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15-letter words containing d, e, i, n, o

  • basse-normandie — a region of NW France, on the English Channel: consists of the Cherbourg peninsula in the west rising to the Normandy hills in the east; mainly agricultural
  • be of two minds — to be undecided or irresolute
  • be on the skids — to be on the decline or downgrade; meet with failure
  • bedloe's island — Liberty Island
  • before the wind — with the wind coming from astern
  • belladonna lily — a tropical bulbous plant (Amaryllis belladonna) of the lily family, grown for its large pink, white, or red flowers and native to S Africa
  • benedict arnold — Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
  • benzal chloride — a colorless, oily liquid, C 7 H 6 Cl 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of benzaldehyde, and in the manufacture of dyes.
  • benzyl chloride — a colorless, corrosive liquid, C 7 H 7 Cl, used chiefly as an intermediate in the synthesis of benzyl compounds.
  • benzyl fluoride — a colorless liquid, C 7 H 7 F, used in organic synthesis.
  • beyond question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
  • bide one's time — to wait patiently for an opportunity
  • bidirectionally — in a bidirectional manner
  • billings method — a natural method of birth control that involves examining the colour and viscosity of the cervical mucus to discover when ovulation is occurring
  • bit on the side — an extramarital affair
  • bit-mapped font — a computer font whose characters are held in memory as series of dots.
  • bits per second — (communications, unit)   (bps, b/s) The unit in which data rate is measured. For example, a modem's data rate is usually measured in kilobits per second. In 1996, the maximum modem speed for use on the PSTN was 33.6 kbps, rising to 56 kbps in 1997. Note that kilo- (k), mega- (M), etc. in data rates denote powers of 1000, not 1024.
  • bladder campion — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Silene vulgaris, having white flowers with an inflated calyx
  • blasting powder — a form of gunpowder made with sodium nitrate instead of saltpeter, used chiefly for blasting rock, ore, etc.
  • bloodguiltiness — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
  • blow one's mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
  • body mass index — A person's body mass index is a measurement that represents the relationship between their weight and their height.
  • boiled dressing — a cooked salad dressing thickened with egg yolks and often containing mustard.
  • bone conduction — the transmission of sound vibrations to the internal ear through the cranial bones (opposed to air conduction).
  • border incident — an incident, usually fighting, on a border between countries
  • borderline case — a person or thing that is not clearly classifiable as something
  • bottled in bond — stored in bonded warehouses for a stated length of time before being bottled, as some whiskey
  • boustrophedonic — of or relating to lines written in opposite directions
  • brand extension — the practice of using a well-known brand name to promote new products or services in unrelated fields
  • break-in period — a period during which certain restrictions or moderation in operating should be followed, as the avoidance of high speed, rapid acceleration, or severe braking for a new automobile.
  • breeding ground — If you refer to a situation or place as a breeding ground for something bad such as crime, you mean that this thing can easily develop in that situation or place.
  • breeding season — the time of year during which animals breed
  • bring to a head — to bring or be brought to a crisis
  • broken pediment — a pediment, as over a doorway or window, having its raking cornice interrupted at the crown or apex.
  • bronze diabetes — hemochromatosis.
  • bronzing powder — the powder used in bronzing, consisting of alloys of bronze or brass
  • brooklyn bridge — a suspension bridge over the East River, in New York City, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn: built 1867–84. 5989 feet (1825 meters) long.
  • brownfield site — a disused site envisaged for redevelopment
  • building worker — a labourer, bricklayer, etc who works in the construction industry
  • bulldog edition — the early edition of a morning newspaper, chiefly for out-of-town distribution
  • business double — a double made to increase the penalty points earned when a player believes the opponents cannot make their bid.
  • cacodaemoniacal — Demonic; evil.
  • cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
  • caisson disease — decompression sickness
  • calendarization — the process of calendarizing
  • calvin coolidge — Calvin, 1872–1933, 30th president of the U.S. 1923–29.
  • canadian forces — the official name for the military forces of Canada
  • canadian legion — a national social club for veterans of the Canadian armed services.
  • carbon monoxide — Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that is produced especially by the engines of vehicles.
  • cardinal flower — a campanulaceous plant, Lobelia cardinalis of E North America, that has brilliant scarlet, pink, or white flowers
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