15-letter words containing b, l, a, n, c, o
- enterobacterial — relating to enterobacteria
- extension cable — an extra length of cable with a plug and a connector that can be added to an electric lead
- false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
- functionability — functional (def 3).
- gastric balloon — an inflatable rubber bag placed in the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
- gnotobiological — relating to gnotobiology
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- hubble constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
- humpback salmon — a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- incommutability — The quality or state of being incommutable.
- incomparability — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are incompatible, that one necessarily precludes the other.
- incompatibility — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- inconsolability — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- irreconcileable — Alternative spelling of irreconcilable.
- 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.
- john barleycorn — a personification of barley as used in malt liquor, of malt liquor itself, or of any intoxicating liquor.
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- lambda-c baryon — a positively charged baryon with a mean lifetime of approximately 2.1 X 10 -13 seconds.
- lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
- magnetic bottle — Physics. a magnetic field so shaped that it can confine a plasma: used in a proposed design for fusion reactors.
- manubial column — a triumphal column decorated with spoils of the enemy.
- methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
- monchengladbach — a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
- monosyllabicity — The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic.
- mount blackburn — a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft)
- municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- nathaniel bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
- 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
- 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.
- nicobar islands — a group of 19 islands in the Indian Ocean, south of the Andaman Islands, with which they form a territory of India. Area: 1645 sq km (635 sq miles)
- no-claims bonus — law: insurance premium reduction
- non-accountable — subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable.
- non-cancellable — not subject to cancellation: a noncancellable insurance policy.
- non-compensable — eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.
- non-condensable — capable of being condensed.
- non-culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- 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-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.
- nonbiographical — not biographical, not relating to biography or events in a person's life
- nonbiologically — in a nonbiological way, not in a biological way