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16-letter words containing c, o, r, n, b

  • incorruptibility — not corruptible: incorruptible integrity.
  • insurance broker — person who sells insurance policies
  • intercalibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • interconvertible — to subject to interconversion; interchange.
  • jacobson's organ — either of a pair of blind, tubular, olfactory sacs in the roof of the mouth, vestigial in humans but well-developed in many animals, especially reptiles.
  • knapsack problem — the problem of determining which numbers from a given collection of numbers have been added together to yield a specific sum: used in cryptography to encipher (and sometimes decipher) messages.
  • labrador current — a cold ocean current flowing southwards off the coast of Labrador and meeting the warm Gulf Stream, causing dense fogs off the coast of Newfoundland
  • liebig condenser — a laboratory condenser consisting of a glass tube surrounded by a glass envelope through which cooling water flows
  • longicorn beetle — any beetle of the family Cerambycidae, having a long narrow body, long legs, and long antennae
  • lord chamberlain — (in Britain) the chief official of the royal household
  • low-carbon steel — steel containing between 0.04 and 0.25 per cent carbon
  • man on horseback — a military leader who presents himself as the savior of the country during a period of crisis and either assumes or threatens to assume dictatorial powers.
  • modersohn-becker — Paula [pou-lah] /ˈpaʊ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1907, German painter.
  • monohybrid cross — the offspring of individuals that differ with respect to a particular gene pair.
  • mountain climber — someone who climbs or walks up mountains
  • nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
  • nitrous bacteria — bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites in the soil
  • non-bureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
  • non-carbohydrate — any of a class of organic compounds that are polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones, or change to such substances on simple chemical transformations, as hydrolysis, oxidation, or reduction, and that form the supporting tissues of plants and are important food for animals and people.
  • non-compressible — to press together; force into less space.
  • non-contribution — the act of contributing.
  • non-contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
  • non-reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
  • non-reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • north palm beach — a town in E Florida.
  • numbered account — a bank account whose owner is identified by a number for the purpose of preserving anonymity.
  • objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
  • observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
  • obstructionistic — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
  • onboard computer — onboard a vehicle, ship, plane, train or spacecraft
  • oversubscription — to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.
  • performance bond — contract bond.
  • platform-balance — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
  • pre-subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
  • pro bono publico — for the public good or welfare.
  • proboscis monkey — a reddish, arboreal monkey, Nasalis larvatus, of Borneo, the male of which has a long, flexible nose: an endangered species.
  • projection booth — a soundproof compartment in a theater where a motion-picture projector is housed and from which the picture is projected on the screen.
  • public ownership — ownership by the state; nationalization
  • public relations — (used with a plural verb) the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc.
  • public transport — fare-paying travel
  • rack one's brain — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
  • rainbow seaperch — an embiotocid fish, Hypsurus caryi, living off the Pacific coast of North America, having red, orange, and blue stripes on the body.
  • rambunctiousness — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • reaction chamber — the chamber in a rocket engine in which the reaction or combustion of fuel occurs
  • reaction turbine — a turbine driven by the reactive force of a fluid passing through the rotor blades.
  • rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
  • reserve buoyancy — the difference between the volume of a hull below the designed waterline and the volume of the hull below the lowest opening incapable of being made watertight.
  • ribonucleic acid — RNA.
  • round lake beach — a town in NE Illinois.
  • roundabout chair — corner chair.
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