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14-letter words containing b, o, i, n, a

  • pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
  • poppaea sabina — died a.d. 65? second wife of the Roman emperor Nero.
  • postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
  • prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
  • prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
  • proportionable — being in due proportion; proportional.
  • public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
  • quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
  • rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
  • radiation belt — Van Allen belt.
  • rainbow bridge — a natural stone bridge in S Utah: a national monument. 290 feet (88 meters) high; 275 feet (84 meters) span.
  • rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
  • rainbow darter — a stout darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, inhabiting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages, the spawning male of which has the sides marked with oblique blue bars with red interspaces.
  • rainbow runner — a streamlined, cigar-shaped swift jack, Elagatis bipinnulata, of warm seas, having a blue back, light-colored abdomen, and blue-bordered yellow stripes on its sides: a food and game fish.
  • rainbow series — (publication)   Any of several series of technical manuals distinguished by cover colour. The original rainbow series was the NCSC security manuals (see Orange Book, crayola books); the term has also been commonly applied to the PostScript reference set (see Red Book, Green Book, Blue Book, White Book). Which books are meant by ""the" rainbow series" unqualified is thus dependent on one's local technical culture.
  • rainbow wrasse — a brightly coloured Mediterranean fish ( Coris julis) of the Labridae family
  • rainbow-collar — being or of an employee who combines work or experience on the assembly line with more technical or administrative duties; having both blue-collar and white-collar duties or experience.
  • rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • rationalizable — capable of being rationalized
  • re-embarkation — the act of boarding a ship or aircraft again
  • record cabinet — a piece of furniture like a cupboard, designed to hold or display vinyl records stacked on their side
  • redeliberation — careful consideration before decision.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • rehabilitation — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • remobilization — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
  • repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
  • retinoblastoma — Pathology. an inheritable tumor of the eye.
  • reverberations — remote or indirect consequences of an action; repercussions
  • roller bearing — a bearing consisting of cylindrical or tapered rollers running between races in two concentric rings, one of which is mounted on a rotating or oscillating part, as a shaft.
  • saint boniface — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
  • san bernardino — a city in S California.
  • sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
  • semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
  • semimembranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • serbo-croatian — a Slavic language spoken in Serbia and Croatia, usually written with Cyrillic letters in Serbia but with Roman letters in Croatia.
  • shabby-looking — appearing old and in bad condition
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • shooting brake — station wagon.
  • skin and bones — a condition or state of extreme thinness, usually the result of malnutrition; emaciation: Anorexia had reduced her to skin and bones.
  • skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
  • snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
  • solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
  • somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • son of a bitch — a contemptible or thoroughly disagreeable person; scoundrel.
  • sounding board — a thin, resonant plate of wood forming part of a musical instrument, and so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tone.
  • spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
  • spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
  • springboarding — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
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