15-letter words containing b, e, n, c
- mishnaic hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 to 500.
- monchengladbach — a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
- mourners' bench — a front row of seats at a revival meeting, for those who are to profess penitence
- mucous membrane — a lubricating membrane lining an internal surface or an organ, as the alimentary, respiratory, and genitourinary canals.
- nathaniel bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
- neck sweetbread — sweetbread (def 2).
- necrobacillosis — any disease of cattle, horses, sheep, and swine marked by necrotic areas in which a bacillus, Fusobacterium necrophorum, is found.
- neurobiological — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- never look back — to become increasingly successful
- new brunswicker — a native or inhabitant of New Brunswick
- nickel carbonyl — a colorless or yellow, volatile, water-insoluble, poisonous, flammable liquid, Ni(CO) 4 , obtained by the reaction of nickel and carbon monoxide, and used for nickel-plating.
- nitric bacteria — bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates in the soil
- non combustible — not flammable.
- non-accountable — subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable.
- non-beneficence — the doing of good; active goodness or kindness; charity.
- non-cancellable — not subject to cancellation: a noncancellable insurance policy.
- non-combustible — not flammable.
- non-compensable — eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.
- non-condensable — capable of being condensed.
- non-depreciable — capable of depreciating or being depreciated in value.
- non-enforceable — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
- non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- non-replaceable — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- non-susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- nonbelligerency — the state or status of not participating in a war.
- nonbureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
- noncommunicable — not communicable, especially with reference to a disease that is not transmitted through contact with an infected or afflicted person.
- noncompressible — not able to be compressed
- noncontrollable — not able to be controlled
- nonexchangeable — capable of being exchanged.
- nonreproducible — Unable to be reproduced; not reproducible.
- nordic combined — a competition for Nordic skiers comprising ski jumping and cross-country skiing events, the winner having the highest combined score.
- number cruncher — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
- number-cruncher — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
- obedience trial — a competitive event at which a dog can progress toward a degree in obedience by demonstrating its ability to follow a prescribed series of commands.
- object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
- object exchange — (protocol) (OBEX) A Bluetooth protocol in the Core Protocol Stack for data exchange.
- object language — the language to which a metalanguage refers.
- object-oriented — pertaining to or denoting a system, programming language, etc., that supports the use of objects, as an entire image, a routine, or a data structure.
- objectification — to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize.
- objectionable-c — (abuse, humour, language) A hackish take on "Objective C". Objectionable-C uses a Smalltalk-like syntax, but lacks the flexibility of Smalltalk method calls, and (like many such efforts) comes frustratingly close to attaining the Right Thing without actually doing so.
- oblique section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane that is other than parallel or perpendicular to its longest axis.
- observation car — a railroad passenger car having a lounge or platform from which the scenery can be viewed.
- obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
- octanitrocubane — (organic compound) A high explosive derived from cubane.
- office building — building containing offices
- omnibenevolence — unlimited kindness and generosity
- opening balance — the amount of money in an account at the start of an accounting period
- pack one's bags — If you pack your bags, you leave a place where you have been staying or living.