15-letter words containing b, o, f, i, n
- gulf of bothnia — an arm of the Baltic Sea, extending north between Sweden and Finland
- housing benefit — In Britain, housing benefit is money that the government gives to people with no income or very low incomes to pay for part or all of their rent.
- infundibuliform — having the shape of a funnel; funnel-shaped.
- man-of-war bird — frigate bird.
- member function — A method in C++.
- moreton bay fig — a large Australian fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark
- nanofabrication — the design and manufacture of products and structures, especially electronic devices, with dimensions measured in nanometers.
- neurofibrillary — Of or pertaining to a neurofibril.
- non-beneficence — the doing of good; active goodness or kindness; charity.
- non-falsifiable — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- non-feasibility — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- non-flexibility — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
- non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- nonflammability — The state or condition of being nonflammable.
- nonquantifiable — not capable of being quantified
- nonsaponifiable — not capable of being saponified
- not a bit of it — You say not a bit of it to emphasize that something that you might expect to be the case is not the case.
- not before time — If you say not before time after a statement has been made about something that has been done, you are saying in an emphatic way that you think it should have been done sooner.
- objectification — to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize.
- office building — building containing offices
- one for his nob — the call made with this jack, scoring one point
- out of business — If a shop or company goes out of business or is put out of business, it has to stop trading because it is not making enough money.
- public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
- self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
- self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
- self-exhibition — an exhibiting, showing, or presenting to view.
- snubfin dolphin — Australian dolphin with a small dorsal fin
- social benefits — the social welfare provision made available to those in need
- sons of liberty — any of several patriotic societies, originally secret, that opposed the Stamp Act and thereafter supported moves for American independence.
- subprofessional — being below professional standards: subprofessional health care.
- syllabification — to form or divide into syllables.
- synod of whitby — the synod held in 664 at Whitby at which the Roman date for Easter was accepted and the Church in England became aligned with Rome
- think better of — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- widow's benefit — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a former weekly payment made to a widow