15-letter words containing b, a, l, o, n, s
- 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.
- 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 holds barred — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- no-claims bonus — law: insurance premium reduction
- non-compensable — eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.
- non-condensable — capable of being condensed.
- 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-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.
- nonsaponifiable — not capable of being saponified
- nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
- nontransferable — Not transferable; not able to be transferred.
- 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.
- 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
- old man's beard — fringe tree.
- old-man's-beard — fringe tree.
- 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).
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- polyphloesboean — noisy
- post-liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
- questionability — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- recoverableness — the ability to be recovered or chance of being able to recover
- relational dbms — relational database
- restabilization — the act or process of stabilizing or the state of being stabilized.
- romblon islands — a group of islands of the Philippines in the Sibuyan Sea and Tablas Strait, part of the Visayan Islands.
- sam browne belt — a sword belt having a supporting strap over the right shoulder, formerly worn by officers in the U.S. Army, now sometimes worn as part of the uniform by police officers, guards, and army officers in other nations.
- san luis obispo — a city in W California.
- sauvignon blanc — a white grape grown primarily in France and California.
- saviour sibling — a child conceived through IVF and screened for compatibility with a terminally or seriously ill sibling in order to provide organ or cell donations as a form of treatment
- sebaceous gland — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
- self-abhorrence — a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
- self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
- self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
- selfabandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
- silicon carbide — a very hard, insoluble, crystalline compound, SiC, used as an abrasive and as an electrical resistor in objects exposed to high temperatures.
- sink a borehole — To sink a borehole means to drill a deep hole in the ground.
- slavonian grebe — a N Eurasian or N American grebe with reddish underside and a black and gold crest; Podiceps auritus
- snowball effect — a process of continuously accelerating change in size, importance, etc
- social benefits — the social welfare provision made available to those in need
- social climbing — advancement of one's social status
- sound as a bell — in perfect condition
- spiral notebook — a notebook held together by a coil of wire passed through small holes punched at the back edge of the covers and individual pages