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15-letter words containing c, a, b, i, n, e

  • objectionable-c — (abuse, humour, language)   A hackish take on "Objective C". Objectionable-C uses a Smalltalk-like syntax, but lacks the flexibility of Smalltalk method calls, and (like many such efforts) comes frustratingly close to attaining the Right Thing without actually doing so.
  • observation car — a railroad passenger car having a lounge or platform from which the scenery can be viewed.
  • octanitrocubane — (organic compound) A high explosive derived from cubane.
  • opening balance — the amount of money in an account at the start of an accounting period
  • pickaback plane — a powered airplane designed to be carried aloft by another airplane and released in flight.
  • pinball machine — the tablelike, usually coin-operated machine on which pinball is played.
  • pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
  • plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
  • pre-celebration — an act of celebrating.
  • public nuisance — act, thing: anti-social
  • public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
  • publicity agent — A publicity agent is a person whose job is to make sure that a large number of people know about a person, show, or event so that they are successful.
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
  • recombinant dna — DNA in which one or more segments or genes have been inserted, either naturally or by laboratory manipulation, from a different molecule or from another part of the same molecule, resulting in a new genetic combination.
  • recombinational — belonging or relating to recombination
  • reconcilability — capable of being reconciled.
  • reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
  • record-breaking — top, most successful
  • retained object — an object in a passive construction identical with the direct or indirect object in the active construction from which it is derived, as the picture in I was shown the picture, which is also the direct object in the active construction (They) showed me the picture.
  • reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
  • runabout ticket — a rail ticket that allows unlimited travel within a specified area for a limited period of time (for example one day, a weekend, three days, etc)
  • sand-lime brick — a hard brick composed of silica sand and a lime of high calcium content, molded under high pressure and baked.
  • scribaciousness — the quality or state of being scribacious
  • semiabstraction — a work of art whose subject matter is semi-abstract
  • sesquicarbonate — a salt intermediate in composition between a carbonate and a bicarbonate or consisting of the two combined.
  • silicon carbide — a very hard, insoluble, crystalline compound, SiC, used as an abrasive and as an electrical resistor in objects exposed to high temperatures.
  • social benefits — the social welfare provision made available to those in need
  • sub-machine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • subclavian vein — either of a pair of veins, one on each side of the body, that return blood from the arms to the heart.
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
  • subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
  • tableau curtain — a curtain, often used as an act curtain, designed to be drawn aside and up to give a festooned or draped effect.
  • tectibranchiate — denoting or relating to the suborder of molluscs Tectibranchia
  • tennis bracelet — a bracelet consisting of a row of individually set, uniformly sized diamonds or other gemstones.
  • tetrabranchiate — belonging or pertaining to the Nautiloidea (Tetrabranchiata), a subclass or order of cephalopods with four gills, including the pearly nautilus and numerous fossil forms.
  • the precambrian — the Precambrian era
  • thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
  • tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
  • timber merchant — a merchant that deals in wood for use as a building material
  • torsion balance — an instrument for measuring small forces, as electric attraction or repulsion, by determining the amount of torsion or twisting they cause in a slender wire or filament.
  • traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
  • tuberculization — the process of becoming, or of causing people or animals to become, infected with tuberculosis
  • un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
  • unacceptability — capable or worthy of being accepted.
  • unascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
  • uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
  • unclimbableness — the quality or condition of being unclimbable
  • uncompanionable — not companionable or friendly; antisocial
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