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17-letter words containing b, l, e, t, c

  • flowering tobacco — any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, as N. alata and N. sylvestris, having clusters of fragrant flowers that usually bloom at night, grown as an ornamental.
  • fort walton beach — a city in NW Florida.
  • fulgencio batista — Fulgencio [fool-hen-syaw] /fulˈhɛn syɔ/ (Show IPA), (Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar) 1901–73, Cuban military leader: dictator of Cuba 1934–40; president 1940–44, 1952–59.
  • garbage collector — refuse collector, dustman
  • globus hystericus — the sensation of having a lump in the throat or difficulty in swallowing for which no medical cause can be found.
  • henry cabot lodge — Henry Cabot, 1850–1924, U.S. public servant and author: senator 1893–1924.
  • high-carbon steel — steel containing between 0.5 and 1.5 per cent carbon
  • histamine blocker — any of various substances that act at a specific receptor site to block certain actions of histamine.
  • hornblende schist — a variety of schist containing needles of hornblende that lie in parallel planes.
  • hubble's 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.
  • hyperbolic secant — a hyperbolic function that is the reciprocal of cosh; sech
  • hyperexcitability — an excessive reaction to stimuli.
  • impracticableness — The state of being impracticable; impracticability.
  • in the public eye — featured prominently in the media
  • incompatibilities — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
  • incompressibility — The quality of being incompressible, of not compressing under pressure.
  • indecipherability — Quality of being indecipherable.
  • indestructibility — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
  • instance variable — (programming)   In object-oriented programming, one of the variables of a class template which may have a different value for each object of that class. Instance variables hold the state of an object.
  • inter-convertible — to subject to interconversion; interchange.
  • intersubjectively — (philosophy) In an intersubjective way; between or among multiple subjects.
  • irreconcilability — incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible: irreconcilable differences.
  • irreproducibility — The quality of not being reproducible.
  • kendal sneck bent — a fishhook having a wide, squarish bend.
  • lautenclavicymbal — a harpsichord with strings of gut rather than metal.
  • lead acid battery — A lead acid battery is a 12-volt battery for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles consisting of lead-acid cells in series.
  • leg before wicket — a manner of dismissal on the grounds that a batsman has been struck on the leg by a bowled ball that otherwise would have hit the wicket
  • liberal democrats — (in Britain) a political party with centrist policies; established in 1988 as the Social and Liberal Democrats when the Liberal Party merged with the Social Democratic Party; renamed Liberal Democrats in 1989
  • liberal education — an education based primarily on the liberal arts, emphasizing the development of intellectual abilities as opposed to the acquisition of professional skills.
  • liberty of speech — freedom of speech.
  • lick the boots of — to be servile, obsequious, or flattering towards
  • lithium carbonate — a colorless crystalline compound, Li 2 CO 3 , slightly soluble in water: used in ceramic and porcelain glazes, pharmaceuticals, and luminescent paints.
  • little black book — an address book, esp. one kept by a man, with the names of women companions considered available for dating
  • macfarlane burnet — Sir (Frank) Macfarlane [muh k-fahr-luh n] /məkˈfɑr lən/ (Show IPA), 1899–1985, Australian physician: Nobel Prize in Physiology 1960.
  • metabolic pathway — biochemistry: sequence of reactions within a cell or organism
  • molecular orbital — Physics, Chemistry. a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital) or in a molecule (molecular orbital) the electron in that state.
  • monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
  • object complement — a word or a group of words used in the predicate following a factitive verb and referring to its direct object, as treasurer in We appointed him treasurer, white in They painted the house white, or an interesting speaker in They thought him an interesting speaker.
  • objectionableness — The quality of being objectionable.
  • old contemptibles — the British expeditionary force to France in 1914
  • paleobiochemistry — the study of biochemical processes that occurred in fossil life forms.
  • peach bark beetle — a bark beetle, Phloeotribus liminaris, that feeds on and nests in peach and other drupaceous trees.
  • peacock butterfly — a European nymphalid butterfly, Inachis io, having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
  • pebbleweave cloth — an irregularly textured material made from twisted yarn
  • percussion bullet — a bullet that is exploded by percussion
  • phonetic alphabet — an alphabet containing a separate character for each distinguishable speech sound.
  • pocket battleship — a small heavily armed and armored warship serving as a battleship because of limitations imposed by treaty.
  • political liberty — the right to express oneself freely and effectually regarding the conduct, makeup, and principles of the government under which one lives.
  • portable computer — (computer)   (Commonly, "laptop") A portable personal computer you can carry with one hand. Some laptops run so hot that it would be quite uncomforable to actually use them on your lap for long. The term "notebook" is often used to describe these, though it also implies a low weight (less than 2kg). A "luggable" is one you could carry in one hand but is so heavy you wouldn't want to. One that can by easily operated while held in one hand is a "palmtop". The computer considered by most historians to be the first true portable computer was the Osborne 1 but see the link below for other contenders.
  • postbaccalaureate — bachelor's degree.
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