15-letter words containing b, o, m, s
- relational dbms — relational database
- reynolds number — a dimensionless number, vρl/η, where v is the fluid velocity, ρ the density, η the viscosity and l a dimension of the system. The value of the number indicates the type of fluid flow
- romblon islands — a group of islands of the Philippines in the Sibuyan Sea and Tablas Strait, part of the Visayan Islands.
- sam browne belt — a sword belt having a supporting strap over the right shoulder, formerly worn by officers in the U.S. Army, now sometimes worn as part of the uniform by police officers, guards, and army officers in other nations.
- samuel fb morse — Jedidiah [jed-i-dahy-uh] /ˌdʒɛd ɪˈdaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse).
- self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
- self-compatible — able to be fertilized by its own pollen.
- selfabandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
- semiabstraction — a work of art whose subject matter is semi-abstract
- serous membrane — any of various thin membranes, as the peritoneum, that line certain cavities of the body and exude a serous fluid.
- smallmouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus dolomieu, yellowish-green above and lighter below, having the lower jaw extending to the eye.
- smelling bottle — a small bottle or vial for holding smelling salts or perfume.
- social bookmark — the practice of saving bookmarked Web pages to a public website as a way to share the links with other Internet users: Social bookmarking is a tool that allows you to add tags and comments to your bookmarks.
- social climbing — advancement of one's social status
- social mobility — mobility (def 2).
- sodium benzoate — a white crystalline soluble compound used as an antibacterial and antifungal agent in preserving food (E211), as an antiseptic, and in making dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: (C6H5COO)Na
- sound symbolism — a nonarbitrary connection between phonetic features of linguistic items and their meanings, as in the frequent occurrence of close vowels in words denoting smallness, as petite and teeny-weeny.
- spermatoblastic — relating to a spermatoblast
- stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
- strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
- strombuliferous — having organs coiled as spirals
- stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- subalimentation — hypoalimentation.
- subcommissioner — a member of a subcommission
- suboptimization — a situation which is less than optimal
- suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
- symbol retailer — any member of a voluntary group of independent retailers, often using a common name or symbol, formed to obtain better prices from wholesalers or manufacturers in competition with supermarket chains
- symbolics, inc. — (company) The company which produced the Lisp Machine.
- the-ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.
- thomas a becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
- thromboembolism — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
- unbosom oneself — to tell or reveal one's feelings, secrets, etc.
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- visible imports — products that a company or country buys from other countries