16-letter words containing i, b, l, t
- software library — a collection of programs that are used to develop software
- south burlington — a town in NW Vermont.
- sth rings a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
- strawberry blite — a plant, Chenopodium capitatum, having dense, rounded clusters of minute reddish flowers.
- strict liability — responsibility for damage or loss regardless of intention or culpability
- strike a balance — compromise
- subcartilaginous — partially or incompletely cartilaginous.
- substitutability — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
- susceptibilities — emotional sensibilities; feelings
- take the liberty — do sth without permission
- tanimbar islands — a group of over 600 islands in E Indonesia, in the Banda Sea. About 2100 sq. mi. (5440 sq. km).
- thalidomide baby — a baby that has physical abnormalities due to the drug thalidomide being taken by the mother while the baby was still a developing fetus
- the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
- the body politic — the people of a nation or the nation itself considered as a political entity; the state
- the boys in blue — The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue.
- the public purse — money from or controlled by the government
- the war-disabled — those people who have been disabled by war
- three blind mice — nursery rhyme
- thrilled to bits — If someone is thrilled, they are extremely pleased about something.
- thrombophlebitis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein accompanied by inflammation of the vessel wall.
- thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
- tintinnabulation — the ringing or sound of bells.
- to be off limits — If an area or a place is off limits, you are not allowed to go there.
- to bite your lip — If you bite your lip or your tongue, you stop yourself from saying something that you want to say, because it would be the wrong thing to say in the circumstances.
- to blaze a trail — If someone blazes a trail, they discover or develop something new.
- to foot the bill — If you have to foot the bill for something, you have to pay for it.
- tool builder kit — (tool) (TBK) A product from IPSYS which allows users to develop CASE tools appropriate to any software engineering methodology.
- tracheobronchial — of, relating to, or affecting the trachea and bronchi.
- trailing arbutus — Also called arbutus, mayflower. a creeping eastern North American plant, Epigaea repens, of the heath family, having leathery, oval leaves and terminal clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers.
- transmissibility — capable of being transmitted.
- triboelectricity — electricity generated by friction.
- turn a blind eye — pretend not to see sth
- typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
- ultra-liberalism — extremely liberal, especially in politics.
- unconfirmability — to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify: This report confirms my suspicions.
- uncontradictable — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- undifferentiable — capable of being differentiated.
- unenforceability — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
- uninhabitability — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- unpredictability — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- variable annuity — an annuity in which the premiums are invested chiefly in common stocks or other securities, the annuitant receiving payments based on the yield of the investments instead of in fixed amounts.
- vegetable slicer — a device with a sharp blade for slicing vegetables finely;
- verbal adjective — an adjective derived from a verb, as, in English, smiling in smiling eyes, or, in Greek, batós “going,” “moving,” derived from baínen “to go,” “to move.”.
- vestibular nerve — the part of the auditory nerve in the inner ear that carries sensory information related to body equilibrium.
- vestibule school — a school in an industrial establishment where new employees are given specific training in the jobs they are to perform.
- visibility meter — any instrument for measuring the visual range through the atmosphere, as a transmissometer.
- visible spectrum — the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that is normally visible, from 380 to 760 nm.
- welfare benefits — financial assistance; social security payment
- well-established — permanently founded; settled; firmly set: a well-established business; a well-established habit.