14-letter words containing ub
- substantiative — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
- substantiators — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
- substantivized — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
- substitutional — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- substitutivity — the principle that expressions with the same reference can be substituted for one another without affecting the truth-value of any context in which they occur
- subterrestrial — underground; subterranean.
- subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
- subversiveness — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
- takeout double — informatory double.
- tatar republic — a constituent republic of W Russia, around the confluence of the Volga and Kama Rivers. Capital: Kazan. Pop: 3 779 800 (2002). Area: 68 000 sq km (26 250 sq miles)
- test-tube baby — an infant developed from an ovum fertilized in vitro and implanted into a woman's uterus, usually that of the biological mother.
- test-tube skin — skin that has been grown in the laboratory from a patch of a person's skin, used for autografting, especially in the treatment of extensive burns.
- the public eye — If someone is in the public eye, many people know who they are, because they are famous or because they are often mentioned on television or in the newspapers.
- third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
- toilet cubicle — a very small enclosed area containing a toilet
- trisubstituted — pertaining to a molecule containing three substituents.
- trituberculate — (of a structure such as a tooth or bone) with three tubercles
- trituberculism — the condition of being trituberculate
- troubleshooted — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- troubleshooter — a person with special skill in resolving disputes, impasses, etc., as in business, national, or international affairs: a diplomatic troubleshooter in the Middle East.
- tubal ligation — a method of permanent sterilization for women, involving the surgical sealing of the fallopian tubes to prevent the ovum from passing from the ovary to the uterus.
- tubuai islands — a chain of small islands extending about 1400 km (850 miles) in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia; discovered by Captain Cook in 1777; annexed by France in 1880. Pop: 1979 (2002). Area: 173 sq km (67 sq miles)
- ubiquitousness — existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.
- ubv photometry — the photometric measurement of the color index of a star, using ultraviolet, blue, and visual (yellow) filters.
- un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- undersubscribe — to subscribe for less of than is available, expected, or required: The concert series is undersubscribed and may be cancelled.
- unsubordinated — noting or designating a debt obligation whose holder is placed in precedence below secured and general creditors: subordinated debentures.
- urinary tubule — any of the long, winding tubules of the vertebrate kidney in which urine is formed
- venturi (tube) — a short tube with a constricted, throatlike passage that increases the velocity and lowers the pressure of a fluid conveyed through it: used to measure the flow of a fluid, to operate instruments, as in aircraft, to regulate the mixture in a carburetor, etc.
- viewing public — people who watch television, considered collectively
- warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
- web-publishing — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.
- well-published — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- witchetty grub — the large white larva of any of several species of moth and beetle of Australia, especially of the moth genus Cossus, occurring in decaying wood and traditionally used as food by Aborigines.