15-letter words containing a, n, b, l, e
- non-cancellable — not subject to cancellation: a noncancellable insurance policy.
- non-compensable — eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.
- non-condensable — capable of being condensed.
- non-depreciable — capable of depreciating or being depreciated in value.
- non-enforceable — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
- 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-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- non-replaceable — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- non-salvageable — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- non-traversable — to pass or move over, along, or through.
- nonattributable — not capable of being attributed to a particular source or cause
- noncommunicable — not communicable, especially with reference to a disease that is not transmitted through contact with an infected or afflicted person.
- noncontrollable — not able to be controlled
- nonexchangeable — capable of being exchanged.
- nonquantifiable — not capable of being quantified
- nonsaponifiable — not capable of being saponified
- nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
- 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.
- object language — the language to which a metalanguage refers.
- 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.
- oblique sailing — the navigation of a vessel on a point of the compass other than one of the cardinal points.
- observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
- oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
- old man's beard — fringe tree.
- old-man's-beard — fringe tree.
- 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
- opening balance — the amount of money in an account at the start of an accounting period
- operating table — table on which surgery is performed
- 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).
- organized labor — all workers who are organized in labor unions.
- perfluorocarbon — a fluorocarbon consisting only of fluorine and carbon atoms
- peruvian balsam — Peru balsam.
- pickaback plane — a powered airplane designed to be carried aloft by another airplane and released in flight.
- pinball machine — the tablelike, usually coin-operated machine on which pinball is played.
- pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
- plasma membrane — cell membrane.
- platinum blonde — a person, especially a girl or woman, whose hair is of a pale blond or silver color, usually colored artificially by bleaching or dyeing.
- plea bargaining — pleading guilty to a lesser charge
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- plumber's snake — snake (def 3a).
- polyphloesboean — noisy
- 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.
- predeterminable — able to be predetermined; able to be determined in advance
- prima ballerina — the principal ballerina in a ballet company.