14-letter words containing b, a, n, s
- non-respirable — capable of being respired.
- non-subsidiary — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- noncompensable — eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.
- noncondensable — lacking the ability to be condensed
- nonestablished — without the official support of the government
- nonfissionable — not able to undergo fission
- nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
- nonobstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- nonsustainable — Not sustainable.
- norway lobster — a European lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, fished for food
- noticeableness — The quality of being noticeable.
- nuts and bolts — the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job.
- obligatoriness — The quality or state of being obligatory.
- okavango basin — a river in SW central Africa, rising in central Angola and flowing southeast, then east as part of the border between Angola and Namibia, then southeast across the Caprivi Strip into Botswana to form a great marsh known as the Okavango Basin, Delta or Swamp. Length: about 1600 km (1000 miles)
- omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
- on sb's behalf — If you do something on someone's behalf, you do it for that person as their representative.
- opisthobranchs — Plural form of opisthobranch.
- orange blossom — the white flower of an orange tree, especially of the genus Citrus, much used in wreaths, bridal bouquets, etc.: the state flower of Florida.
- orbital sander — a sander that uses a section of sandpaper clamped to a metal pad that moves at high speed in a very narrow orbit, driven by an electric motor.
- orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
- pardonableness — the quality or state of being pardonable
- pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
- pedestal basin — a wash-hand basin supported by a pedestal
- penetrableness — the state of being penetrable; the capacity to be penetrated
- persian blinds — persiennes
- peso boliviano — a nickel-clad steel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the boliviano in 1963.
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- poppaea sabina — died a.d. 65? second wife of the Roman emperor Nero.
- porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
- postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
- presentability — that may be presented.
- pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
- pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
- public analyst — a scientist who tests food, water etc to ensure that they are safe
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- rabies vaccine — substance that inoculates against rabies
- rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
- rainbow series — (publication) Any of several series of technical manuals distinguished by cover colour. The original rainbow series was the NCSC security manuals (see Orange Book, crayola books); the term has also been commonly applied to the PostScript reference set (see Red Book, Green Book, Blue Book, White Book). Which books are meant by ""the" rainbow series" unqualified is thus dependent on one's local technical culture.
- rainbow wrasse — a brightly coloured Mediterranean fish ( Coris julis) of the Labridae family
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
- raspberry cane — a long thin stalk on which raspberries grow
- reasonableness — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- receivableness — the fact or condition of being receivable; receivability
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- remarkableness — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- retinoblastoma — Pathology. an inheritable tumor of the eye.