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15-letter words containing b, a, l, o, n, s

  • constable glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century, having a heavy foot, a tall body, and a capacity of 1 quart (0.946 liters).
  • controller bias — In a control loop, the controller bias is a constant amount added to or subtracted from the action that a controller would normally take with a particular gain.
  • corona borealis — a small compact constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Boötes and Hercules
  • counterbalances — Plural form of counterbalance.
  • cuban solenodon — a rare shrewlike nocturnal mammal of the Caribbean, Atopogale cubana, having a long hairless tail and an elongated snout: family Solenodontidae, order Insectivora (insectivores)
  • demonstrability — The quality of being demonstrable.
  • destabilisation — Alternative spelling of destabilization.
  • destabilization — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
  • detribalisation — Alternative form of detribalization.
  • dishabilitation — the imposition of a legal disqualification
  • double in brass — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • double saucepan — a cooking utensil consisting of two saucepans, one fitting inside the other. The bottom saucepan contains water that, while boiling, gently heats food in the upper pan
  • double standard — any code or set of principles containing different provisions for one group of people than for another, especially an unwritten code of sexual behavior permitting men more freedom than women. Compare single standard (def 1).
  • drop handlebars — aerodynamic handlebars that drop down and curve towards the rider at the ends rather than turning upwards as on conventional bicycles
  • 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
  • emission nebula — a type of nebula that emits visible radiation
  • endocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of dead members of one's own social group, often associated with spiritual beliefs.
  • extension cable — an extra length of cable with a plug and a connector that can be added to an electric lead
  • fallopian tubes — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
  • false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
  • fashionableness — The state of being fashionable; stylishness; elegance.
  • flesh and blood — offspring or relatives: one's own flesh and blood.
  • football season — annual period when soccer is played
  • gambling losses — money lost as a result of playing games of chance for money
  • gastric balloon — an inflatable rubber bag placed in the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
  • gibson, william — William Gibson
  • hubble constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
  • humpback salmon — a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.
  • hypnotisability — Alternative spelling of hypnotizability.
  • immunoassayable — Suitable for immunoassay.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • knowledge-based — characterized by the dominance of information services as an area of growth
  • 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.
  • luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
  • 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.
  • most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
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