15-letter words containing a, b, s, e, i
- non-substantive — a noun.
- nonsaponifiable — not capable of being saponified
- nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
- object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
- oblique sailing — the navigation of a vessel on a point of the compass other than one of the cardinal points.
- observation car — a railroad passenger car having a lounge or platform from which the scenery can be viewed.
- observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
- oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
- old-established — established for a long time
- opening batsman — a player who bats the first ball in cricket
- ordinal numbers — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
- outer barrister — a barrister belonging to the outer bar.
- overbearingness — Quality of being overbearing.
- parti québécois — (in Canada) a political party in Quebec, formed in 1968 and originally advocating the separation of Quebec from the rest of the country
- perissosyllabic — (of a line of verse) containing more syllables than expected for the metre being used
- peruvian balsam — Peru balsam.
- pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- post-liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- pre-established — to establish beforehand.
- presbyterianism — church government by presbyters or elders, equal in rank and organized into graded administrative courts.
- presbyterianize — to convert or be converted into Presbyterianism
- prisoner's base — any of various children's games in which each of two teams has a home base where members of the opposing team are kept prisoner after being tagged or caught and from which they can be freed only in specified ways.
- probationership — the position of a probationer
- pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
- public nuisance — act, thing: anti-social
- public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
- pyrimidine base — any of a number of similar compounds having a basic structure that is derived from pyrimidine, including cytosine, thymine, and uracil, which are constituents of nucleic acids
- quasi-objective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- questionability — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- rayside-balfour — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- red-back spider — a venomous spider, Latrodectus hasselti, of Australia and New Zealand, related to the black widow spider and having a bright red stripe on the back.
- relational dbms — relational database
- rent-stabilized — regulated by law so that rent increases may not exceed a specified amount.
- restabilization — the act or process of stabilizing or the state of being stabilized.
- retail business — a firm which sells goods to individual customers
- retrievableness — the state or quality of being retrievable
- reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
- rib-eye (steak) — a beefsteak cut from the rib section, with the bone removed
- ribier (grapes) — a large, black variety of European or Californian table grape (Vitis vinifera)
- robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- robin redbreast — robin (defs 1, 2).
- roger bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert) born 1929, English track and field athlete: first to run a mile in less than four minutes.
- sabbatical year — Also called sabbatical leave. (in a school, college, university, etc.) a year, usually every seventh, of release from normal teaching duties granted to a professor, as for study or travel.
- saint elisabeth — the wife of Zacharias, mother of John the Baptist, and kinswoman of the Virgin Mary. Feast day: Nov 5 or 8
- saint elizabeth — the wife of Zacharias, mother of John the Baptist, and kinswoman of the Virgin Mary. Feast day: Nov 5 or 8
- salisbury steak — ground beef, sometimes mixed with other foods, shaped like a hamburger patty and broiled or fried, often garnished or served with a sauce.
- sand-lime brick — a hard brick composed of silica sand and a lime of high calcium content, molded under high pressure and baked.