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15-letter words containing a, b, s, t, e, r

  • dog's breakfast — a disorderly mixture; hodgepodge.
  • dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
  • double standard — any code or set of principles containing different provisions for one group of people than for another, especially an unwritten code of sexual behavior permitting men more freedom than women. Compare single standard (def 1).
  • double-breasted — (of a coat, jacket, etc.) overlapping sufficiently in front to allow for two rows of buttons.
  • elastic rebound — a theory of earthquakes that envisages gradual deformation of the fault zone without fault slippage until friction is overcome, when the fault suddenly slips to produce the earthquake
  • eta abstraction — eta conversion
  • fabric softener — a substance added to fabrics during laundering to make them puffier and softer.
  • false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
  • fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
  • flatbed scanner — a type of optical scanner having a flat, stationary surface on which a page is scanned by a moving head.
  • flemish brabant — a province of central Belgium, formed in 1995 from the N part of Brabant province: densely populated and intensively farmed, with large industrial centres. Pop: 1 031 904 (2004 est). Area: 2106 sq km (813 sq miles)
  • floral tributes — bunches or arrangements of flowers left as a memorial at the site of a fatal incident
  • francis turbine — a water turbine designed to produce high flow from a low head of pressure: used esp in hydroelectric power generation
  • garboard strake — the first strake on each side of a keel.
  • gilbert islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific: with Banaba, the Phoenix Islands, and three of the Line Islands they constitute the independent state of Kiribati; until 1975 they formed part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands; achieved full independence in 1979. Pop: 82 902 (2005). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)
  • grafenberg spot — a patch of tissue in the front wall of the vagina, claimed to be erectile and highly erogenous.
  • great south bay — an Atlantic Ocean inlet, between the S shore of Long Island and Fire Island and other barrier islands. 45 miles (72 km) long.
  • guns and butter — a symbol for the economic policy of a government insofar as spending is allocated for either military or social purposes
  • gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
  • heartbrokenness — The state or quality of being heartbroken.
  • hoosier cabinet — a tall kitchen cabinet mass-produced during the early part of the 20th century, usually of oak, featuring an enameled work surface, storage bins, a flour sifter, etc.
  • 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.
  • immeasurability — Immeasurableness.
  • immensurability — The quality of being immensurable.
  • immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
  • imperishability — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
  • imprescriptable — Alt form imprescriptible.
  • in the abstract — When you talk or think about something in the abstract, you talk or think about it in a general way, rather than considering particular things or events.
  • inalterableness — The state or quality of being inalterable.
  • indistributable — of a nature that cannot be distributed
  • inner barrister — a barrister belonging to the inner bar.
  • inscrutableness — Inscrutability.
  • insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
  • intolerableness — The state of being intolerable or insufferable.
  • intractableness — The state of being intractable; intractability.
  • intransmissible — incapable of being transmitted
  • irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
  • jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
  • labor relations — worker-employer relationship
  • labor-intensive — requiring or using a large supply of labor, relative to capital.
  • labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
  • lady's bedstraw — a Eurasian rubiaceous plant, Galium verum, with clusters of small yellow flowers
  • lamb's-quarters — the pigweed, Chenopodium album.
  • largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
  • liberal studies — a supplementary arts course for those specializing in scientific, technical, or professional studies
  • liberalizations — Plural form of liberalization.
  • member of staff — an employee of a particular organization
  • morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
  • moreton bay ash — an Australian eucalyptus tree, E. tessellaris, having drooping branches and grey bark
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