15-letter words containing b, o, n, i
- infundibuliform — having the shape of a funnel; funnel-shaped.
- innominate bone — either of the two bones forming the sides of the pelvis, each consisting of three consolidated bones, the ilium, ischium, and pubis.
- inobtrusiveness — the quality of being unobtrusive
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- insubordination — the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance: The employee was fired for insubordination.
- intolerableness — The state of being intolerable or insufferable.
- intra-abdominal — being within the abdomen.
- investment bond — a single-premium life-assurance policy in which a fixed sum is invested in an asset-backed fund
- irreconcileable — Alternative spelling of irreconcilable.
- irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
- irritable colon — any combination of common disturbances of the bowel, as diarrhea or constipation, occurring with abdominal pain, sometimes accompanied by psychological stress. Abbreviation: IBS.
- isolation booth — a soundproof booth located within a television studio, used to prevent the occupant, usually a contestant in a game show, from hearing certain parts of the show.
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- jack-in-the-box — a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
- job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
- job opportunity — an opportunity of employment
- job requirement — a quality or qualification that you must have in order to be suitable for a certain job
- jobbing printer — a person who prints mainly commercial and display work rather than books or newspapers
- journal bearing — a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle
- knickerbockered — wearing knickers.
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- labor relations — worker-employer relationship
- labor-intensive — requiring or using a large supply of labor, relative to capital.
- labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
- leonid brezhnev — Leonid Ilyich [ley-uh-nid il-yich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet ee-lyeech] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–82, Russian political leader: first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party 1964–66; general secretary 1966–82; president of the Soviet Union 1960–64, 1977–82.
- liberalizations — Plural form of liberalization.
- library edition — an edition of a book prepared for library use, especially with a library binding.
- lobar pneumonia — pneumonia (def 2).
- low bandwidth x — (networking) (LBX) An implementation of the X Window System designed to improve performance over ISDN, WAN, and serial lines.
- lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
- magnetic bottle — Physics. a magnetic field so shaped that it can confine a plasma: used in a proposed design for fusion reactors.
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- malpighian body — Also called kidney corpuscle, Malpighian body. the structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and its surrounding Bowman's capsule.
- man-o'-war bird — frigate bird.
- man-of-war bird — frigate bird.
- manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
- manubial column — a triumphal column decorated with spoils of the enemy.
- māori battalion — the Māori unit of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II
- maxilloturbinal — (anatomy) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.
- medicine bottle — a small bottle used to hold medicine
- medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.
- meibomian gland — any of the small sebaceous glands in the eyelid, beneath the conjunctiva
- member function — A method in C++.
- methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
- microbusinesses — Plural form of microbusiness.
- micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
- misbecomingness — the characteristic or state of being unbecoming or unattractive
- misdistribution — Incorrect or unfair distribution.
- monkey business — frivolous or mischievous behavior.
- monosubstituted — containing one substituent.