15-letter words containing b, i, a
- interchangeably — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- interdependable — capable of being depended on; worthy of trust; reliable: a dependable employee.
- interminability — incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
- intolerableness — The state of being intolerable or insufferable.
- intra-abdominal — being within the abdomen.
- intracerebrally — Within the cerebrum.
- intractableness — The state of being intractable; intractability.
- intransmissible — incapable of being transmitted
- investment bank — a financial institution that deals chiefly in the underwriting of new securities.
- invisible glass — glass that has been curved to eliminate reflections.
- invulnerability — incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
- ipsissima verba — with the very words; verbatim.
- irreconcileable — Alternative spelling of irreconcilable.
- irreformability — the state or condition of being irreformable
- irrefragability — How irrefragable something is.
- irreparableness — The quality of being irreparable.
- irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
- irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
- irritable colon — any combination of common disturbances of the bowel, as diarrhea or constipation, occurring with abdominal pain, sometimes accompanied by psychological stress. Abbreviation: IBS.
- irritable heart — cardiac neurosis.
- isolation booth — a soundproof booth located within a television studio, used to prevent the occupant, usually a contestant in a game show, from hearing certain parts of the show.
- it's a good job — If you say it's a good thing, or in British English it's a good job, that something is the case, you mean that it is fortunate.
- jack-in-the-box — a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
- jerusalem bible — a Roman Catholic version of the Bible published in 1966, translated from the French La Bible de Jérusalem, produced by Dominican scholars in Jerusalem (1956)
- journal bearing — a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle
- jubilate-sunday — Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.
- judicial branch — the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice; the judiciary.
- jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
- jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
- justifiableness — Justifiability.
- kaibab squirrel — a nearly extinct tree squirrel, Sciurus kaibabensis, found only in a small area north of the Grand Canyon.
- kalmyk republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: became subject to Russia in 1646. Capital: Elista. Pop: 292 400 (2002). Area: 76 100 sq km (29 382 sq miles)
- keyboard skills — ability to input information using a keyboard
- kitchen cabinet — a cupboard built into a kitchen or a chest of drawers for kitchen use, as for dishes and silverware.
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- knight banneret — banneret1 (def 2).
- label switching — (networking) A routing technique that uses information from existing IP routing protocols to identify IP datagrams with labels and forwards them to a modified switch or router, which then uses the labels to switch the datagrams through the network. Label switching combines the best attributes of data link layer (layer two) switching (as in ATM and Frame Relay) with the best attributes of network layer (layer three) routing (as in IP). Prior to the formation of the MPLS Working Group in 1997, a number of vendors had announced and/or implemented proprietary label switching.
- labor relations — worker-employer relationship
- labor-intensive — requiring or using a large supply of labor, relative to capital.
- labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
- ladies'-tobacco — pussy-toes.
- ladybird beetle — ladybug.
- lambda particle — any of a family of neutral baryons with strangeness −1 or charm +1, and isotopic spin 0. The least massive member of the lambda family was the first strange particle to be discovered. Symbol: Λ.
- lapland bunting — a passerine bird: Calcarius lapponicus
- lending library — Also called circulating library, rental library. a small library that is maintained by a commercial establishment, as a drugstore, and is composed largely of current books that are lent to customers for a fee.
- liability limit — the highest amount that a liability insurer will pay on a single claim.
- liberal judaism — Reform Judaism.
- liberal studies — a supplementary arts course for those specializing in scientific, technical, or professional studies
- liberalizations — Plural form of liberalization.
- library binding — a tough, durable cloth binding for books. Compare edition binding.