15-letter words containing c, i, b, e
- methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
- microbusinesses — Plural form of microbusiness.
- misbecomingness — the characteristic or state of being unbecoming or unattractive
- mishnaic hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 to 500.
- nathaniel bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
- 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.
- new brunswicker — a native or inhabitant of New Brunswick
- 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.
- nitric bacteria — bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates in the soil
- non combustible — not flammable.
- non-beneficence — the doing of good; active goodness or kindness; charity.
- non-combustible — not flammable.
- non-depreciable — capable of depreciating or being depreciated in value.
- non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- non-susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- nonbelligerency — the state or status of not participating in a war.
- 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.
- noncompressible — not able to be compressed
- nonreproducible — Unable to be reproduced; not reproducible.
- nordic combined — a competition for Nordic skiers comprising ski jumping and cross-country skiing events, the winner having the highest combined score.
- 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.
- object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
- object-oriented — pertaining to or denoting a system, programming language, etc., that supports the use of objects, as an entire image, a routine, or a data structure.
- objectification — to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize.
- 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.
- objective prism — a large prism placed in front of the objective lens or mirror of a telescope, allowing the simultaneous acquisition of the spectra of many stars.
- 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.
- observation car — a railroad passenger car having a lounge or platform from which the scenery can be viewed.
- obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
- octanitrocubane — (organic compound) A high explosive derived from cubane.
- office building — building containing offices
- omega-algebraic — In domain theory, a complete partial order is algebraic if every element is the lub of some chain of compact elements. If the set of compact elements is countable it is omega-algebraic. Usually written with a Greek letter omega (LaTeX \omega).
- omnibenevolence — unlimited kindness and generosity
- opening balance — the amount of money in an account at the start of an accounting period
- orthopaedic bed — a specially firm bed designed to help correct or ameliorate the discomfort of disorders of the spine and joints
- over-publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- parti québécois — (in Canada) a political party in Quebec, formed in 1968 and originally advocating the separation of Quebec from the rest of the country
- perfect binding — a technique for binding books by a machine that cuts off the backs of the sections and glues the leaves to a cloth or paper backing.
- perissosyllabic — (of a line of verse) containing more syllables than expected for the metre being used
- phlebosclerosis — sclerosis, or hardening, of the walls of veins.
- pick up the tab — If you pick up the tab, you pay a bill on behalf of a group of people or provide the money that is needed for something.
- pickaback plane — a powered airplane designed to be carried aloft by another airplane and released in flight.
- picture library — A picture library is a collection of photographs that is held by a particular company or organization. Newspapers or publishers can pay to use the photographs in their publications.
- pinball machine — the tablelike, usually coin-operated machine on which pinball is played.
- pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
- plug compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
- plug-compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.