14-letter words containing b, o, n, i, s
- exhibitionists — Plural form of exhibitionist.
- exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
- expansion bend — a loop in a pipe conveying hot fluid that provides flexibility which takes up thermal expansion and thus reduces temperature-induced stress in the pipe to an acceptable level
- expansion bolt — a bolt that expands on tightening, enabling it to be secured into an unthreaded hole
- f distribution — a continuous distribution obtained from the ratio of two chi-square distributions and used esp to test the equality of the variances of two normally distributed variances
- fabian society — a socialist organization founded in England in 1884, favoring the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means.
- fashionability — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- fissionability — capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission: a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material.
- flotation bags — bags inflated to keep a spacecraft or helicopter afloat and upright when it lands in the sea
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- front side bus — (hardware) (FSB) The bus via which a processor communicates with its RAM and chipset; one half of the Dual Independent Bus (the other half being the backside bus). The L2 cache is usually on the FSB, unless it is on the same chip as the processor [example?]. In PCI systems, the PCI bus runs at half the FSB speed. Altering the FSB speed and the multiplier ratio are the two main ways of overclocking processors.
- gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
- gibbs function — the thermodynamic function of a system that is equal to its enthalpy minus the product of its absolute temperture and entropy: a decrease in the function is equal to the maximum amount of work available exclusive of that due to pressure times volume change during a reversible, isothermal, isobaric process.
- give sb notice — If an employer gives an employee notice, the employer tells the employee that he or she must leave his or her job within a short fixed period of time.
- globalizations — Plural form of globalization.
- grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
- hamilton basso — Hamilton, 1904–64, U.S. journalist and novelist.
- heath robinson — (of a mechanical device) absurdly complicated in design and having a simple function
- hebetudinosity — mental dullness; insipidity
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- immobilisation — Alternative spelling of immobilization.
- impossibleness — Quality of being impossible.
- impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
- in one's blood — If a quality or talent is in your blood, it is part of your nature, and other members of your family have it too.
- in sb's favour — If someone makes a judgment in your favour, they say that you are right about something.
- in sb's honour — If something is arranged or happens in someone's honour, it is done specially to show appreciation of them.
- inboard brakes — Inboard brakes are brakes located close to the center of the vehicle rather than at the wheel hub.
- inclusion body — a particle that takes a characteristic stain, found in a virus-infected cell.
- incompressible — not capable of being compressed.
- inconscionable — Obsolete form of unconscionable.
- inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- inexorableness — unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- insurmountably — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- introspectible — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- inviolableness — The quality or state of being inviolable.
- irresponsibles — Plural form of irresponsible.
- it's no bother — If you say 'it's no bother' after offering to do something for someone, you are emphasizing that you really want to do it and that it will take very little effort.
- john steinbeck — John (Ernst) [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1902–68, U.S. novelist: Nobel prize 1962.
- king of beasts — the lion.
- knickerbockers — Also, knickerbockers [nik-er-bok-erz] /ˈnɪk ərˌbɒk ərz/ (Show IPA). loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
- labor unionist — unionist (def 2).