15-letter words containing b, o, v, r
- obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
- oldenbarneveldt — Johan van. 1547–1619, Dutch statesman, regarded as a founder of Dutch independence; the leading figure (from 1586) in the United Provinces of the Netherlands: executed by Maurice of Nassau
- over-publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- overbearingness — Quality of being overbearing.
- overthrust belt — an elongate area in which thick rock layers have been pushed over one another by compressional forces within the earth's crust.
- problem-solving — skills, process: of finding solutions
- public lavatory — a public toilet
- random variable — a quantity that takes any of a set of values with specified probabilities.
- recoverableness — the ability to be recovered or chance of being able to recover
- saviour sibling — a child conceived through IVF and screened for compatibility with a terminally or seriously ill sibling in order to provide organ or cell donations as a form of treatment
- slavonian grebe — a N Eurasian or N American grebe with reddish underside and a black and gold crest; Podiceps auritus
- subcontraoctave — the octave below the contraoctave, which is three octaves below the middle C octave on a standard keyboard
- throw overboard — to reject or abandon
- travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- unobtrusiveness — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- variable region — a configuration in the upper branches of the Y of an antibody molecule, unique in each antibody type, that binds with the determinant of a specific antigen.
- vegetable ivory — ivory (def 9).
- viper's bugloss — the blueweed.
- visible exports — goods sold to a foreign country or countries
- visible horizon — horizon (def 1).
- visible imports — products that a company or country buys from other countries
- voltaic battery — battery (def 1a).