15-letter words containing a, b, o, l, i
- fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
- floral tributes — bunches or arrangements of flowers left as a memorial at the site of a fatal incident
- functionability — functional (def 3).
- gaelic football — an Irish game played with 15 players on each side and goals resembling rugby posts with a net on the bottom part. Players are allowed to kick, punch, and bounce the ball and attempt to get it over the bar or in the net
- gambling losses — money lost as a result of playing games of chance for money
- gastric balloon — an inflatable rubber bag placed in the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
- gibraltar board — a type of lining board with a cardboard surface and a gypsum core
- gibson, william — William Gibson
- globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
- globus pallidus — anatomy: part of the brain
- gnotobiological — relating to gnotobiology
- great rebellion — English Civil War.
- gulf of bothnia — an arm of the Baltic Sea, extending north between Sweden and Finland
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- haemoglobinuria — the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- halting problem — The problem of determining in advance whether a particular program or algorithm will terminate or run forever. The halting problem is the canonical example of a provably unsolvable problem. Obviously any attempt to answer the question by actually executing the algorithm or simulating each step of its execution will only give an answer if the algorithm under consideration does terminate, otherwise the algorithm attempting to answer the question will itself run forever. Some special cases of the halting problem are partially solvable given sufficient resources. For example, if it is possible to record the complete state of the execution of the algorithm at each step and the current state is ever identical to some previous state then the algorithm is in a loop. This might require an arbitrary amount of storage however. Alternatively, if there are at most N possible different states then the algorithm can run for at most N steps without looping. A program analysis called termination analysis attempts to answer this question for limited kinds of input algorithm.
- hard-boiled egg — egg boiled until the yolk is set
- hot-air balloon — passenger balloon
- hydrobiological — of or relating to hydrobiology
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- hypnotisability — Alternative spelling of hypnotizability.
- hypnotizability — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypoalbuminemia — an abnormally small quantity of albumin in the blood.
- immunoassayable — Suitable for immunoassay.
- imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- incommutability — The quality or state of being incommutable.
- incomparability — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are incompatible, that one necessarily precludes the other.
- incompatibility — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- inconsolability — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- indomitableness — Quality of being indomitable.
- indoor baseball — softball played indoors.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- intolerableness — The state of being intolerable or insufferable.
- intra-abdominal — being within the abdomen.
- irreconcileable — Alternative spelling of irreconcilable.
- irreformability — the state or condition of being irreformable
- irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
- irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
- irritable colon — any combination of common disturbances of the bowel, as diarrhea or constipation, occurring with abdominal pain, sometimes accompanied by psychological stress. Abbreviation: IBS.
- isolation booth — a soundproof booth located within a television studio, used to prevent the occupant, usually a contestant in a game show, from hearing certain parts of the show.
- journal bearing — a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle
- jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
- keyboard skills — ability to input information using a keyboard
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).