15-letter words containing n, i, r, e, b
- object-oriented — pertaining to or denoting a system, programming language, etc., that supports the use of objects, as an entire image, a routine, or a data structure.
- observation car — a railroad passenger car having a lounge or platform from which the scenery can be viewed.
- observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
- obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
- octanitrocubane — (organic compound) A high explosive derived from cubane.
- one for his nob — the call made with this jack, scoring one point
- operating table — table on which surgery is performed
- opposite number — counterpart; equivalent: New members with an interest in folk art will find their opposite numbers in the association's directory.
- opprobriousness — The state or condition of being opprobrious.
- order-embedding — A function f : D -> C is order-embedding iff for all x, y in D, f(x) <= f(y) <=> x <= y. I.e. arguments and results compare similarly. A function which is order-embedding is monotonic and one-to-one and an injection. ("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
- ordinal numbers — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
- organized labor — all workers who are organized in labor unions.
- overbearingness — Quality of being overbearing.
- pattern bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped on a target in a predetermined pattern.
- perfect binding — a technique for binding books by a machine that cuts off the backs of the sections and glues the leaves to a cloth or paper backing.
- peroxide blonde — You can refer to a woman whose hair has been artificially been made lighter in colour as a peroxide blonde, especially when you want to show that you disapprove of this, or that you think her hair looks unnatural or unattractive.
- peruvian balsam — Peru balsam.
- plea bargaining — pleading guilty to a lesser charge
- plumbers-friend — Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
- post-liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- pre-celebration — an act of celebrating.
- pre-elizabethan — (of English culture, history, traditions, etc.) before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; before the second half of the 16th century.
- predeterminable — able to be predetermined; able to be determined in advance
- presbyterianism — church government by presbyters or elders, equal in rank and organized into graded administrative courts.
- presbyterianize — to convert or be converted into Presbyterianism
- prima ballerina — the principal ballerina in a ballet company.
- prisoner's base — any of various children's games in which each of two teams has a home base where members of the opposing team are kept prisoner after being tagged or caught and from which they can be freed only in specified ways.
- probation order — an order imposed by a magistrate or judge under which an offender is sentenced to probation rather than imprisonment
- probationership — the position of a probationer
- probit equation — A probit equation is used to quantify the relationship between the concentration of a dangerous material and its effect on people.
- problem-solving — skills, process: of finding solutions
- public defender — a lawyer appointed or elected by a city or county as a full-time, official defender to represent indigents in criminal cases at public expense.
- public interest — the welfare or well-being of the general public; commonwealth: health programs that directly affect the public interest.
- public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- 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
- quarter binding — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
- ram-air turbine — a small air-driven turbine fitted to an aircraft to provide power in the event of a failure of the normal systems
- random variable — a quantity that takes any of a set of values with specified probabilities.
- rational number — a number that can be expressed exactly by a ratio of two integers.
- recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recombinant dna — DNA in which one or more segments or genes have been inserted, either naturally or by laboratory manipulation, from a different molecule or from another part of the same molecule, resulting in a new genetic combination.
- recombinational — belonging or relating to recombination
- reconcilability — capable of being reconciled.
- reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- record-breaking — top, most successful
- redisbursements — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- regimental band — a band made up of a military formation varying in size from a battalion to a number of battalions
- registered bond — a bond recorded in the name of the owner.