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15-letter words containing i, n, s, b, l

  • borough-english — (until 1925) a custom in certain English boroughs whereby the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers
  • branching rules — rules that are used to break down a complex problem into several smaller problems
  • brillat-savarin — Anthelme (ɑ̃tɛlm). 1755–1826, French lawyer and gourmet; author of Physiologie du Goût (1825)
  • bristol channel — an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, merging into the Severn estuary. Length: about 137 km (85 miles)
  • bristol fashion — clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc
  • british council — an organization founded (1934) to extend the influence of British culture and education throughout the world
  • british english — the English language as spoken and written in England and as distinguished esp. from American English
  • bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
  • brownfield site — a disused site envisaged for redevelopment
  • buffer solution — a solution to which a salt of a weak acid or base has been added
  • building trades — the trades and professions concerned with the creation and finishing of buildings, such as carpenters, plasterers, masons, electricians, etc.
  • bulimia nervosa — a disorder characterized by compulsive overeating followed by vomiting: sometimes associated with anxiety about gaining weight
  • burt l standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
  • business casual — a style of casual clothing worn by businesspeople at work instead of more formal attire
  • business double — a double made to increase the penalty points earned when a player believes the opponents cannot make their bid.
  • business school — A business school is a school or college which teaches business subjects such as economics and management.
  • cannibalisation — Alternative form of cannibalization.
  • chestnut blight — a disease of chestnut trees, caused by a fungus (Endothia parasitica), that has virtually destroyed the American chestnut
  • chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
  • chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
  • chronobiologist — A person who is involved in chronobiology.
  • clumber spaniel — a type of thickset spaniel having a broad heavy head
  • color blindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
  • combustibleness — The state or quality of being combustible.
  • common-sensible — sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.
  • conceivableness — The state or quality of being conceivable.
  • 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.
  • corona borealis — a small compact constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Boötes and Hercules
  • corruptibleness — The state or quality of being corruptible.
  • demonstrability — The quality of being demonstrable.
  • describableness — The quality of being describable.
  • destabilisation — Alternative spelling of destabilization.
  • destabilization — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
  • detribalisation — Alternative form of detribalization.
  • discernibleness — The state or quality of being discernible.
  • disestablishing — Present participle of disestablish.
  • dishabilitation — the imposition of a legal disqualification
  • dispensableness — The quality of being dispensable.
  • display cabinet — a cabinet in a shop, museum, etc, that displays items
  • distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • distinguishably — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • double in brass — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • double stopping — playing two notes or parts simultaneously on a string instrument
  • e pluribus unum — one out of many: the motto of the USA
  • elastic rebound — a theory of earthquakes that envisages gradual deformation of the fault zone without fault slippage until friction is overcome, when the fault suddenly slips to produce the earthquake
  • emission nebula — a type of nebula that emits visible radiation
  • endocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of dead members of one's own social group, often associated with spiritual beliefs.
  • english bulldog — bulldog (sense 1)
  • Évian-les-bains — a resort and spa town in E France, on Lake Geneva opposite Lausanne; noted for its bottled mineral waters. Pop: 8064 (2006)
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