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17-letter words containing b, a, l, i, s, t

  • non-assignability — capable of being specified: The word has no assignable meaning in our language.
  • objectionableness — The quality of being objectionable.
  • old south arabian — a group of four closely related Semitic languages, having a writing system and used from about the eighth to the fifth centuries b.c. in the southern part of Arabia.
  • paleobiochemistry — the study of biochemical processes that occurred in fossil life forms.
  • pillar-and-breast — room-and-pillar.
  • pittsburg landing — a village in SW Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: battle of Shiloh in 1862.
  • pocket battleship — a small heavily armed and armored warship serving as a battleship because of limitations imposed by treaty.
  • public assistance — government aid to the poor, disabled, or aged or to dependent children, as financial assistance or food stamps.
  • rhode island bent — a European pasture grass, Agrostis tenuis, naturalized in North America, having red flower clusters.
  • roseate spoonbill — a tropical New World spoonbill, Ajaia ajaja, having rose-colored plumage and a bare head.
  • salt-rising bread — a kind of bread leavened with a fermented mixture of salted milk, cornmeal, flour, sugar, and soda.
  • sandro botticelli — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
  • self-incompatible — not capable of self-pollination.
  • semi-permeability — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • sinbad the sailor — a merchant in The Arabian Nights who makes seven adventurous voyages
  • sorolla y bastida — Joaquín [hwah-keen] /ʰwɑˈkin/ (Show IPA), 1863–1923, Spanish painter.
  • special constable — a person recruited for temporary or occasional police duties, esp in time of emergency
  • spiritual bouquet — the spiritual presentation of a good work to another person.
  • split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
  • spoonbill catfish — flathead catfish.
  • statue of liberty — a large copper statue, on Liberty Island, in New York harbor, depicting a woman holding a burning torch: designed by F. A. Bartholdi and presented to the U.S. by France; unveiled 1886.
  • stymphalian birds — a flock of predacious birds of Arcadia that were driven away and killed by Hercules as one of his labors.
  • subclavian artery — either of a pair of arteries, one on each side of the body, that carry the main supply of blood to the arms.
  • subtractive color — cyan, yellow, or magenta, as used in the subtractive process of color photography.
  • surrender to bail — to present oneself at court at the appointed time after having been on bail
  • terrestrial globe — the planet Earth (usually preceded by the).
  • the establishment — a group or class of people having institutional authority within a society, esp those who control the civil service, the government, the armed forces, and the Church: usually identified with a conservative outlook
  • the tabloid press — (considered as a whole) newspapers with pages about 30 cm (12 inches) by 40 cm (16 inches), usually characterized by an emphasis on photographs and a concise and often sensational style
  • the-invisible-man — a novel (1897) by H.G. Wells.
  • tibetan highlands — Tibet, Plateau of.
  • trobriand islands — a group of coral islands in the Solomon Sea, north of the E part of New Guinea: part of Papua New Guinea. Area: about 440 sq km (170 sq miles)
  • tubercle bacillus — the bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, causing tuberculosis.
  • uncle tom's cabin — an antislavery novel (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  • understandability — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • undistinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • unpredictableness — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
  • unsubstantiatable — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
  • vanity publishing — the practice of the author of a book paying all or most of the costs of its publication
  • ventura publisher — Corel VENTURA
  • vestibular system — the sensory mechanism in the inner ear that detects movement of the head and helps to control balance
  • visible radiation — electromagnetic radiation that causes the sensation of sight; light. It has wavelengths between about 380 and 780 nanometres
  • wang laboratories — (body)   Computer manufacturer, known for their office automation products and the Wang PC. Quarterly sales $208M, profits $3M (Aug 1994).
  • war establishment — the full wartime complement of men, equipment, and vehicles of a military unit
  • with guns blazing — If you come out with guns blazing or with all guns blazing, you put all your effort and energy into trying to achieve something.
  • zebra swallowtail — a swallowtail butterfly, Papilio marcellus, having black and greenish-white stripes on the wings.
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