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15-letter words containing o, d, b, a, l

  • intra-abdominal — being within the abdomen.
  • keyboard plaque — (jargon)   The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards. "Are there any other terminals I can use? This one has a bad case of keyboard plaque."
  • keyboard skills — ability to input information using a keyboard
  • knowledge-based — characterized by the dominance of information services as an area of growth
  • labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
  • ladies'-tobacco — pussy-toes.
  • lambda-b baryon — a protonlike baryon containing a b quark; a neutral baryon with a mass 11,000 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.1 X 10 -12 seconds.
  • lambda-c baryon — a positively charged baryon with a mean lifetime of approximately 2.1 X 10 -13 seconds.
  • langue de boeuf — ox-tongue partisan.
  • leaf-footed bug — any of numerous plant-sucking or predaceous bugs of the family Coreidae, typically having leaflike legs: several species are pests of food crops.
  • library edition — an edition of a book prepared for library use, especially with a library binding.
  • lira da braccio — a many-stringed musical instrument of the 15th and 16th centuries, played with a bow and used for polyphonic improvisation.
  • livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
  • loaded for bear — any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
  • lombardy poplar — a poplar, Populus nigra italica, having a columnar manner of growth, with branches erect and parallel.
  • low bandwidth x — (networking)   (LBX) An implementation of the X Window System designed to improve performance over ISDN, WAN, and serial lines.
  • maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
  • malpighian body — Also called kidney corpuscle, Malpighian body. the structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and its surrounding Bowman's capsule.
  • mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.
  • medulloblastoma — (oncology) A malignant type of brain tumour that originates in the cerebellum.
  • meibomian gland — any of the small sebaceous glands in the eyelid, beneath the conjunctiva
  • monchengladbach — a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
  • morbidity table — A morbidity table is a statistical table that shows the proportion of people that are expected to become sick or injured at each age.
  • municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • nation-building — Journalists sometimes use nation-building to refer to government policies that are designed to create a strong sense of national identity.
  • 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)
  • no holds barred — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • non-condensable — capable of being condensed.
  • non-depreciable — capable of depreciating or being depreciated in value.
  • nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
  • obedience trial — a competitive event at which a dog can progress toward a degree in obedience by demonstrating its ability to follow a prescribed series of commands.
  • obsidional coin — siege piece.
  • oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
  • olbers' paradox — the paradox that if the universe consisted of an infinite number of stars equally distributed through space, then every line of sight would come from a star and the night sky would glow uniformly, which is observationally not true.
  • old man's beard — fringe tree.
  • old-established — established for a long time
  • old-man's-beard — fringe tree.
  • oldenbarneveldt — Johan van. 1547–1619, Dutch statesman, regarded as a founder of Dutch independence; the leading figure (from 1586) in the United Provinces of the Netherlands: executed by Maurice of Nassau
  • order of battle — the organization or hierarchy of military forces in preparation for a battle.
  • 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.
  • photodegradable — (of a substance) capable of being broken down by light.
  • platinum blonde — a person, especially a girl or woman, whose hair is of a pale blond or silver color, usually colored artificially by bleaching or dyeing.
  • random variable — a quantity that takes any of a set of values with specified probabilities.
  • rayside-balfour — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
  • relational dbms — relational database
  • romblon islands — a group of islands of the Philippines in the Sibuyan Sea and Tablas Strait, part of the Visayan Islands.
  • roundaboutility — roundaboutness
  • sebaceous gland — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
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