15-letter words containing d, o, b, e, r, i
- 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.
- 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-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.
- order-embedding — A function f : D -> C is order-embedding iff for all x, y in D, f(x) <= f(y) <=> x <= y. I.e. arguments and results compare similarly. A function which is order-embedding is monotonic and one-to-one and an injection. ("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
- ordinal numbers — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
- organized labor — all workers who are organized in labor unions.
- 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.
- peroxide blonde — You can refer to a woman whose hair has been artificially been made lighter in colour as a peroxide blonde, especially when you want to show that you disapprove of this, or that you think her hair looks unnatural or unattractive.
- probation order — an order imposed by a magistrate or judge under which an offender is sentenced to probation rather than imprisonment
- 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.
- random variable — a quantity that takes any of a set of values with specified probabilities.
- rayside-balfour — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- 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
- registered bond — a bond recorded in the name of the owner.
- relational dbms — relational database
- 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.
- robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- robin redbreast — robin (defs 1, 2).
- satin bowerbird — the largest Australian bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, the male of which has lustrous blue plumage
- scolding bridle — branks.
- second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
- silicon carbide — a very hard, insoluble, crystalline compound, SiC, used as an abrasive and as an electrical resistor in objects exposed to high temperatures.
- stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- to bear in mind — If you tell someone to bear something in mind or to keep something in mind, you are reminding or warning them about something important which they should remember.
- to do sb credit — If you say that something does someone credit, you mean that they should be praised or admired because of it.
- un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
- unskilled labor — work that requires practically no training or experience for its adequate or competent performance.
- upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
- ytterbium oxide — a colorless compound, Yb 2 O 3 , used in certain alloys and ceramics.