15-letter words containing b, u, o, n, c, i
- countervailable — able to counteract or offset as equivalent
- counting number — natural number
- country bumpkin — an awkward, simple, rustic person
- decarburization — The act, process, or result of decarburizing.
- discount broker — an agent who discounts commercial paper.
- 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
- enterobacterium — (microbiology) Any of very many gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, many of which are pathogenic.
- functionability — functional (def 3).
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- incentive bonus — an extra payment made to an employee to reward good work
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- incommutability — The quality or state of being incommutable.
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
- manubial column — a triumphal column decorated with spoils of the enemy.
- member function — A method in C++.
- microbusinesses — Plural form of microbusiness.
- micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
- motoring public — the population that drive road vehicles
- mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
- municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- neurobiological — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- no-claims bonus — law: insurance premium reduction
- non combustible — not flammable.
- non-combustible — not flammable.
- non-contributor — a person who contributes money, assistance, etc.
- non-culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- non-susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- nonbureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
- noncommunicable — not communicable, especially with reference to a disease that is not transmitted through contact with an infected or afflicted person.
- noncontributory — pertaining to or of the nature of contribution; contributing.
- nonreproducible — Unable to be reproduced; not reproducible.
- obituary column — the division of a publication reserved for obituaries
- oblique section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane that is other than parallel or perpendicular to its longest axis.
- obstructionists — Plural form of obstructionist.
- obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
- octanitrocubane — (organic compound) A high explosive derived from cubane.
- office building — building containing offices
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
- public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- quintec-objects — Based on Quintec Prolog (not Quintus). British.
- reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- robinson crusoe — Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- rubbing alcohol — a poisonous solution of about 70 percent isopropyl or denatured ethyl alcohol, usually containing a perfume oil, used chiefly in massaging.