15-letter words containing a, d, i, b, t
- dithyrambically — In dithyrambic fashion.
- dolomite marble — coarse-grained dolomite.
- dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
- double integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of two variables and that requires two applications of the integration process to evaluate.
- double negation — the principle that a statement is equivalent to the denial of its negation, as it is not the case that John is not here meaning John is here
- double negative — a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation.
- doubting thomas — a person who refuses to believe without proof; skeptic. John 20:24–29.
- eat like a bird — any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- 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
- executive board — administrative committee
- feather banding — decorative banding of veneer or inlay having the grain laid diagonally to the grain of the principal surface.
- fixed liability — a liability, as a mortgage or debenture, that will not mature for a relatively long time.
- fob destination — FOB destination is a shipping term indicating that ownership of goods passes at delivery to their destination, and the seller has total responsibility until then.
- free-tailed bat — any of various small, swift, insect-eating bats of the family Molossidae, common in warm climates, having thick, leathery ears and a tail that projects well beyond the tail membrane.
- gibraltar board — a type of lining board with a cardboard surface and a gypsum core
- 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)
- have got it bad — to be infatuated
- hybrid antibody — a synthetic antibody that is able to combine with two different antigens
- identifiability — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
- imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
- in a (bad) spot — in a bad situation; in trouble
- in-and-out bond — a stonework or brickwork bond having headers and stretchers alternating vertically.
- inadmissibility — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
- indefeasibility — The state or quality of being indefeasible, of being incapable of being defeated.
- indicator board — a device that shows information, such as the arrival and departure times of trains or planes
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- indisputability — The property of being indisputable.
- indistributable — of a nature that cannot be distributed
- indomitableness — Quality of being indomitable.
- indubitableness — The quality of being indubitable.
- ineradicability — the quality of being ineradicable
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- insubordination — the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance: The employee was fired for insubordination.
- interdependable — capable of being depended on; worthy of trust; reliable: a dependable employee.
- intra-abdominal — being within the abdomen.
- it's a good job — If you say it's a good thing, or in British English it's a good job, that something is the case, you mean that it is fortunate.
- jubilate-sunday — Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.
- jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
- labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
- ladies'-tobacco — pussy-toes.
- ladybird beetle — ladybug.
- lambda particle — any of a family of neutral baryons with strangeness −1 or charm +1, and isotopic spin 0. The least massive member of the lambda family was the first strange particle to be discovered. Symbol: Λ.
- lapland bunting — a passerine bird: Calcarius lapponicus
- liberal studies — a supplementary arts course for those specializing in scientific, technical, or professional studies
- library edition — an edition of a book prepared for library use, especially with a library binding.
- low bandwidth x — (networking) (LBX) An implementation of the X Window System designed to improve performance over ISDN, WAN, and serial lines.
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- matrix bar code — a type of 2D bar code that stores data in a matrix of geometrically shaped dark and light cells that represent bits. See also QR code.
- medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.