15-letter words containing c, o, b, l
- gastric balloon — an inflatable rubber bag placed in the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
- globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
- gnotobiological — relating to gnotobiology
- go to the block — to be beheaded
- groutlock brick — a brick chamfered on its inner angles to allow space for vertical and horizontal reinforcing rods sealed in grout.
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- hubble constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
- humpback salmon — a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.
- hydrobiological — of or relating to hydrobiology
- hyperbolic sine — one of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances of a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes; sinh
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- 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.
- incomparability — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are incompatible, that one necessarily precludes the other.
- incompatibility — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- inconsolability — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- incorrigibility — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- irreconcileable — Alternative spelling of irreconcilable.
- irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
- irritable colon — any combination of common disturbances of the bowel, as diarrhea or constipation, occurring with abdominal pain, sometimes accompanied by psychological stress. Abbreviation: IBS.
- john barleycorn — a personification of barley as used in malt liquor, of malt liquor itself, or of any intoxicating liquor.
- jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- ladies'-tobacco — pussy-toes.
- lake okeechobee — a lake in S Florida, in the Everglades: second largest freshwater lake wholly within the US. Area: 1813 sq km (700 sq miles)
- lambda-c baryon — a positively charged baryon with a mean lifetime of approximately 2.1 X 10 -13 seconds.
- lifestyle block — a semi-rural property comprising a house and land for small-scale farming
- 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.
- lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
- lucrezia borgia — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
- magnetic bottle — Physics. a magnetic field so shaped that it can confine a plasma: used in a proposed design for fusion reactors.
- make sb welcome — If you make someone welcome or make them feel welcome, you make them feel happy and accepted in a new place.
- manubial column — a triumphal column decorated with spoils of the enemy.
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- medicine bottle — a small bottle used to hold medicine
- megalithic tomb — a burial chamber constructed of large stones, either underground or covered by a mound and usually consisting of long transepted corridors (gallery graves) or of a distinct chamber and passage (passage graves). The tombs may date from the 4th millennium bc
- methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
- microbiological — Of or pertaining to microbiology.
- microbiologists — Plural form of microbiologist.
- micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
- monchengladbach — a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
- monosyllabicity — The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic.
- motorcycle club — a club of motorcycle enthusiasts
- motoring public — the population that drive road vehicles