15-letter words containing b, a, r, l
- vascular bundle — a longitudinal arrangement of strands of xylem and phloem, and sometimes cambium, that forms the fluid-conducting channels of vascular tissue in the rhizomes, stems, and leaf veins of vascular plants, the arrangement varying with the type of plant.
- vegetable ivory — ivory (def 9).
- vertebral canal — spinal canal.
- voltaic battery — battery (def 1a).
- vulnerabilities — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
- wager of battle — (in medieval Britain) a pledge to do battle for a cause, esp to decide guilt or innocence by single combat
- walloon brabant — a province of central Belgium, formed in 1995 from the S part of Brabant province: densely populated and intensively farmed, with large industrial centres. Pop: 360 717 (2004 est). Area: 1091 sq km (421 sq miles)
- warrantableness — Quality of being warrantable.
- weather balloon — sounding balloon.
- weimar republic — the German republic (1919–33), founded at Weimar.
- well-elaborated — worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: elaborate preparations; elaborate care. Synonyms: perfected, painstaking. Antonyms: simple.
- welsbach burner — a type of gaslight in which a mantle containing thorium and cerium compounds becomes incandescent when heated by a gas flame
- wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
- white bear lake — a city in E Minnesota: summer resort.
- wild strawberry — uncultivated plant bearing red fruit
- william gilbert — Cass, 1859–1934, U.S. architect.
- william webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.