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15-letter words containing c, o, b, d

  • dysmorphophobic — relating to or affected with dysmorphophobia
  • elaborated code — a way of talking which is explicit and does not assume that the listener shares the same assumptions and understandings as the speaker
  • 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
  • endocannabinoid — An endogenous cannabinoid, that is one produced by the body.
  • endocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of dead members of one's own social group, often associated with spiritual beliefs.
  • executive board — administrative committee
  • horned cucumber — a tropical African plant, Cucumis metuliferus, having fruit with spiky, orange skin and jellylike pulp that tastes like cucumbers.
  • hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
  • hydrobiological — of or relating to hydrobiology
  • hype-carbonated — (of a product or service) overvalued as a result of relentless marketing and PR or intensive media exposure
  • incendiary bomb — a bomb that is designed to start fires
  • indicator board — a device that shows information, such as the arrival and departure times of trains or planes
  • indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
  • indirect object — a word or group of words representing the person or thing with reference to which the action of a verb is performed, in English generally coming between the verb and the direct object and paraphrasable as the object of a preposition, usually to or for, following the direct object, as the boy in He gave the boy a book.
  • job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
  • knickerbockered — wearing knickers.
  • ladies'-tobacco — pussy-toes.
  • lambda-c baryon — a positively charged baryon with a mean lifetime of approximately 2.1 X 10 -13 seconds.
  • lira da braccio — a many-stringed musical instrument of the 15th and 16th centuries, played with a bow and used for polyphonic improvisation.
  • livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
  • mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • matrix bar code — a type of 2D bar code that stores data in a matrix of geometrically shaped dark and light cells that represent bits. See also QR code.
  • medicine bottle — a small bottle used to hold medicine
  • monchengladbach — a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
  • municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • nicobar islands — a group of 19 islands in the Indian Ocean, south of the Andaman Islands, with which they form a territory of India. Area: 1645 sq km (635 sq miles)
  • non-condensable — capable of being condensed.
  • non-depreciable — capable of depreciating or being depreciated in value.
  • 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.
  • not a dickybird — not a word; nothing
  • 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 database — a database format in which information is shown in the form of objects
  • 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.
  • obsidional coin — siege piece.
  • office building — building containing offices
  • orthoboric acid — boric acid (def 1). Compare ortho- (def 2).
  • 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.
  • procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
  • pubic directory — [NYU] (also "pube directory" /pyoob' d*-rek't*-ree/) The "pub" (public) directory on a machine that allows FTP access. So called because it is the default location for SEX (software exchange).
  • pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
  • radio broadcast — sth transmitted via radio signal
  • 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.
  • record-breaking — top, most successful
  • red blood cells — Physiology. one of the cells of the blood, which in mammals are enucleate disks concave on both sides, contain hemoglobin, and carry oxygen to the cells and tissues and carbon dioxide back to the respiratory organs. Abbreviation: RBC.
  • reproducibility — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • 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.
  • ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
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