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15-letter words containing b, o, y, a, r, i

  • mortality table — an actuarial table showing the percentage of persons who die at any given age, compiled from statistics on selected population groups or on former policyholders.
  • myofibroblastic — Relating to myofibroblasts.
  • neurofibrillary — Of or pertaining to a neurofibril.
  • nickel carbonyl — a colorless or yellow, volatile, water-insoluble, poisonous, flammable liquid, Ni(CO) 4 , obtained by the reaction of nickel and carbon monoxide, and used for nickel-plating.
  • not a dickybird — not a word; nothing
  • obituary column — the division of a publication reserved for obituaries
  • observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
  • perissosyllabic — (of a line of verse) containing more syllables than expected for the metre being used
  • primary rainbow — the most commonly seen rainbow, formed by light rays that undergo a single internal reflection in a drop of water.
  • problematically — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • programmability — capable of being programmed.
  • psychobiography — a biographical study focusing on psychological factors, as childhood traumas and unconscious motives.
  • public lavatory — a public toilet
  • pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
  • radio sono-buoy — a buoy equipped to detect underwater noises and transmit them by radio
  • rayside-balfour — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
  • recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
  • reconcilability — capable of being reconciled.
  • right-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the right, or starboard, side.
  • roundaboutility — roundaboutness
  • strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
  • 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.
  • subsidiary coin — a coin, especially one made of silver, having a value less than that of the monetary unit.
  • substitutionary — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
  • symbol retailer — any member of a voluntary group of independent retailers, often using a common name or symbol, formed to obtain better prices from wholesalers or manufacturers in competition with supermarket chains
  • umbrella policy — An umbrella policy is a policy that provides excess limits and gives additional excess coverage over the normal limits and coverage of liability policies.
  • unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
  • 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.
  • upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
  • urban sociology — the sociological study of cities and their role in the development of society.
  • vegetable ivory — ivory (def 9).
  • voltaic battery — battery (def 1a).
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