15-letter words containing n, e, t, b, s, d
- fob destination — FOB destination is a shipping term indicating that ownership of goods passes at delivery to their destination, and the seller has total responsibility until then.
- get sb into bed — To get someone into bed means to persuade them to have sex with you.
- gilbert islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific: with Banaba, the Phoenix Islands, and three of the Line Islands they constitute the independent state of Kiribati; until 1975 they formed part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands; achieved full independence in 1979. Pop: 82 902 (2005). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)
- guns and butter — a symbol for the economic policy of a government insofar as spending is allocated for either military or social purposes
- immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
- indefeasibility — The state or quality of being indefeasible, of being incapable of being defeated.
- indefensibility — The quality or state of not being defensible.
- indigestibility — The state of being indigestible.
- indistributable — of a nature that cannot be distributed
- indomitableness — Quality of being indomitable.
- indubitableness — The quality of being indubitable.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- investment bond — a single-premium life-assurance policy in which a fixed sum is invested in an asset-backed fund
- job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
- jubilate-sunday — Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.
- listed building — (in Britain) a building officially recognized as having special historical or architectural interest and therefore protected from demolition or alteration
- monosubstituted — containing one substituent.
- neck sweetbread — sweetbread (def 2).
- night blindness — a condition of the eyes in which vision is normal in daylight but abnormally poor at night or in a dim light; nyctalopia.
- nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
- object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
- oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
- omnibus edition — a television or radio programme consisting of two or more programmes broadcast earlier in the week
- procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
- redisbursements — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- registered bond — a bond recorded in the name of the owner.
- relational dbms — relational database
- rent-stabilized — regulated by law so that rent increases may not exceed a specified amount.
- ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- robin redbreast — robin (defs 1, 2).
- satin bowerbird — the largest Australian bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, the male of which has lustrous blue plumage
- self-debasement — to reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debased the value of the dollar.
- selfabandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
- sentence adverb — an adverb modifying or commenting upon the content of a sentence as a whole or upon the conditions under which it is uttered, as frankly in Frankly, he can't be trusted.
- single-breasted — (of a coat, jacket, etc.) having a front closure directly in the center with only a narrow overlap secured by a single button or row of buttons.
- sodium benzoate — a white crystalline soluble compound used as an antibacterial and antifungal agent in preserving food (E211), as an antiseptic, and in making dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: (C6H5COO)Na
- spotted cowbane — a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, of the parsley family, having a purple-mottled stem, white flowers, and deadly poisonous, tuberlike roots.
- standard bearer — military: person who carries a flag
- standard-bearer — an officer or soldier of an army or military unit who bears a standard.
- subduction zone — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
- superabundantly — very or too abundantly
- svedberg (unit) — a unit of time, equal to 10-13 second, used in determining the rate of sedimentation of a macromolecule in an ultracentrifuge
- system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
- to be seen dead — If you say that you wouldn't be seen dead or be caught dead in particular clothes, places, or situations, you are expressing strong dislike or disapproval of them.
- to sb's defence — If you come to someone's defence, you help them by doing or saying something to protect them.
- to sb's defense — If you come to someone's defense, you help them by doing or saying something to protect them.
- tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
- uninhibitedness — the state or quality of being uninhibited
- unsubstantiated — not substantiated; unproved or unverified: unsubstantiated allegations.