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15-letter words containing u, r, s, o

  • beast of burden — A beast of burden is an animal such as an ox or a donkey that is used for carrying or pulling things.
  • bergius process — a method of hydrogenation formerly used with coal to produce an oil similar to petroleum.
  • beurre noisette — a sauce of butter cooked until golden or nut brown, sometimes flavored with capers, vinegar, herbs, etc.
  • bioastronautics — the study of the effects of space flight on living organisms
  • biodestructible — biodegradable
  • biscuit tortoni — an individual portion of tortoni, frozen and served in a small cup, often topped with ground almonds.
  • blood corpuscle — one of the cells in the blood
  • bloody butchers — a hardy plant, Trillium sessile, common from New York to Georgia and westward, having stalkless, purple or green flowers.
  • blue wood aster — a composite plant, Aster cordifolius, of North America, having heart-shaped leaves and pale-blue flowers.
  • booster cushion — an extra seat or cushion placed on an existing seat for a child to sit on in a car
  • borough-english — (until 1925) a custom in certain English boroughs whereby the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers
  • borscht circuit — summer resort hotels in the Catskills and White Mountains, where entertainment is provided for the guests
  • bourbon biscuit — a rich chocolate-flavoured biscuit with a chocolate-cream filling
  • boustrophedonic — of or relating to lines written in opposite directions
  • bowstring truss — a structural truss consisting of a curved top chord meeting a bottom chord at each end.
  • brachystomatous — having a short proboscis, as certain insects.
  • branchiostegous — branchiostegal.
  • breach of trust — a violation of duty by a trustee or any other person in a fiduciary position
  • british council — an organization founded (1934) to extend the influence of British culture and education throughout the world
  • bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
  • brussels sprout — Brussels sprouts are vegetables that look like tiny cabbages.
  • buffalo soldier — (formerly, especially among American Indians) a black soldier.
  • buffer solution — a solution to which a salt of a weak acid or base has been added
  • bughouse square — Informal. any intersection or park mall in a big city where political zealots, agitators, folk evangelists, etc., congregate to argue and make soapbox speeches.
  • bulimia nervosa — a disorder characterized by compulsive overeating followed by vomiting: sometimes associated with anxiety about gaining weight
  • bullnose header — bull header (def 1).
  • bullnose-header — Also called bullnose header. a brick having one of the edges across its width rounded for laying as a header in a sill or the like.
  • bullock's heart — the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.
  • bullock's-heart — the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.
  • bureau of mines — a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1910, that studies the nation's mineral resources and inspects mines.
  • business person — Business people are people who work in business.
  • butcher's-broom — a liliaceous evergreen shrub, Ruscus aculeatus, that has stiff prickle-tipped flattened green stems, which resemble and function as true leaves. The plant was formerly used for making brooms
  • button mushroom — Button mushrooms are small mushrooms used in cooking.
  • calcareous clay — soil with high limestone content
  • calcareous tufa — tufa
  • camp counsellor — an adult supervisor assigned to a group of campers at a summer camp
  • caprifoliaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caprifoliaceae, a family of N temperate shrubs, small trees, and climbers including honeysuckle, elder, and guelder-rose
  • carnivorousness — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
  • carpometacarpus — a bone in the wing of a bird that consists of the metacarpal bones and some of the carpal bones fused together
  • cartesian doubt — willful suspension of all interpretations of experience that are not absolutely certain: used as a method of deriving, by elimination of such uncertainties, axioms upon which to base theories.
  • cast around for — If you cast around for something or cast about for it, you try to find it or think of it.
  • casters-up mode — [IBM, probably from slang belly up] Yet another synonym for "broken" or "down". Usually connotes a major failure. A system (hardware or software) which is "down" may be already being restarted before the failure is noticed, whereas one which is "casters up" is usually a good excuse to take the rest of the day off (as long as you're not responsible for fixing it).
  • casual labourer — a person who is employed on a temporary, rather than a permanent or regular basis
  • cell disruption — Cell disruption is when a biological material becomes smaller to release proteins and enzymes.
  • cerebrovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels and the blood supply of the brain
  • ceremoniousness — The state of being ceremonious.
  • chamber counsel — a counsel who advises in private and does not plead in court
  • chanson d'amour — love song.
  • charles coulomb — Charles Augustin de [sharl oh-gy-stan duh] /ʃarl oʊ güˈstɛ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1736–1806, French physicist and inventor.
  • charles doughty — Charles Montagu [mon-tuh-gyoo] /ˈmɒn təˌgyu/ (Show IPA), 1843–1926, English traveler and writer.
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