15-letter words containing b, o, t, r, p
- public property — Public property is land and other assets that belong to the general public and not to a private owner.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- put years on sb — If you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older.
- pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
- represent-to-be — to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize: In this painting the cat represents evil and the bird, good.
- reproducibility — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
- shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
- soapbox oratory — public speaking typical of soapbox orators
- spermatoblastic — relating to a spermatoblast
- spiral notebook — a notebook held together by a coil of wire passed through small holes punched at the back edge of the covers and individual pages
- strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
- streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- sub-corporation — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
- subject pronoun — pronoun in nominative case
- subperiosteally — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- subreptitiously — in a subreptitious manner
- substratosphere — the upper troposphere.
- sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
- tablet computer — a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
- thermobarograph — a device that simultaneously records the temperature and pressure of the atmosphere
- tobacco planter — a tool that was formerly used by tobacco farmers to plant tobacco with
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- upward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
- visible exports — goods sold to a foreign country or countries
- visible imports — products that a company or country buys from other countries
- well-brought-up — If you say that someone, especially a child, is well-brought-up, you mean that they are very polite because they have been taught good manners.