20-letter words containing l, i, o, n, s, b
- equilibrium constant — The equilibrium constant is the ratio between the amount of reactants and the amount of product for a particular chemical reaction, used to calculate chemical behavior.
- fontainebleau school — a group of artists, many of them Italian and Flemish, who worked on the decorations of the palace of Fontainebleau in the 16th century.
- football hooliganism — the actions or behaviour of a football hooligan
- for sb's delectation — If you do something for someone's delectation, you do it to give them enjoyment or pleasure.
- incomprehensibleness — The state of being incomprehensible.
- incontrovertibleness — The quality of being incontrovertible.
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- laboratory assistant — laboratory technician, lab assistant
- laboratory diagnosis — scientific analysis of a disease
- labour-saving device — a machine, gadget, etc, that reduces (human) effort, hard work or labour
- land-office business — a lively, booming, expanding, or very profitable business.
- like a ton of bricks — (used esp of the manner of punishing or reprimanding someone) with great force; severely
- membranous labyrinth — an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. Synonyms: maze, network, web.
- molybdenum disulfide — a black crystalline powder, MoS 2 , insoluble in water, used as a lubricant and as a hydrogenation catalyst.
- nostalgie de la boue — a desire for or attraction to crudity, vulgarity, depravity, etc.
- operational database — (database) A database containing up-to-date, modifiable data, in contrast to a decision support database.
- pass in one's marble — to die
- pentobarbital sodium — a barbiturate drug used in medicine as a sedative and hypnotic. Formula: C11H17N2O3Na
- potassium binoxalate — a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, poisonous solid, KHC 2 O 4 , that is usually hydrated: used chiefly for removing ink stains, cleaning metal and wood, and in photography.
- public administrator — an official of a city, county, or state government.
- receivables turnover — A receivables turnover is a measure of cash flow that is calculated by dividing net credit sales by average accounts receivable.
- roller-blind shutter — curtain shutter.
- royal british legion — an organization founded in 1921 to provide services and assistance for former members of the armed forces
- saint john ambulance — an organization that provides first aid and first-aid training
- set the ball rolling — to open or initiate (an action, discussion, movement, etc)
- spherical aberration — variation in focal length of a lens or mirror from center to edge, due to its spherical shape.
- spotted crane's-bill — the American wild geranium, Geranium maculatum.
- subscription library — a commercial lending library
- telephone subscriber — a person who subscribes to a telephone service
- television broadcast — sth shown on tv
- the toronto blessing — a variety of emotional reactions such as laughing, weeping, and fainting, experienced by participants in a form of charismatic Christian worship
- to burst into flames — If something bursts into flames or bursts into flame, it suddenly starts burning strongly.
- tropical disturbance — a very weak, or incipient, tropical cyclone.
- twiddle one's thumbs — to turn about or play with lightly or idly, especially with the fingers; twirl.
- webbing clothes moth — a small brown moth, Tineola biselliella, the larva of which feeds on woolens and spins a web when feeding.
- wilson cloud chamber — cloud chamber.