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14-letter words containing t, r, o, u, b

  • rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • redistribution — a distribution performed again or anew.
  • resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
  • ribbon-cutting — a ceremony marking the official opening of a site, the commencement of its construction, etc., typically involving the cutting of a ribbon suspended as across an entrance
  • ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
  • robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
  • rotten borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough that had very few voters yet was represented in Parliament.
  • roulette table — surface marked out for roulette
  • round the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
  • roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
  • roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
  • south suburban — a city in SE West Bengal, in E India: a suburb of Calcutta.
  • spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
  • statutory body — a body set up by the government to consider evidence and make judgements in some field of activity
  • stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
  • sub-government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
  • subaggregation — a subtotalling
  • subarborescent — below or under trees
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
  • subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
  • substantiators — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
  • sulphur-bottom — blue whale.
  • sunburst clock — a clock with the pattern or design of a sun
  • superabsorbent — extremely or unusually absorbent: superabsorbent fibers.
  • superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
  • support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
  • supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
  • sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
  • t distribution — Student's t distribution.
  • tabularization — the act of tabularizing
  • telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
  • terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
  • the honourable — a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another
  • the upper body — the part of the body above the waist
  • thorough brace — either of two strong braces or bands of leather supporting the body of a coach or other vehicle and connecting the front and back springs.
  • through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
  • to be bursting — to want desperately to urinate
  • trombiculiasis — the condition of being infested with chiggers.
  • 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.
  • turbo debugger — (programming)   A source-level debugger designed for use with Borland and other compilers.
  • turbo-electric — noting, pertaining to, or utilizing machinery that includes a generator driven by a turbine: turbo-electric engine; turbo-electric propulsion.
  • turbogenerator — a large electrical generator driven by a steam turbine
  • turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
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