14-letter words containing l, i, o, n, s, b
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
- public housing — housing owned or operated by a government and usually offered at low rent to the needy.
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rebelliousness — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- retinoblastoma — Pathology. an inheritable tumor of the eye.
- ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
- runcible spoon — a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.
- self-obsession — the state of being interested in oneself, one's happiness, motivations and interests to the exclusion of other things
- semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
- shabby-looking — appearing old and in bad condition
- showbiz column — a column about the entertainment industry
- single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
- slide trombone — a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
- snow blindness — the usually temporary dimming of the sight caused by the glare of reflected sunlight on snow.
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
- somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
- starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- subconsciously — existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness: the subconscious self. Compare preconscious, unconscious.
- subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- substitutional — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- to sb's liking — If something is to your liking, it suits your interests, tastes, or wishes.
- unconscionable — not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.
- unconscionably — not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- unmentionables — not mentionable; inappropriate, unfit, or improper for mention, as in polite conversation; unspeakable.
- unquestionable — not open to question; beyond doubt or dispute; indisputable; undeniable; certain: an unquestionable fact.
- unquestionably — not open to question; beyond doubt or dispute; indisputable; undeniable; certain: an unquestionable fact.
- unsaponifiable — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- whistleblowing — The disclosure to the public or to authorities, usually by an employee, of wrongdoing in a company or government department.
- whistling buoy — a buoy having a whistle operated by air trapped and compressed in an open-bottomed chamber by the rising and falling water level caused by natural wave action.
- william gibson — (person) Author of cyberpunk novels such as Neuromancer (1984), Count Zero (1986), Mona Lisa Overdrive, and Virtual Light (1993). Neuromancer, a novel about a computer hacker/criminal "cowboy" of the future helping to free an artificial intelligence from its programmed bounds, won the Hugo and Nebula science fiction awards and is credited as the seminal cyberpunk novel and the origin of the term "cyberspace". Gibson does not have a technical background and supposedly purchased his first computer in 1992.
- women's libber — a movement to combat sexual discrimination and to gain full legal, economic, vocational, educational, and social rights and opportunities for women, equal to those of men.
- word blindness — alexia.