16-letter words containing a, b, n

on her beam-ends — (of a vessel) heeled over through an angle of 90°
on the back foot — at a disadvantage; outmanoeuvred or outclassed by an opponent
on the bandwagon — on the popular or apparently winning side, as in an election
on the beam-ends — tipping so far to the side as to be in danger of capsizing
on the breadline — impoverished; living at subsistence level
onboard computer — onboard a vehicle, ship, plane, train or spacecraft
one-armed bandit — slot machine (def 1).
operating budget — money allocated to a project
ordinary jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
organized labour — labour carried out by workers in trade unions, or the workers themselves
overurbanization — the act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city: Urbanization has led to more air pollution and increasing childhood asthma.
oxidation number — the state of an element or ion in a compound with regard to the electrons gained or lost by the element or ion in the reaction that formed the compound, expressed as a positive or negative number indicating the ionic charge of the element or ion.
paint-by-numbers — formulaic; showing no original thought or creativity
pass-band filter — band-pass filter
patent ambiguity — uncertainty of meaning created by the obscure or ambiguous language appearing on the face of a written instrument.
performance bond — contract bond.
personal liberty — the liberty of an individual to do his or her will freely except for those restraints imposed by law to safeguard the physical, moral, political, and economic welfare of others.
phenoxybenzamine — an alpha blocker, C 1 8 H 2 2 ClNO, used to dilate vascular peripheral blood vessels in the treatment of Raynaud's disease and in pheochromocytoma.
pigs in blankets — small frankfurters wrapped in dough and baked, served as an appetizer
planetary nebula — an expanding shell of thin ionized gas that is ejected from and surrounds a hot, dying star of about the same mass as the sun; the gas absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the central star and reemits it as visible light by the process of fluorescence.
plant bargaining — a form of bargaining within industry, involving either informal small groups of employees or collective agreements at plant level
platform-balance — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
police constable — police officer
post-elizabethan — of or relating to the reign of Elizabeth I, queen of England, or to her times: Elizabethan diplomacy; Elizabethan music.
presence chamber — the special room in which a great personage, as a sovereign, receives guests, holds audiences, etc.
presentation box — a specially designed and attractive box to hold a product, and make it look more impressive
pribilof islands — a group of islands in the Bering Sea, off SW Alaska, belonging to the US: the breeding ground of the northern fur seal. Area: about 168 sq km (65 sq miles)
pro-abolitionist — (especially prior to the Civil War) a person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
proslambanomenos — the lowest note of the scale in ancient Greek music
public relations — (used with a plural verb) the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc.
public transport — fare-paying travel
publication date — the date on which a book or periodical is or is planned to be published.
publicity agency — an advertising agency; a firm that gets publicity for people or products
put in mothballs — to postpone work on (a project, activity, etc)
questionableness — The state or condition of being questionable; dubiousness.
rack one's brain — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
rag-and-bone man — a peddler who buys and sells used clothes, rags, etc.; junkman.
rainbow lorikeet — a small Australasian parrot, Trichoglossus haematodus, with brightly-coloured plumage
rainbow seaperch — an embiotocid fish, Hypsurus caryi, living off the Pacific coast of North America, having red, orange, and blue stripes on the body.
raise an eyebrow — If something causes you to raise an eyebrow or to raise your eyebrows, it causes you to feel surprised or disapproving.
rambunctiousness — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
ramen profitable — If a startup business is ramen profitable, it is barely profitable, just enough to allow the founder to live on the cheapest diet.
random vibration — Random vibration is a type of forced vibration in which the motion follows no regular pattern.
re-establishment — the act or an instance of establishing.
reaction chamber — the chamber in a rocket engine in which the reaction or combustion of fuel occurs
reaction turbine — a turbine driven by the reactive force of a fluid passing through the rotor blades.
reasonable doubt — law: grounds for believing sb is innocent
rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.

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