15-letter words containing b, o, t, l, e, n
- double-entendre — a double meaning.
- doublet pattern — a pattern, as on a fabric, in which a figure or group is duplicated in reverse order on the opposite side of a centerline.
- dropping bottle — a bottle with correlated lengthwise grooves in the neck and in the stopper, permitting a controlled flow of the liquid contents in the form of drops.
- elastic rebound — a theory of earthquakes that envisages gradual deformation of the fault zone without fault slippage until friction is overcome, when the fault suddenly slips to produce the earthquake
- electronic book — An electronic book is the same as an e-book.
- enterobacterial — relating to enterobacteria
- exhibition hall — a hall in which pictures, sculptures, or other objects of interest are displayed
- extension cable — an extra length of cable with a plug and a connector that can be added to an electric lead
- fallopian tubes — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
- false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
- football season — annual period when soccer is played
- globe lightning — ball lightning.
- great rebellion — English Civil War.
- greenbottle fly — any of several metallic-green blowflies, as Phaenicia sericata.
- halting problem — The problem of determining in advance whether a particular program or algorithm will terminate or run forever. The halting problem is the canonical example of a provably unsolvable problem. Obviously any attempt to answer the question by actually executing the algorithm or simulating each step of its execution will only give an answer if the algorithm under consideration does terminate, otherwise the algorithm attempting to answer the question will itself run forever. Some special cases of the halting problem are partially solvable given sufficient resources. For example, if it is possible to record the complete state of the execution of the algorithm at each step and the current state is ever identical to some previous state then the algorithm is in a loop. This might require an arbitrary amount of storage however. Alternatively, if there are at most N possible different states then the algorithm can run for at most N steps without looping. A program analysis called termination analysis attempts to answer this question for limited kinds of input algorithm.
- hot-bulb engine — a low-compression oil engine requiring a heated bulb or cap for ignition.
- hubble constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
- imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
- in/into trouble — If someone is in trouble, they are in a situation in which a person in authority is angry with them or is likely to punish them because they have done something wrong.
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- indomitableness — Quality of being indomitable.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- intolerableness — The state of being intolerable or insufferable.
- 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.
- job enlargement — a widening of the range of tasks performed by an employee in order to provide variety in the activities undertaken
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- labor relations — worker-employer relationship
- labor-intensive — requiring or using a large supply of labor, relative to capital.
- liberalizations — Plural form of liberalization.
- library edition — an edition of a book prepared for library use, especially with a library binding.
- lobster newburg — (sometimes lowercase) lobster cooked in a thick seasoned cream sauce made with sherry or brandy.
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
- magnetic bottle — Physics. a magnetic field so shaped that it can confine a plasma: used in a proposed design for fusion reactors.
- manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
- 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.
- methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
- morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
- most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
- nathaniel bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
- non combustible — not flammable.
- non-accountable — subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable.
- non-combustible — not flammable.
- non-exhaustible — to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
- 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-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- non-susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- non-traversable — to pass or move over, along, or through.