15-letter words containing b, r, a, c, e, l
- flatbed scanner — a type of optical scanner having a flat, stationary surface on which a page is scanned by a moving head.
- garbage collect — garbage collection
- gladbach-rheydt — a former city in W Germany; now part of Mönchengladbach.
- globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- hard-shell crab — a crab, especially an edible crab, that has not recently molted and has a hard shell.
- hebrew calendar — the lunisolar calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from 3761 b.c. and was established by Hillel II in the 4th century a.d., the calendar year consisting of 353 days (defective year) 354 days (regular year) or 355 days (perfect year or abundant year) and containing 12 months: Tishri, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, and Elul, with the 29-day intercalary month of Adar Sheni added after Adar seven times in every 19-year cycle in order to adjust the calendar to the solar cycle. The Jewish ecclesiastical year begins with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri.
- herbal medicine — the use of herbs to treat illness
- hydraulic brake — a brake operated by fluid pressures in cylinders and connecting tubular lines.
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- imprescriptable — Alt form imprescriptible.
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- ineradicability — the quality of being ineradicable
- inextricability — The condition of being inextricable.
- inscrutableness — Inscrutability.
- interambulacral — relating to, or situated between, interambulacra
- interambulacrum — the area between two of an echinoderm's ambulacra
- interchangeable — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- interchangeably — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- intracerebrally — Within the cerebrum.
- intractableness — The state of being intractable; intractability.
- irreconcileable — Alternative spelling of irreconcilable.
- irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
- 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.
- john barleycorn — a personification of barley as used in malt liquor, of malt liquor itself, or of any intoxicating liquor.
- kalmyk republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: became subject to Russia in 1646. Capital: Elista. Pop: 292 400 (2002). Area: 76 100 sq km (29 382 sq miles)
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- lambda particle — any of a family of neutral baryons with strangeness −1 or charm +1, and isotopic spin 0. The least massive member of the lambda family was the first strange particle to be discovered. Symbol: Λ.
- large cranberry — See under cranberry (def 1).
- library science — the study of the organization and administration of a library and of its technical, informational, and reference services.
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- lucrezia borgia — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.
- lumbar puncture — Medicine/Medical. puncture into the arachnoid membrane of the spinal cord, in the lumbar region, and withdrawal of spinal fluid, performed for diagnosis of the fluid, injection of dye for imaging, or administration of anesthesia or medication.
- mackerel breeze — a strong breeze
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- merchantability — The state of being merchantable.
- necrobacillosis — any disease of cattle, horses, sheep, and swine marked by necrotic areas in which a bacillus, Fusobacterium necrophorum, is found.
- neurobiological — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- never look back — to become increasingly successful
- 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.
- non-depreciable — capable of depreciating or being depreciated in value.
- non-enforceable — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
- non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- non-replaceable — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- noncontrollable — not able to be controlled
- obedience trial — a competitive event at which a dog can progress toward a degree in obedience by demonstrating its ability to follow a prescribed series of commands.
- obstacle course — a military training area having obstacles, as hurdles, ditches, and walls, that must be surmounted or crossed in succession.