15-letter words containing b, r, i, s, t, o
- cartesian doubt — willful suspension of all interpretations of experience that are not absolutely certain: used as a method of deriving, by elimination of such uncertainties, axioms upon which to base theories.
- cartier-bresson — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1908–2004, French photographer
- chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
- chronobiologist — A person who is involved in chronobiology.
- city of bristol — a port and industrial city in SW England, mainly in Bristol unitary authority, on the River Avon seven miles from its mouth on the Bristol Channel: a major port, trading with America, in the 17th and 18th centuries; the modern port consists chiefly of docks at Avonmouth and Portishead; noted for the Clifton Suspension Bridge (designed by I. K. Brunel, 1834) over the Avon gorge; Bristol university (1909) and University of the West of England (1992). Pop: 420 556 (2001)
- claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.
- combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
- compressibility — the ability to be compressed
- controller bias — In a control loop, the controller bias is a constant amount added to or subtracted from the action that a controller would normally take with a particular gain.
- convertibleness — The state of being convertible; convertibility.
- corruptibleness — The state or quality of being corruptible.
- countersink bit — a tool for countersinking
- cystic fibrosis — Cystic fibrosis is a serious disease of the glands which usually affects children and can make breathing difficult.
- dartmouth basic — (language) The original BASIC language, designed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in 1963. Dartmouth BASIC first ran on a GE 235 [date?] and on an IBM 704 on 1964-05-01. It was designed for quick and easy programming by students and beginners using Dartmouth's experimental time-sharing system. Unlike most later BASIC dialects, Dartmouth BASIC was compiled.
- demonstrability — The quality of being demonstrable.
- detribalisation — Alternative form of detribalization.
- discount broker — an agent who discounts commercial paper.
- distributor cap — the cap of an engine's distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the sparking plugs
- distributorship — a franchise held by a distributor.
- dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
- double or quits — 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.
- 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
- eta abstraction — eta conversion
- fabric softener — a substance added to fabrics during laundering to make them puffier and softer.
- fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
- floral tributes — bunches or arrangements of flowers left as a memorial at the site of a fatal incident
- gastric balloon — an inflatable rubber bag placed in the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- harbour station — the part of a port where boats shelter or station
- hoosier cabinet — a tall kitchen cabinet mass-produced during the early part of the 20th century, usually of oak, featuring an enameled work surface, storage bins, a flour sifter, etc.
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
- inobtrusiveness — the quality of being unobtrusive
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- insubordination — the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance: The employee was fired for insubordination.
- intolerableness — The state of being intolerable or insufferable.
- irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
- labor relations — worker-employer relationship
- labor-intensive — requiring or using a large supply of labor, relative to capital.
- labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
- liberalizations — Plural form of liberalization.
- lord it over sb — If someone lords it over you, they act in a way that shows that they think they are better than you, especially by giving lots of orders.
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- microbiologists — Plural form of microbiologist.
- microsoft basic — (language) (MS-BASIC) A dialect of BASIC from Microsoft, originally developed by Bill Gates in a garage back in the CP/M days. It was originally known as GWBasic, then QBASIC and finally MS-BASIC. When the MS-DOS operating system came out, it incorporated the GWBASIC.EXE or BASICA.EXE interpreters. GWBASIC ("Gee Whiz") incorporated graphics and a screen editor and was compatible with earlier BASICs. QBASIC was more sophisticated. Version 4.5 had a full screen editor, debugger and compiler. The compiler could also produce executable files but to run these a utility program (BRUN44.EXE) had to be present. Thus source code could be kept private. From DOS 5.0 or 6.0 onward, MS-BASIC was standard. Version 1.1 produced stand-alone executables and could display graphics.
- misdistribution — Incorrect or unfair distribution.
- morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.