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16-letter words containing l, o, b, t, m

  • dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
  • discombobulating — Present participle of discombobulate.
  • discombobulation — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
  • double indemnity — a clause in a life-insurance or accident-insurance policy providing for payment of twice the face value of the policy in the event of accidental death.
  • double monastery — a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.
  • elburz mountains — a mountain range in N Iran, parallel to the SW and S shores of the Caspian Sea. Highest peak: Mount Demavend, 5671 m (18 606 ft)
  • emotional labour — work that requires good interpersonal skills
  • fertility symbol — an object, esp a phallic symbol, used in fertility-cult ceremonies to symbolize regeneration
  • frontal lobotomy — Surgery. a psychosurgical procedure in which the frontal lobes are separated from the rest of the brain by cutting the connecting nerve fibers.
  • full to the brim — If something, especially a container, is filled to the brim or full to the brim with something, it is filled right up to the top.
  • global community — the people or nations of the world, considered as being closely connected by modern telecommunications and as being economically, socially, and politically interdependent
  • go out on a limb — say sth daring
  • goldsmith beetle — a brilliant golden scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, of Europe.
  • gulf of martaban — an inlet of the Bay of Bengal in Myanmar
  • hayes-compatible — (communications)   A description of a modem which understands the same set of commands as one made by Hayes.
  • hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
  • heterometabolism — insect development in which the young hatch in a form very similar to the adult and then mature without a pupal stage
  • heterometabolous — undergoing development in which the young are born adultlike in form, often maturing without a pupal stage.
  • humboldt current — a cold Pacific Ocean current flowing N along the coasts of Chile and Peru.
  • incombustibility — The quality or state of being incombustible.
  • isoamyl benzoate — a colorless liquid, C 11 H 15 O 2 , having a sharp, fruitlike odor: used in cosmetics.
  • labour agreement — a contract between workers and managers setting out working conditions, wages, etc
  • liberal democrat — In Britain, a Liberal Democrat is a member of the Liberal Democrat Party.
  • lightbulb moment — a moment of sudden inspiration, revelation, or recognition
  • limited-stop bus — a bus which only stops at a small number of predetermined stops, rather than on request
  • loop combination — A program transformation where the bodies of two loops are merged into one thus reducing the overhead of manipulating and testing the control variable and branching. Further optimisation of the merged code may then become possible. In horizontal loop combination the bodies of the loops are largely independent so only the loop overhead is saved. Vertical loop combination applies where the results of the first loop are used by the second. Combining the two allows the intermediate results to be used immediately (in registers) rather than requiring them to be stored in an array. The functional equivalent of horizontal and vertical loop combination are tupling and fusion.
  • marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
  • medulloblastomas — Plural form of medulloblastoma.
  • megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
  • mobility housing — houses designed or adapted for people who have difficulty in walking but are not necessarily chairbound
  • molybdate orange — a pigment consisting of a solid solution of sulfate, molybdate, and chromate compounds of lead.
  • montagu's blenny — a small blenny, Coryphoblennius galerita, found among rocks in shallow water
  • mountain climber — someone who climbs or walks up mountains
  • nontransmissible — Not transmissible.
  • nontransmittable — Not transmittable.
  • north palm beach — a town in E Florida.
  • permafrost table — the variable surface constituting the upper limit of permafrost. Compare frostline (def 2).
  • phlebothrombosis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein.
  • photograph album — bound book for photos
  • platform-balance — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
  • portable airtime — (communications, wireless)   A wireless, digital communications system enabling user-to-user voice communication, "quicknotes", and alphanumeric messaging.
  • put in mothballs — to postpone work on (a project, activity, etc)
  • ramen profitable — If a startup business is ramen profitable, it is barely profitable, just enough to allow the founder to live on the cheapest diet.
  • rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
  • rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
  • self-abandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
  • slow metabolizer — A slow metabolizer is someone whose body is slow to break down, absorb, or use a particular substance.
  • sodium bisulfate — a colorless crystalline compound, NaHSO 4 , soluble in water: used in dyeing, in the manufacture of cement, paper, soap, and an acid-type cleaner.
  • sodium bisulfite — Sodium bisulfite is a crystalline compound used as an antioxidant and stabilizing agent.
  • spectrobolometer — an instrument consisting of a spectroscope and a bolometer, for determining the distribution of radiant energy in a spectrum.
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