15-letter words containing n, o, b, e, i, g
- 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.
- recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- record-breaking — top, most successful
- registered bond — a bond recorded in the name of the owner.
- roger bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert) born 1929, English track and field athlete: first to run a mile in less than four minutes.
- rolling bearing — any bearing in which the antifriction action depends on the rolling action of balls or rollers
- rough breathing — the symbol (ʿ) used in the writing of Greek to indicate aspiration of the initial vowel or of the ρ (rho) over which it is placed.
- running bowline — a type of slipknot formed by running the standing line through the loop formed in a regular bowline
- scolding bridle — branks.
- second blessing — an experience of sanctification coming after conversion.
- self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
- shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
- slavonian grebe — a N Eurasian or N American grebe with reddish underside and a black and gold crest; Podiceps auritus
- smelling bottle — a small bottle or vial for holding smelling salts or perfume.
- southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
- strobe lighting — a high-intensity flashing beam of light produced by rapid electrical discharges in a tube or by a perforated disc rotating in front of an intense light source: used in discotheques, etc
- suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
- ten-pin bowling — game of skittles
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- turbojet engine — a jet-propulsion engine in which air from the atmosphere is compressed for combustion by a turbine-driven compressor.
- uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- variable region — a configuration in the upper branches of the Y of an antibody molecule, unique in each antibody type, that binds with the determinant of a specific antigen.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- wellington boot — a leather boot with the front part of the top extending above the knee.
- whistle-blowing — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- winesburg, ohio — a cycle of short stories (1919) by Sherwood Anderson.