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15-letter words containing b, o, u, l, a, n

  • diamond jubilee — A diamond jubilee is the sixtieth anniversary of an important event.
  • double in brass — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • double integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of two variables and that requires two applications of the integration process to evaluate.
  • double negation — the principle that a statement is equivalent to the denial of its negation, as it is not the case that John is not here meaning John is here
  • double negative — a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation.
  • double saucepan — a cooking utensil consisting of two saucepans, one fitting inside the other. The bottom saucepan contains water that, while boiling, gently heats food in the upper pan
  • double standard — any code or set of principles containing different provisions for one group of people than for another, especially an unwritten code of sexual behavior permitting men more freedom than women. Compare single standard (def 1).
  • 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.
  • 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
  • emission nebula — a type of nebula that emits visible radiation
  • 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 ground — an area of land where football games are played
  • functionability — functional (def 3).
  • gulf of bothnia — an arm of the Baltic Sea, extending north between Sweden and Finland
  • haemoglobinuria — the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
  • haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
  • 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.
  • humpback salmon — a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.
  • hypoalbuminemia — an abnormally small quantity of albumin in the blood.
  • immunoassayable — Suitable for immunoassay.
  • incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
  • incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
  • incommutability — The quality or state of being incommutable.
  • indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
  • insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
  • journal bearing — a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle
  • langue de boeuf — ox-tongue partisan.
  • lobar pneumonia — pneumonia (def 2).
  • lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
  • luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
  • maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
  • manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
  • manubial column — a triumphal column decorated with spoils of the enemy.
  • maxilloturbinal — (anatomy) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.
  • most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
  • mount blackburn — a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft)
  • municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • nation-building — Journalists sometimes use nation-building to refer to government policies that are designed to create a strong sense of national identity.
  • neurobehavioral — of or relating to an approach to studying behavior that stresses the importance of nerve and brain function.
  • neurobiological — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
  • neurofibrillary — Of or pertaining to a neurofibril.
  • no-claims bonus — law: insurance premium reduction
  • non-accountable — subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable.
  • non-culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
  • non-exhaustible — to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
  • nonattributable — not capable of being attributed to a particular source or cause
  • noncommunicable — not communicable, especially with reference to a disease that is not transmitted through contact with an infected or afflicted person.
  • nonquantifiable — not capable of being quantified
  • nullarbor plain — a treeless, semiarid area of S Australia, contiguous to the Great Australian Bight.
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