15-letter words containing b, e, t, r, o
- travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- tribromoethanol — a white, crystalline powder, C 2 H 3 Br 3 O, used as a basal anesthetic.
- trinitrobenzene — any of three yellow crystalline compounds having the formula C 9 H 3 N 3 O 6 , capable of more explosive power and requiring more impact than TNT.
- troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
- troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- tuberculization — the process of becoming, or of causing people or animals to become, infected with tuberculosis
- turbinate bones — the thin scroll-shaped bones situated on the walls of the nasal passages
- turbojet engine — a jet-propulsion engine in which air from the atmosphere is compressed for combustion by a turbine-driven compressor.
- uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
- unconstrainable — unable to be confined
- uncontrollables — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- under your belt — If you have something under your belt, you have already achieved it or done it.
- unobtrusiveness — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- vegetable ivory — ivory (def 9).
- visible exports — goods sold to a foreign country or countries
- visible imports — products that a company or country buys from other countries
- voltaic battery — battery (def 1a).
- wager of battle — (in medieval Britain) a pledge to do battle for a cause, esp to decide guilt or innocence by single combat
- weather balloon — sounding balloon.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- well-brought-up — If you say that someone, especially a child, is well-brought-up, you mean that they are very polite because they have been taught good manners.
- well-elaborated — worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: elaborate preparations; elaborate care. Synonyms: perfected, painstaking. Antonyms: simple.
- ytterbium oxide — a colorless compound, Yb 2 O 3 , used in certain alloys and ceramics.