15-letter words containing c, l, u, b, i, n
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- inexcusableness — The quality of being inexcusable.
- ingush republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: part of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Republic from 1936 until 1992. Capital: Magas (formerly at Nazran). Pop: 468 900 (2002). Area: 3600 sq km (1390 sq miles)
- inscrutableness — Inscrutability.
- interambulacral — relating to, or situated between, interambulacra
- interambulacrum — the area between two of an echinoderm's ambulacra
- judicial branch — the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice; the judiciary.
- lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
- magnetic bubble — a tiny mobile magnetized area within a magnetic material, the basis of one type of solid-state storage medium (magnetic bubble memory)
- manubial column — a triumphal column decorated with spoils of the enemy.
- medicine bundle — a wrapped package of items used by some North American Indians for religious or ceremonial purposes.
- micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
- motoring public — the population that drive road vehicles
- 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-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.
- noncommunicable — not communicable, especially with reference to a disease that is not transmitted through contact with an infected or afflicted person.
- 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.
- 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 building — a building that belongs to a town or state, and is used by the public
- public defender — a lawyer appointed or elected by a city or county as a full-time, official defender to represent indigents in criminal cases at public expense.
- public interest — the welfare or well-being of the general public; commonwealth: health programs that directly affect the public interest.
- public nuisance — act, thing: anti-social
- 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.
- public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
- public spending — expenditure by central government, local authorities, and public enterprises
- 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.
- publicity event — an event designed to generate publicity
- publicity stunt — something done to attract publicity
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- rubbing alcohol — a poisonous solution of about 70 percent isopropyl or denatured ethyl alcohol, usually containing a perfume oil, used chiefly in massaging.
- sauvignon blanc — a white grape grown primarily in France and California.
- second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
- self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
- silicone rubber — any of the synthetic rubbers made from silicone elastomers.
- spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
- stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- subcivilization — a division of a civilization
- subclavian vein — either of a pair of veins, one on each side of the body, that return blood from the arms to the heart.