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16-letter words containing n, o, b, e, l

  • commonplace book — a notebook in which quotations, poems, remarks, etc, that catch the owner's attention are entered
  • communicableness — The state or quality of being communicable.
  • concertina table — an extensible table having a hinged double top falling onto a hinged frame that unfolds like an accordion when pulled out.
  • conference table — a large table, often rectangular, around which a number of people may be seated, as when holding a conference
  • congeliturbation — the churning, heaving, and thrusting of soil material due to the action of frost.
  • conscionableness — the state of being conscionable
  • constant lambert — Constant [kon-stuh nt] /ˈkɒn stənt/ (Show IPA), 1905–51, English composer and conductor.
  • consumer durable — Consumer durables are goods which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
  • contemptibleness — The state or quality of being contemptible.
  • control variable — Also called control. Statistics. a person, group, event, etc., that is used as a constant and unchanging standard of comparison in scientific experimentation. Compare dependent variable (def 2), independent variable (def 2).
  • controllableness — The state of being controllable; the capability of being controlled.
  • conversion table — a diagram which shows equivalent amounts in different measuring systems
  • convertible bond — a bond that can be exchanged for a fixed number of shares of the common stock of the issuing company at the holder's option.
  • convertible lens — a lens containing two or more elements that can be used individually or in combination to provide a variety of focal lengths.
  • counterbalancing — Present participle of counterbalance.
  • debenture holder — a person or organization holds a debenture
  • decision problem — (theory)   A problem with a yes/no answer. Determining whether some potential solution to a question is actually a solution or not. E.g. "Is 43669" a prime number?". This is in contrast to a "search problem" which must find a solution from scratch, e.g. "What is the millionth prime number?". See decidability.
  • demolition derby — a competition in which contestants drive old cars into each other until there is only one car left running
  • demonstrableness — The quality of being demonstrable.
  • deoxyhaemoglobin — (biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin that has released its oxygen.
  • deoxyribonucleic — (genetics) Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or its derivatives.
  • destabilizations — Plural form of destabilization.
  • development bank — A development bank is a bank that provides money for projects in poor countries or areas.
  • dichlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of twelve isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing two chlorine atoms.
  • diethyl carbinol — a colorless, liquid isomer of amyl alcohol, (CH3CH2)2CHOH, used in drugs and as a solvent
  • dimension lumber — building lumber cut to standard or specified sizes.
  • dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
  • disequilibration — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
  • dishonorableness — The property of being dishonorable.
  • division algebra — a linear algebra in which each element of the vector space has a multiplicative inverse.
  • dorr's rebellion — an insurrection in Rhode Island (1842) that grew out of dissatisfaction with the existing state constitution, which restricted suffrage to landholders or their eldest sons.
  • double centering — a method of extending a survey line by taking the average of two foresights, one with the telescope direct and one with it inverted, made each time by transiting the telescope after a backsight.
  • double indemnity — a clause in a life-insurance or accident-insurance policy providing for payment of twice the face value of the policy in the event of accidental death.
  • double monastery — a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.
  • double occupancy — a type of travel accommodation, as in a hotel, for two persons sharing the same room: The rate is $35 per person, double occupancy, or $65, single occupancy.
  • double pneumonia — pneumonia affecting both lungs.
  • double precision — using twice the normal amount of storage, as two words rather than one, to represent a number.
  • double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
  • double-clutching — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
  • draw the longbow — to exaggerate in telling something
  • drinking problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
  • ebony spleenwort — a fern, Asplenium platyneuron, of woody areas of North America, having ladderlike leaves and shiny, dark brown stems.
  • edinburgh prolog — Prolog dialect which eventually developed into the standard, as opposed to Marseille Prolog. (The difference is largely syntax.) Clocksin & Mellish describe Edinburgh Prolog. Version: C-Prolog.
  • el camino bignum — (humour)   /el' k*-mee'noh big'nuhm/ The road mundanely called El Camino Real, a road through the San Francisco peninsula that originally extended all the way down to Mexico City and many portions of which are still intact. Navigation on the San Francisco peninsula is usually done relative to El Camino Real, which defines logical north and south even though it isn't really north-south many places. El Camino Real runs right past Stanford University. The Spanish word "real" (which has two syllables: /ray-al'/) means "royal"; El Camino Real is "the royal road". In the Fortran language, a "real" quantity is a number typically precise to seven significant digits, and a "double precision" quantity is a larger floating-point number, precise to perhaps fourteen significant digits (other languages have similar "real" types). When a hacker from MIT visited Stanford in 1976, he remarked what a long road El Camino Real was. Making a pun on "real", he started calling it "El Camino Double Precision" - but when the hacker was told that the road was hundreds of miles long, he renamed it "El Camino Bignum", and that name has stuck. (See bignum).
  • elburz mountains — a mountain range in N Iran, parallel to the SW and S shores of the Caspian Sea. Highest peak: Mount Demavend, 5671 m (18 606 ft)
  • emotional labour — work that requires good interpersonal skills
  • expansion bottle — a tank collecting coolant from a radiator while an engine is heated, and from which the coolant returns to the radiator when the engine cools
  • feedback control — (electronics)   A control system which monitors its effect on the system it is controlling and modifies its output accordingly. For example, a thermostat has two inputs: the desired temperature and the current temperature (the latter is the feedback). The output of the thermostat changes so as to try to equalise the two inputs. Computer disk drives use feedback control to position the read/write heads accurately on a recording track. Complex systems such as the human body contain many feedback systems that interact with each other; the homeostasis mechanisms that control body temperature and acidity are good examples.
  • fill one's boots — to take or do as much of something as one wants
  • flabbergastation — (colloquial) Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted.
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