15-letter words containing i, b, y, c
- lifestyle block — a semi-rural property comprising a house and land for small-scale farming
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- merchantability — The state of being merchantable.
- methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
- monosyllabicity — The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic.
- myofibroblastic — Relating to myofibroblasts.
- nickel carbonyl — a colorless or yellow, volatile, water-insoluble, poisonous, flammable liquid, Ni(CO) 4 , obtained by the reaction of nickel and carbon monoxide, and used for nickel-plating.
- non-culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- nonbelligerency — the state or status of not participating in a war.
- nonbiologically — in a nonbiological way, not in a biological way
- noncontributory — pertaining to or of the nature of contribution; contributing.
- not a dickybird — not a word; nothing
- obituary column — the division of a publication reserved for obituaries
- perissosyllabic — (of a line of verse) containing more syllables than expected for the metre being used
- picture library — A picture library is a collection of photographs that is held by a particular company or organization. Newspapers or publishers can pay to use the photographs in their publications.
- piggyback plant — a plant, Tolmiea menziesii, of the saxifrage family, native to western North America, that produces new plants at the base of its broad, hairy leaves and that is popular as a houseplant.
- polysyllabicism — a polysyllabic style
- problematically — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- psychobiography — a biographical study focusing on psychological factors, as childhood traumas and unconscious motives.
- psychobiologist — the use of biological methods to study normal and abnormal emotional and cognitive processes, as the anatomical basis of memory or neurochemical abnormalities in schizophrenia.
- 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).
- pubic symphysis — the fixed joint at the front of the pelvic girdle where the halves of the pubis meet.
- public lavatory — a public toilet
- public property — Public property is land and other assets that belong to the general public and not to a private owner.
- 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.
- publicity event — an event designed to generate publicity
- publicity stunt — something done to attract publicity
- pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
- rechargeability — (of a storage battery) capable of being charged repeatedly. Compare cordless (def 2).
- recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reconcilability — capable of being reconciled.
- reproducibility — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- rusty blackbird — a North American blackbird, Euphagus carolinus, the male of which has plumage that is uniformly bluish-black in the spring and rusty-edged in the fall.
- sabbatical year — Also called sabbatical leave. (in a school, college, university, etc.) a year, usually every seventh, of release from normal teaching duties granted to a professor, as for study or travel.
- social mobility — mobility (def 2).
- special library — a library maintained by an organization, as a business, association, or government agency, to collect materials and provide information of special relevance to the work of the organization.
- spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
- subsidiary cell — Immunology. any of various cells of the immune system that work with T or B cells to initiate a specific immune response.
- subsidiary coin — a coin, especially one made of silver, having a value less than that of the monetary unit.
- syllabification — to form or divide into syllables.
- symbolics, inc. — (company) The company which produced the Lisp Machine.
- umbrella policy — An umbrella policy is a policy that provides excess limits and gives additional excess coverage over the normal limits and coverage of liability policies.
- unacceptability — capable or worthy of being accepted.
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- unobjectionably — without objection
- urban sociology — the sociological study of cities and their role in the development of society.
- voltaic battery — battery (def 1a).