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15-letter words containing n, a, y, b

  • neurofibrillary — Of or pertaining to a neurofibril.
  • nickel carbonyl — a colorless or yellow, volatile, water-insoluble, poisonous, flammable liquid, Ni(CO) 4 , obtained by the reaction of nickel and carbon monoxide, and used for nickel-plating.
  • non-culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
  • non-feasibility — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
  • nonavailability — A lack of availability.
  • nonbiologically — in a nonbiological way, not in a biological way
  • nonflammability — The state or condition of being nonflammable.
  • north bay shore — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
  • not a dickybird — not a word; nothing
  • obituary column — the division of a publication reserved for obituaries
  • observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
  • oxyphenbutazone — an anti-inflammatory treatment for arthritis or bursitis
  • piggyback plant — a plant, Tolmiea menziesii, of the saxifrage family, native to western North America, that produces new plants at the base of its broad, hairy leaves and that is popular as a houseplant.
  • polyphloesboean — noisy
  • presbyterianism — church government by presbyters or elders, equal in rank and organized into graded administrative courts.
  • presbyterianize — to convert or be converted into Presbyterianism
  • primary rainbow — the most commonly seen rainbow, formed by light rays that undergo a single internal reflection in a drop of water.
  • publicity agent — A publicity agent is a person whose job is to make sure that a large number of people know about a person, show, or event so that they are successful.
  • put years on sb — If you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older.
  • pyrimidine base — any of a number of similar compounds having a basic structure that is derived from pyrimidine, including cytosine, thymine, and uracil, which are constituents of nucleic acids
  • quantifiability — (uncountable) The condition of being quantifiable.
  • questionability — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
  • radio sono-buoy — a buoy equipped to detect underwater noises and transmit them by radio
  • recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
  • reconcilability — capable of being reconciled.
  • remembrance day — (in Canada) November 11, observed as a legal holiday in memory of those who died in World Wars I and II, similar to Veterans Day in the U.S.
  • right-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the right, or starboard, side.
  • roundaboutility — roundaboutness
  • rubaiyat stanza — a quatrain patterned after those in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, of iambic pentameter and rhyming aaba.
  • salisbury plain — a plateau in S England, N of Salisbury: the site of Stonehenge.
  • say one's beads — to pray with a rosary
  • sibling rivalry — the feeling of competitiveness that often exists between brothers and sisters
  • sleeping beauty — a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
  • small cranberry — See under cranberry (def 1).
  • spanish bayonet — any of certain plants belonging to the genus Yucca, of the agave family, having narrow, spine-tipped leaves and a cluster of white flowers.
  • strawberry roan — a horse with a reddish coat that is liberally flecked with white hairs.
  • subsidiary coin — a coin, especially one made of silver, having a value less than that of the monetary unit.
  • substitutionary — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
  • superabundantly — very or too abundantly
  • susan b anthony — Antony, Mark.
  • swing both ways — to enjoy sexual partners of both sexes
  • syllabification — to form or divide into syllables.
  • test ban treaty — a treaty which bans nations testing some or all types of nuclear weapons
  • transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • translatability — to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own: to translate Spanish.
  • tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
  • unacceptability — capable or worthy of being accepted.
  • unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
  • unanswerability — the quality of not being answerable or contestable
  • unattainability — capable of being attained.
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