15-letter words containing a, n, b, i, o, s
- in the box seat — in the best position
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- incompatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are incompatible, that one necessarily precludes the other.
- inconsolability — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- indomitableness — Quality of being indomitable.
- indoor baseball — softball played indoors.
- 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.
- intolerableness — The state of being intolerable or insufferable.
- irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
- isolation booth — a soundproof booth located within a television studio, used to prevent the occupant, usually a contestant in a game show, from hearing certain parts of the show.
- labor relations — worker-employer relationship
- labor-intensive — requiring or using a large supply of labor, relative to capital.
- labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
- liberalizations — Plural form of liberalization.
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- monosyllabicity — The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic.
- morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
- mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
- municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- necrobacillosis — any disease of cattle, horses, sheep, and swine marked by necrotic areas in which a bacillus, Fusobacterium necrophorum, is found.
- neighbor states — the states or countries next to another state or country
- nicobar islands — a group of 19 islands in the Indian Ocean, south of the Andaman Islands, with which they form a territory of India. Area: 1645 sq km (635 sq miles)
- no-claims bonus — law: insurance premium reduction
- noise abatement — a set of strategies or techniques to reduce and control annoying or harmful noise in an environment
- non-exhaustible — to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
- non-falsifiable — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- non-feasibility — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- 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.
- obsidian dating — a method of dating obsidian artifacts or debitage by calculating how long it has taken to produce a given thickness of a hydration layer within such matter.
- obsidional coin — siege piece.
- obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
- oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
- 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).
- overbearingness — Quality of being overbearing.
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- post-liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
- 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.
- pro-abortionist — pro-choice.
- probationership — the position of a probationer
- pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.