17-letter words containing n, o, b, a, c, t
- opisthobranchiate — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata.
- otto von bismarck — Otto von [ot-oh von;; German aw-toh fuh n] /ˈɒt oʊ vɒn;; German ˈɔ toʊ fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–98, German statesman: first chancellor of modern German Empire 1871–90.
- phonetic alphabet — an alphabet containing a separate character for each distinguishable speech sound.
- probation officer — an officer who investigates and reports on the conduct of offenders who are free on probation.
- public accountant — an accountant whose services are available to the public at large, in contrast to one employed on a full-time basis by a company.
- rainbow coalition — a political grouping together by several minority parties
- reflection nebula — a cloud of interstellar gas and dust that reflects the light of neighboring stars.
- sanctions-busting — the deliberate disregarding of sanctions that are in force against a state, organization, etc
- sandro botticelli — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
- secondary battery — storage battery.
- secondary boycott — a boycott by union members against their employer in order to induce the employer to bring pressure on another company involved in a labor dispute with the union.
- self-incompatible — not capable of self-pollination.
- special constable — a person recruited for temporary or occasional police duties, esp in time of emergency
- spoonbill catfish — flathead catfish.
- subscription rate — the price charged for a subscription
- tabernacle mirror — a mirror of c1800, having columns and a cornice, usually gilt, with a painted panel over the mirror.
- the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
- the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
- to be taken aback — If you are taken aback by something, you are surprised or shocked by it and you cannot respond at once.
- torricellian tube — a vertical glass tube partly evacuated and partly filled with mercury, the height of which is used as a measure of atmospheric pressure
- transonic barrier — sound barrier.
- ultramicrobalance — a balance for weighing precisely, to a hundredth of a microgram or less, minute quantities of material.
- uncle tom's cabin — an antislavery novel (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
- uncomfortableness — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- vitamin b complex — an important group of water-soluble vitamins containing vitamin B 1 , vitamin B 2 , etc.
- voidable contract — a contract or agreement that is capable of being made of no legal effect or made void
- working substance — a substance, usually a fluid, that undergoes changes in pressure, temperature, volume, or form as part of a process for accomplishing work.