12-letter words containing u, s, b, e
- numbers pool — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
- obmutescence — persistent silence
- obreptitious — having the characteristics of acquiring something by deceitful means
- obsequiously — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
- obstreperous — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
- of substance — wealthy
- ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
- oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
- pan scrubber — a rough sponge, often made of steel wool, used for scrubbing saucepans, frying pans, etc
- pause button — a button on a video or music player which can be pressed to temporarily stop the playing of the recording
- petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
- post-puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
- prepubescent — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
- prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
- press bureau — an organization or a department whose function is press-agentry.
- press button — a button on a phone dial which you press
- presubscribe — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
- public house — British. a tavern.
- purblindness — the state of being purblind
- quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
- questionable — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- quotableness — the condition or quality of being quotable
- rabble-rouse — to stir up the emotions or prejudices of the public; agitate.
- rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- re-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- rebelliously — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- redistribute — to distribute again or anew: The corporation will redistribute its share of the profits to its stockholders.
- reimbursable — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
- reset button — control that restores a default setting
- resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- rubber boots — wellingtons: footwear worn in rain
- rubber goods — contraceptives; condoms
- rubber stamp — handheld printing tool
- rubber-stamp — to imprint with a rubber stamp.
- rubik's cube — a puzzle consisting of a cube with colored faces made of 26 smaller colored blocks attached to a spindle in the center, the object being to rotate the blocks until each face of the cube is a single color.
- rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- russian blue — any of a breed of domestic cat, thought to have originated in Arkhangelsk, with a soft, dense, grayish-blue or silvery-blue coat and green eyes
- safe harbour — a place that offers protection from the weather, attack, etc