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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • library edition — an edition of a book prepared for library use, especially with a library binding.
  • lithium battery — A lithium battery is a type of battery used for low-power, high-reliability, long-life applications, such as clocks, cameras and calculators.
  • low earth orbit — (communications)   (LEO) The kind of orbit used by communications satellites that will offer high bandwidth for video on demand, television, and Internet communications. A satellite in LEO, in contrast to one in a geostationary orbit, is not in a fixed position relative to the Earth's surface so several satellites are required to provide continuous service.
  • lumbar puncture — Medicine/Medical. puncture into the arachnoid membrane of the spinal cord, in the lumbar region, and withdrawal of spinal fluid, performed for diagnosis of the fluid, injection of dye for imaging, or administration of anesthesia or medication.
  • maneuverability — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
  • manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
  • marriageability — The condition of being marriageable.
  • medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.
  • merchantability — The state of being merchantable.
  • morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
  • morbidity table — A morbidity table is a statistical table that shows the proportion of people that are expected to become sick or injured at each age.
  • mortality table — an actuarial table showing the percentage of persons who die at any given age, compiled from statistics on selected population groups or on former policyholders.
  • most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
  • non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
  • non-traversable — to pass or move over, along, or through.
  • nonattributable — not capable of being attributed to a particular source or cause
  • noncontrollable — not able to be controlled
  • nontransferable — Not transferable; not able to be transferred.
  • 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.
  • observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
  • obstacle course — a military training area having obstacles, as hurdles, ditches, and walls, that must be surmounted or crossed in succession.
  • obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
  • oldenbarneveldt — Johan van. 1547–1619, Dutch statesman, regarded as a founder of Dutch independence; the leading figure (from 1586) in the United Provinces of the Netherlands: executed by Maurice of Nassau
  • operating table — table on which surgery is performed
  • order of battle — the organization or hierarchy of military forces in preparation for a battle.
  • paurometabolous — designating or of a group of insect orders, as orthopterans or hemipterans, in which metamorphosis to the adult state from the juvenile state is gradual and without any sudden, radical change of body form
  • photodegradable — (of a substance) capable of being broken down by light.
  • 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.
  • polycarboxylate — a salt or ester of a polycarboxylic acid. Polycarboxylate esters are used in certain detergents
  • portable pixmap — (file format)   (PPM) A colour image file format. A PPM file contains the following: a two character "{magic number}" - "P3", the width in pixels, the height in pixels, the maximum colour component value, HEIGHT rows of WIDTH {pixels}. The rows are ordered from top to bottom with the pixels in each row ordered from left to right. Each pixel is represented as three values for red, green, and blue. All parts are separated by whitespace and numbers are in decimal ASCIII representation. A zero pixel component means that colour is absent. Characters from a "#" to the next end-of-line are ignored and no line should be longer than 70 characters. Here is an example of a small pixmap in this format: P3 # feep.ppm 4 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 15 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 7 0 0 0 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A "RAWBITS" variant has magic number "P6", pixel values are stored as plain binary bytes, instead of ASCII decimal and no whitespace is allowed after a single whitespace character after the maximum colour component value which must be less than or equal to 255.
  • post-liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
  • pre-celebration — an act of celebrating.
  • pre-elizabethan — (of English culture, history, traditions, etc.) before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; before the second half of the 16th century.
  • pre-established — to establish beforehand.
  • predeterminable — able to be predetermined; able to be determined in advance
  • problematically — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • quarter blanket — a horse blanket, usually placed under a saddle or harness and extending to the horse's tail.
  • rational number — a number that can be expressed exactly by a ratio of two integers.
  • 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.
  • recombinational — belonging or relating to recombination
  • reconcilability — capable of being reconciled.
  • reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
  • refectory table — a long, narrow table having a single stretcher between trestlelike supports at the ends.
  • regimental band — a band made up of a military formation varying in size from a battalion to a number of battalions
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