15-letter words containing c, o, b, p
- corruptibleness — The state or quality of being corruptible.
- country bumpkin — an awkward, simple, rustic person
- cyclobenzaprine — A particular antidepressant generally prescribed as an analgesic and muscle relaxant.
- cytotrophoblast — the thickened, inner part of the mammalian placenta nearest to the fetus, covering the chorion during early pregnancy
- d. c. power lab — The former site of SAIL. This name was very funny because the obvious connection to electrical engineering was nonexistent - the lab was named after a Donald C. Power. Compare Marginal Hacks.
- deception table — a table of the 18th century made so as to conceal its true function, as in serving as a cabinet for a chamber pot.
- decomposability — (uncountable) The condition of being decomposable.
- distributor cap — the cap of an engine's distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the sparking plugs
- double saucepan — a cooking utensil consisting of two saucepans, one fitting inside the other. The bottom saucepan contains water that, while boiling, gently heats food in the upper pan
- dysmorphophobic — relating to or affected with dysmorphophobia
- eleutherophobic — afraid of freedom
- fourth republic — the republic established in France in 1945 and replaced by the Fifth Republic in 1958.
- honeycomb tripe — a part of the inner lining of the stomach of the steer, calf, hog, or sheep, resembling a honeycomb in appearance and considered a table delicacy.
- 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.
- hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
- hype-carbonated — (of a product or service) overvalued as a result of relentless marketing and PR or intensive media exposure
- 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
- 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.
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
- 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.
- 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.
- non-compensable — eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.
- non-culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- non-depreciable — capable of depreciating or being depreciated in value.
- non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- non-replaceable — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- non-susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- nonbiographical — not biographical, not relating to biography or events in a person's life
- noncompressible — not able to be compressed
- nonreproducible — Unable to be reproduced; not reproducible.
- 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.
- 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.
- pack one's bags — If you pack your bags, you leave a place where you have been staying or living.
- 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
- pat on the back — to strike lightly or gently with something flat, as with a paddle or the palm of the hand, usually in order to flatten, smooth, or shape: to pat dough into flat pastry forms.
- peachblow glass — an American art glass made in various pale colors and sometimes having an underlayer of milk glass.
- perfluorocarbon — a fluorocarbon consisting only of fluorine and carbon atoms
- 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.
- plug compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.