17-letter words containing b, l, o, t, s, c
- hyperbolic secant — a hyperbolic function that is the reciprocal of cosh; sech
- 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.
- laboratory school — a school maintained by a college or university for the training of student teachers.
- 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
- liberty of speech — freedom of speech.
- librocubicularist — (rare) A person who reads in bed.
- lick the boots of — to be servile, obsequious, or flattering towards
- 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.
- percussion bullet — a bullet that is exploded by percussion
- pocket battleship — a small heavily armed and armored warship serving as a battleship because of limitations imposed by treaty.
- postbaccalaureate — bachelor's degree.
- public prosecutor — an officer charged with the conduct of criminal prosecution in the interest of the public.
- public television — a type of noncommercial, usually educational, television programming funded by the government, grants, viewers, and corporations. Compare educational television.
- rhinoceros beetle — any of several scarabaeid beetles, especially of the genus Dynastes, which comprises the largest beetles, characterized by one or more horns on the head and prothorax.
- sandro botticelli — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
- self-incompatible — not capable of self-pollination.
- smokeless tobacco — snuff1 (def 9).
- special constable — a person recruited for temporary or occasional police duties, esp in time of emergency
- spoonbill catfish — flathead catfish.
- subject catalogue — a catalogue with entries arranged by subject in a classified sequence
- subtractive color — cyan, yellow, or magenta, as used in the subtractive process of color photography.
- synthetic biology — the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
- triboluminescence — luminescence produced by friction, usually within a crystalline substance.
- uncle tom's cabin — an antislavery novel (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
- uncomfortableness — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- unreconstructible — not capable of being reconstructed.
- white blood cells — any of various nearly colorless cells of the immune system that circulate mainly in the blood and lymph and participate in reactions to invading microorganisms or foreign particles, comprising the B cells, T cells, macrophages, monocytes, and granulocytes.