15-letter words containing i, b
- circumnavigable — Able to be circumnavigated.
- city of bristol — a port and industrial city in SW England, mainly in Bristol unitary authority, on the River Avon seven miles from its mouth on the Bristol Channel: a major port, trading with America, in the 17th and 18th centuries; the modern port consists chiefly of docks at Avonmouth and Portishead; noted for the Clifton Suspension Bridge (designed by I. K. Brunel, 1834) over the Avon gorge; Bristol university (1909) and University of the West of England (1992). Pop: 420 556 (2001)
- civil liberties — A person's civil liberties are the rights they have to say, think, and do what they want as long as they respect other people's rights.
- claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.
- climb indicator — an instrument that shows the rate of ascent or descent of an aircraft, operating on a differential pressure principle.
- climb the walls — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- clumber spaniel — a type of thickset spaniel having a broad heavy head
- collaboratively — in the manner of working with others on a joint project
- collecting bank — a bank that collects money from the account of the writer of a cheque on behalf of the person who has deposited the cheque into the bank
- color blindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
- combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
- combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
- combinatorially — in a combinatorial manner
- combined forces — the forces of two or more countries, fighting together
- combustibleness — The state or quality of being combustible.
- combustion tube — a tube of heat-resistant glass, silica, or ceramic, in which a substance can be reduced, as in a combustion furnace
- coming bet ween — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- commercial bank — a bank primarily concerned with accepting demand deposits, used as checking accounts
- common-sensible — sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.
- communicability — capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
- communion table — (in a Christian church) the table at which people take communion
- compatibilities — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
- compressibility — the ability to be compressed
- computer-phobia — a person who distrusts or is intimidated by computers.
- conceivableness — The state or quality of being conceivable.
- configurability — The property of being configurable.
- consubstantiate — (of the Eucharistic bread and wine and Christ's body and blood) to undergo consubstantiation
- contemptibility — The quality of being contemptible.
- contract bridge — the most common variety of bridge, in which the declarer receives points counting towards game and rubber only for tricks he bids as well as makes, any overtricks receiving bonus points
- contractability — (of a body or substance) the ability to become smaller, narrower, shorter, etc
- contractibility — contractability
- controllability — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- controller bias — In a control loop, the controller bias is a constant amount added to or subtracted from the action that a controller would normally take with a particular gain.
- convertibleness — The state of being convertible; convertibility.
- coordinate bond — a type of covalent chemical bond in which both the shared electrons are provided by one of the atoms
- copyright block — a block of four or more U.S. stamps that includes, in the selvage of the sheet, the copyright mark of the U.S. Postal Service.
- corona borealis — a small compact constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Boötes and Hercules
- corruptibleness — The state or quality of being corruptible.
- corynebacterial — relating to bacteria of the genus Corynebacterium
- corynebacterium — any of various bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium, including various animal and plant pathogens and animal parasites
- council chamber — the room in which council meetings are held
- countersink bit — a tool for countersinking
- countervailable — able to counteract or offset as equivalent
- counting number — natural number
- country bumpkin — an awkward, simple, rustic person
- coureur de bois — a French Canadian woodsman or Métis who traded with Native Americans for furs
- cranberry juice — the juice of cranberries
- credibility gap — A credibility gap is the difference between what a person says or promises and what they actually think or do.
- credit mobilier — a joint-stock company organized in 1863 and reorganized in 1867 to build the Union Pacific Railroad. It was involved in a scandal in 1872 in which high government officials were accused of accepting bribes.
- crude oil berth — A crude oil berth is a place at a port for ships carrying crude oil.