15-letter words containing a, c, t, b, i
- obedience trial — a competitive event at which a dog can progress toward a degree in obedience by demonstrating its ability to follow a prescribed series of commands.
- obituary column — the division of a publication reserved for obituaries
- object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
- objectification — to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize.
- objectionable-c — (abuse, humour, language) A hackish take on "Objective C". Objectionable-C uses a Smalltalk-like syntax, but lacks the flexibility of Smalltalk method calls, and (like many such efforts) comes frustratingly close to attaining the Right Thing without actually doing so.
- observation car — a railroad passenger car having a lounge or platform from which the scenery can be viewed.
- octanitrocubane — (organic compound) A high explosive derived from cubane.
- orthoboric acid — boric acid (def 1). Compare ortho- (def 2).
- orthopaedic bed — a specially firm bed designed to help correct or ameliorate the discomfort of disorders of the spine and joints
- 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
- pick up the tab — If you pick up the tab, you pay a bill on behalf of a group of people or provide the money that is needed for something.
- pickaback plant — piggyback plant.
- picture library — A picture library is a collection of photographs that is held by a particular company or organization. Newspapers or publishers can pay to use the photographs in their publications.
- piggyback plant — a plant, Tolmiea menziesii, of the saxifrage family, native to western North America, that produces new plants at the base of its broad, hairy leaves and that is popular as a houseplant.
- pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
- plug compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
- plug-compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
- pre-celebration — an act of celebrating.
- problematically — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- public footpath — a footpath along which the public has right of way
- public lavatory — a public toilet
- publicity agent — A publicity agent is a person whose job is to make sure that a large number of people know about a person, show, or event so that they are successful.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
- 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.
- radio broadcast — sth transmitted via radio signal
- ratafia biscuit — a macaroon.
- rechargeability — (of a storage battery) capable of being charged repeatedly. Compare cordless (def 2).
- recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recombinant dna — DNA in which one or more segments or genes have been inserted, either naturally or by laboratory manipulation, from a different molecule or from another part of the same molecule, resulting in a new genetic combination.
- recombinational — belonging or relating to recombination
- reconcilability — capable of being reconciled.
- reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- retained object — an object in a passive construction identical with the direct or indirect object in the active construction from which it is derived, as the picture in I was shown the picture, which is also the direct object in the active construction (They) showed me the picture.
- right-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position following the head, as the phrase the house of the friend of my brother; having most of the constituents on the right in a tree diagram (opposed to left-branching).
- rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
- robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- runabout ticket — a rail ticket that allows unlimited travel within a specified area for a limited period of time (for example one day, a weekend, three days, etc)
- rusty blackbird — a North American blackbird, Euphagus carolinus, the male of which has plumage that is uniformly bluish-black in the spring and rusty-edged in the fall.
- 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.
- self-compatible — able to be fertilized by its own pollen.
- semiabstraction — a work of art whose subject matter is semi-abstract
- sesquicarbonate — a salt intermediate in composition between a carbonate and a bicarbonate or consisting of the two combined.
- shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
- side impact bar — A side impact bar is a long beam in a car door that is designed to protect passengers during a crash.
- social benefits — the social welfare provision made available to those in need
- social mobility — mobility (def 2).
- special subject — an area of knowledge in which someone specializes
- spermatoblastic — relating to a spermatoblast
- starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting