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

  • in-and-out bond — a stonework or brickwork bond having headers and stretchers alternating vertically.
  • in-visible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
  • inadmissibility — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
  • incendiary bomb — a bomb that is designed to start fires
  • indefeasibility — The state or quality of being indefeasible, of being incapable of being defeated.
  • indian mulberry — a small tree, Morinda citrifolia, of the madder family, found from India to Australasia, having shiny leaves, white flowers, and fleshy, yellowish fruit, yielding red and yellow dyes.
  • indicator board — a device that shows information, such as the arrival and departure times of trains or planes
  • indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
  • indisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or corrected by discipline
  • indisputability — The property of being indisputable.
  • indistributable — of a nature that cannot be distributed
  • indomitableness — Quality of being indomitable.
  • indoor baseball — softball played indoors.
  • indubitableness — The quality of being indubitable.
  • ineradicability — the quality of being ineradicable
  • insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
  • insubordination — the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance: The employee was fired for insubordination.
  • interdependable — capable of being depended on; worthy of trust; reliable: a dependable employee.
  • intra-abdominal — being within the abdomen.
  • jubilate-sunday — Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.
  • judicial branch — the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice; the judiciary.
  • knowledge-based — characterized by the dominance of information services as an area of growth
  • labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
  • lambda-b baryon — a protonlike baryon containing a b quark; a neutral baryon with a mass 11,000 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.1 X 10 -12 seconds.
  • lambda-c baryon — a positively charged baryon with a mean lifetime of approximately 2.1 X 10 -13 seconds.
  • langue de boeuf — ox-tongue partisan.
  • lapland bunting — a passerine bird: Calcarius lapponicus
  • lending library — Also called circulating library, rental library. a small library that is maintained by a commercial establishment, as a drugstore, and is composed largely of current books that are lent to customers for a fee.
  • library binding — a tough, durable cloth binding for books. Compare edition binding.
  • library edition — an edition of a book prepared for library use, especially with a library binding.
  • low bandwidth x — (networking)   (LBX) An implementation of the X Window System designed to improve performance over ISDN, WAN, and serial lines.
  • mackinac bridge — a suspension bridge over the Straits of Mackinac, connecting the Upper and Lower peninsulas of Michigan: one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. 3800-foot (1158-meter) center span; 7400 feet (2256 meters) in total length.
  • maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
  • malpighian body — Also called kidney corpuscle, Malpighian body. the structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and its surrounding Bowman's capsule.
  • man-made fabric — a type of fabric that is made artificially, such as polyester or rayon, rather than occurring naturally, like cotton or wool
  • man-o'-war bird — frigate bird.
  • man-of-war bird — frigate bird.
  • marie byrd land — former name of Byrd Land.
  • medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.
  • meibomian gland — any of the small sebaceous glands in the eyelid, beneath the conjunctiva
  • monchengladbach — a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
  • municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • nation-building — Journalists sometimes use nation-building to refer to government policies that are designed to create a strong sense of national identity.
  • neck sweetbread — sweetbread (def 2).
  • nicobar islands — a group of 19 islands in the Indian Ocean, south of the Andaman Islands, with which they form a territory of India. Area: 1645 sq km (635 sq miles)
  • no holds barred — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • non-condensable — capable of being condensed.
  • non-depreciable — capable of depreciating or being depreciated in value.
  • nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
  • not a dickybird — not a word; nothing
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