15-letter words containing l, i, o, n, s, b
- snubfin dolphin — Australian dolphin with a small dorsal fin
- social benefits — the social welfare provision made available to those in need
- social climbing — advancement of one's social status
- sons of liberty — any of several patriotic societies, originally secret, that opposed the Stamp Act and thereafter supported moves for American independence.
- sound symbolism — a nonarbitrary connection between phonetic features of linguistic items and their meanings, as in the frequent occurrence of close vowels in words denoting smallness, as petite and teeny-weeny.
- southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
- spin the bottle — a game in which someone spins a bottle and receives a kiss from the person at whom the bottle points on coming to rest.
- spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
- spiral notebook — a notebook held together by a coil of wire passed through small holes punched at the back edge of the covers and individual pages
- stable equation — a differential equation each solution of which tends to zero as the independent variable increases to infinity. Compare transient (def 6).
- starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
- strobe lighting — a high-intensity flashing beam of light produced by rapid electrical discharges in a tube or by a perforated disc rotating in front of an intense light source: used in discotheques, etc
- stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- subalimentation — hypoalimentation.
- subcivilization — a division of a civilization
- subconjunctival — the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids.
- subintellection — an implication that is more or less understood
- subprofessional — being below professional standards: subprofessional health care.
- subvocalization — the act or process of producing subvocal speech
- syllabification — to form or divide into syllables.
- symbolics, inc. — (company) The company which produced the Lisp Machine.
- tailor's bunion — a bunionlike enlargement of the joint of the little toe, usually caused by pressure from tight shoes.
- television tube — a cathode-ray tube designed for the reproduction of television pictures
- torsion balance — an instrument for measuring small forces, as electric attraction or repulsion, by determining the amount of torsion or twisting they cause in a slender wire or filament.
- troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- unconstrainable — unable to be confined
- unskilled labor — work that requires practically no training or experience for its adequate or competent performance.
- urban sociology — the sociological study of cities and their role in the development of society.
- visible horizon — horizon (def 1).
- washing-up bowl — plastic bowl used for washing dishes
- whistle-blowing — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.