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15-letter words containing a, b, n, d, o, s

  • absence of mind — distraction; forgetfulness
  • absorption band — a dark band in the absorption spectrum of a substance, corresponding to a range of wavelengths for which the substance absorbs more strongly than at adjacent wavelengths.
  • absorption edge — a discontinuity in the graph of the absorption coefficient of a substance plotted against the wavelength of x-rays being absorbed, representing the minimum energy necessary to free electrons from particular shells of the atoms of the substance.
  • abyssinian gold — Talmi gold.
  • albemarle sound — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE North Carolina. Length: about 96 km (60 miles)
  • anybody's guess — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
  • audubon society — a North American organization devoted to the conservancy of birds
  • bag on the side — An extension to an established hack that is supposed to add some functionality to the original. Usually derogatory, implying that the original was being overextended and should have been thrown away, and the new product is ugly, inelegant, or bloated. Also "to hang a bag on the side [of]". "C++? That's just a bag on the side of C." "They want me to hang a bag on the side of the accounting system."
  • bandstop filter — A bandstop filter is a filter designed to eliminate all frequencies within a band of frequencies.
  • barn-door skate — an Atlantic skate, Raja laevis, that grows to a length of 4 feet (1.2 meters) or more.
  • basic education — (in India) education in which all teaching is correlated with the learning of a craft
  • basse-normandie — a region of NW France, on the English Channel: consists of the Cherbourg peninsula in the west rising to the Normandy hills in the east; mainly agricultural
  • 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.
  • beat the bounds — (formerly) to define the boundaries of a parish by making a procession around them and hitting the ground with rods
  • bedloe's island — Liberty Island
  • ben day process — a method of adding texture, shading, or detail to line drawings by overlaying a transparent sheet of dots or any other pattern during platemaking
  • bishop auckland — a town in N England, in central Durham: seat of the bishops of Durham since the 12th century: light industries. Pop: 24 764 (2001)
  • blasting powder — a form of gunpowder made with sodium nitrate instead of saltpeter, used chiefly for blasting rock, ore, etc.
  • boarding school — A boarding school is a school which some or all of the pupils live in during the school term. Compare day school.
  • body mass index — A person's body mass index is a measurement that represents the relationship between their weight and their height.
  • borderline case — a person or thing that is not clearly classifiable as something
  • brand extension — the practice of using a well-known brand name to promote new products or services in unrelated fields
  • breeding season — the time of year during which animals breed
  • bronze diabetes — hemochromatosis.
  • brown-and-serve — requiring only a brief period of browning, as in an oven, before being ready to serve: brown-and-serve rolls.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • chromosome band — any of the transverse bands that appear on a chromosome after staining. The banding pattern is unique to each type of chromosome, allowing characterization
  • commendableness — The state or quality of being commendable.
  • cuban solenodon — a rare shrewlike nocturnal mammal of the Caribbean, Atopogale cubana, having a long hairless tail and an elongated snout: family Solenodontidae, order Insectivora (insectivores)
  • demonstrability — The quality of being demonstrable.
  • destabilisation — Alternative spelling of destabilization.
  • destabilization — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
  • detribalisation — Alternative form of detribalization.
  • disambiguations — Plural form of disambiguation.
  • dishabilitation — the imposition of a legal disqualification
  • dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
  • double in brass — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • double saucepan — a cooking utensil consisting of two saucepans, one fitting inside the other. The bottom saucepan contains water that, while boiling, gently heats food in the upper pan
  • double standard — any code or set of principles containing different provisions for one group of people than for another, especially an unwritten code of sexual behavior permitting men more freedom than women. Compare single standard (def 1).
  • doubting thomas — a person who refuses to believe without proof; skeptic. John 20:24–29.
  • drop handlebars — aerodynamic handlebars that drop down and curve towards the rider at the ends rather than turning upwards as on conventional bicycles
  • elastic rebound — a theory of earthquakes that envisages gradual deformation of the fault zone without fault slippage until friction is overcome, when the fault suddenly slips to produce the earthquake
  • endocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of dead members of one's own social group, often associated with spiritual beliefs.
  • flesh and blood — offspring or relatives: one's own flesh and blood.
  • fob destination — FOB destination is a shipping term indicating that ownership of goods passes at delivery to their destination, and the seller has total responsibility until then.
  • groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
  • horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
  • immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.

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