15-letter words containing g, l, i, b, e, n
- nimble-fingered — able to move the fingers agilely, quickly, and neatly
- noblesse oblige — the moral obligation of those of high birth, powerful social position, etc., to act with honor, kindliness, generosity, etc.
- nonbelligerency — the state or status of not participating in a war.
- oblique sailing — the navigation of a vessel on a point of the compass other than one of the cardinal points.
- obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
- office building — building containing offices
- opening balance — the amount of money in an account at the start of an accounting period
- operating table — table on which surgery is performed
- organized labor — all workers who are organized in labor unions.
- plea bargaining — pleading guilty to a lesser charge
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- problem-solving — skills, process: of finding solutions
- public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
- public spending — expenditure by central government, local authorities, and public enterprises
- publicity agent — A publicity agent is a person whose job is to make sure that a large number of people know about a person, show, or event so that they are successful.
- recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- regimental band — a band made up of a military formation varying in size from a battalion to a number of battalions
- rolling bearing — any bearing in which the antifriction action depends on the rolling action of balls or rollers
- running bowline — a type of slipknot formed by running the standing line through the loop formed in a regular bowline
- scolding bridle — branks.
- second blessing — an experience of sanctification coming after conversion.
- self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
- self-subsisting — to exist; continue in existence.
- sibling species — one of two or more species that closely resemble one another but whose members cannot interbreed successfully.
- single-breasted — (of a coat, jacket, etc.) having a front closure directly in the center with only a narrow overlap secured by a single button or row of buttons.
- single-sideband — of or pertaining to a system of radio transmission in which one of the two sidebands produced during modulation is suppressed
- slab plastering — coarse plastering, as between the studs in a half-timbered wall.
- slavonian grebe — a N Eurasian or N American grebe with reddish underside and a black and gold crest; Podiceps auritus
- sleeping beauty — a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
- sleeping tablet — A sleeping tablet is the same as a sleeping pill.
- sliver building — a very narrow skyscraper designed in response to restriction of the building site or zoning, frequently containing only a single apartment per floor or comparably limited office space.
- smelling bottle — a small bottle or vial for holding smelling salts or perfume.
- snapping beetle — click beetle.
- southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
- string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
- strobe lighting — a high-intensity flashing beam of light produced by rapid electrical discharges in a tube or by a perforated disc rotating in front of an intense light source: used in discotheques, etc
- subintelligence — below average intelligence
- system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
- tangible assets — valuable items: cash, property, etc.
- ten-pin bowling — game of skittles
- thimble-rigging — a sleight-of-hand swindling game in which the operator palms a pellet or pea while appearing to cover it with one of three thimblelike cups, and then, moving the cups about, offers to bet that no one can tell under which cup the pellet or pea lies.
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- tumbling barrel — a rotating drum for subjecting materials or small manufactured objects, loosely placed inside, to a tumbling action, as to mix materials or to polish objects by friction with one another or with an abrasive.
- tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
- uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- unmanageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- urban guerrilla — a member of any underground political group engaged in terrorism or violence in urban areas, especially during the 1970s.