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15-letter words containing a, b, n

  • subminimum wage — See example at subminimum (def 1).
  • suboptimization — a situation which is less than optimal
  • suborganization — an organization within a larger organization
  • subprofessional — being below professional standards: subprofessional health care.
  • subsidiary coin — a coin, especially one made of silver, having a value less than that of the monetary unit.
  • substance abuse — long-term, pathological use of alcohol or drugs, characterized by daily intoxication, inability to reduce consumption, and impairment in social or occupational functioning; broadly, alcohol or drug addiction.
  • substantiatable — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
  • substantiveness — a noun.
  • substitutionary — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
  • subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
  • suburbanization — to give suburban characteristics to: to suburbanize a rural area.
  • subvocalization — the act or process of producing subvocal speech
  • sugarcane borer — the larva of the pyralid moth, Diatraea saccharalis, a serious pest of sugarcane, corn, rice, and sorghums.
  • superabundantly — very or too abundantly
  • susan b anthony — Antony, Mark.
  • swing both ways — to enjoy sexual partners of both sexes
  • syllabification — to form or divide into syllables.
  • tableau curtain — a curtain, often used as an act curtain, designed to be drawn aside and up to give a festooned or draped effect.
  • tailor's bunion — a bunionlike enlargement of the joint of the little toe, usually caused by pressure from tight shoes.
  • tangible assets — valuable items: cash, property, etc.
  • tectibranchiate — denoting or relating to the suborder of molluscs Tectibranchia
  • tennis bracelet — a bracelet consisting of a row of individually set, uniformly sized diamonds or other gemstones.
  • test ban treaty — a treaty which bans nations testing some or all types of nuclear weapons
  • tetrabranchiate — belonging or pertaining to the Nautiloidea (Tetrabranchiata), a subclass or order of cephalopods with four gills, including the pearly nautilus and numerous fossil forms.
  • the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
  • the job in hand — The job or problem in hand is the job or problem that you are dealing with at the moment.
  • the precambrian — the Precambrian era
  • the-arbitration — a comedy (c300 b.c.) by Menander, extant only as a fragment.
  • thermal blanket — a specially warm blanket
  • thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
  • tibetan mastiff — a heavy well-built dog of a Tibetan breed with a long thick coat and a bushy tail carried curled over its back, often used as a guard dog
  • tibetan spaniel — one of a breed of small alert dogs originally developed in Tibet, with a double coat of any color, well-feathered, pendent ears, and a plumed tail curled over the back.
  • tibetan terrier — one of a breed of medium-sized dogs having a long, fine coat, in solid white, cream, gray, black, or parti-colored, with hair falling over the eyes and forming a beard on the lower jaw, and a curled tail, bred originally by lamas in Tibetan monasteries.
  • tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
  • timber merchant — a merchant that deals in wood for use as a building material
  • to be in arrear — to be late in payment
  • to be seen dead — If you say that you wouldn't be seen dead or be caught dead in particular clothes, places, or situations, you are expressing strong dislike or disapproval of them.
  • to bear in mind — If you tell someone to bear something in mind or to keep something in mind, you are reminding or warning them about something important which they should remember.
  • to draw a blank — If you draw a blank when you are looking for someone or something, you do not succeed in finding them.
  • tobacco planter — a tool that was formerly used by tobacco farmers to plant tobacco with
  • torsion balance — an instrument for measuring small forces, as electric attraction or repulsion, by determining the amount of torsion or twisting they cause in a slender wire or filament.
  • transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • transitive verb — a verb accompanied by a direct object and from which a passive can be formed, as deny, rectify, elect.
  • translatability — to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own: to translate Spanish.
  • transubstantial — to change from one substance into another; transmute.
  • traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
  • tree-and-branch — denoting a cable television system in which all available programme channels are fed to each subscriber
  • tribromoethanol — a white, crystalline powder, C 2 H 3 Br 3 O, used as a basal anesthetic.
  • tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
  • tuberculization — the process of becoming, or of causing people or animals to become, infected with tuberculosis
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