16-letter words containing b, s
- impenetrableness — The quality of being impenetrable.
- imperishableness — The characteristic or property of being imperishable.
- impermissibility — The state or condition of being impermissible.
- in a brown study — in a reverie or daydream
- in the same boat — a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- inaccessibleness — The quality or state of being inaccessible or unreachable.
- inapplicableness — The state or quality of being inapplicable; inapplicability.
- incombustibility — The quality or state of being incombustible.
- incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
- incomprehensible — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
- incomprehensibly — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
- inconsolableness — The quality of being inconsolable.
- incontestability — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
- incorrigibleness — The quality of being incorrigible; incorrigibility.
- indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
- indigestibleness — The quality of being indigestible.
- indiscernibility — The state or characteristic of being indiscernible; inability to be observed.
- indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
- indisputableness — The property of being indisputable.
- indissolubleness — The quality of being indissoluble.
- indivisibilities — not divisible; not separable into parts; incapable of being divided: one nation indivisible.
- inexhaustibility — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
- inexplicableness — The state of being difficult to account for; the state of being inexplicable.
- inextinguishable — not extinguishable: an inextinguishable fire.
- inextinguishably — In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
- inhospitableness — The quality of being inhospitable.
- instability line — a nonfrontal line of convective activity in the atmosphere, usually several hundred miles long but of relatively brief duration.
- insubstantiality — not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
- insufferableness — The state of being insufferable.
- insurance broker — person who sells insurance policies
- insusceptibility — not susceptible; incapable of being influenced or affected (usually followed by of or to): insusceptible of flattery; insusceptible to infection.
- intelligibleness — The quality of being intelligible.
- interest-bearing — paying interest
- interminableness — The state or condition of being interminable.
- invisible assets — assets that are not physical, such as services or good will
- invisible shadow — (in architectural shades and shadows) a three-dimensional space occupied by the shadow projected by a solid and within which a surface is in shadow.
- invulnerableness — The quality of being invulnerable.
- irrefragableness — The quality or degree of being irrefragable.
- irremediableness — The state or quality of being irremediable.
- irrepressibility — The quality of being irrepressible.
- irresistibleness — The quality of being irresistible.
- irresolvableness — The state or quality of being irresolvable.
- irresponsibility — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
- irreversibleness — The state or quality of being irreversible.
- isoamyl benzoate — a colorless liquid, C 11 H 15 O 2 , having a sharp, fruitlike odor: used in cosmetics.
- isobutyl nitrite — butyl nitrite.
- isopropylbenzene — cumene.
- jacobson's organ — either of a pair of blind, tubular, olfactory sacs in the roof of the mouth, vestigial in humans but well-developed in many animals, especially reptiles.
- jacques bonhomme — the contemptuous title given by the nobles to the peasants in the revolt of the Jacquerie in 1358 and adopted by the peasants in subsequent revolts.
- japanese bobtail — any of a breed of domestic cat, originating in Japan, with a very short, fluffy tail, and a soft, silky coat often in three colors, white, black, and red