15-letter words containing o, b, s, i, d, n
- english bulldog — bulldog (sense 1)
- 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.
- groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
- immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
- in a (bad) spot — in a bad situation; in trouble
- indissolubility — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
- indomitableness — Quality of being indomitable.
- indoor baseball — softball played indoors.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- insubordination — the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance: The employee was fired for insubordination.
- 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.
- labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- misdistribution — Incorrect or unfair distribution.
- monosubstituted — containing one substituent.
- municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- nicobar islands — a group of 19 islands in the Indian Ocean, south of the Andaman Islands, with which they form a territory of India. Area: 1645 sq km (635 sq miles)
- nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
- object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
- obsidian dating — a method of dating obsidian artifacts or debitage by calculating how long it has taken to produce a given thickness of a hydration layer within such matter.
- obsidional coin — siege piece.
- 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
- 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).
- pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
- qaboos bin said — born 1940, Sultan of Oman from 1970
- radio sono-buoy — a buoy equipped to detect underwater noises and transmit them by radio
- registered bond — a bond recorded in the name of the owner.
- relational dbms — relational database
- ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- robin redbreast — robin (defs 1, 2).
- romblon islands — a group of islands of the Philippines in the Sibuyan Sea and Tablas Strait, part of the Visayan Islands.
- satin bowerbird — the largest Australian bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, the male of which has lustrous blue plumage
- scolding bridle — branks.
- second blessing — an experience of sanctification coming after conversion.
- second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
- silicon carbide — a very hard, insoluble, crystalline compound, SiC, used as an abrasive and as an electrical resistor in objects exposed to high temperatures.
- snubfin dolphin — Australian dolphin with a small dorsal fin
- 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
- sound symbolism — a nonarbitrary connection between phonetic features of linguistic items and their meanings, as in the frequent occurrence of close vowels in words denoting smallness, as petite and teeny-weeny.
- subduction zone — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- subsidiary coin — a coin, especially one made of silver, having a value less than that of the monetary unit.
- suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
- synod of whitby — the synod held in 664 at Whitby at which the Roman date for Easter was accepted and the Church in England became aligned with Rome
- un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
- unskilled labor — work that requires practically no training or experience for its adequate or competent performance.
- us savings bond — A US Savings bond is a long-term bond issued by the US government that is considered low-risk.
- widow's benefit — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a former weekly payment made to a widow