of Parliament reserved for members of the public who wish to listen to the proceedings
- 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 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 welfare — state aid to the poor
- puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
- puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
- purbeck marble — a fossil-rich limestone that takes a high polish: used for building, etc
- 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.