15-letter words containing o, i, l, e
- borough-english — (until 1925) a custom in certain English boroughs whereby the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers
- bottled in bond — stored in bonded warehouses for a stated length of time before being bottled, as some whiskey
- bouillotte lamp — a table lamp of the 18th century, having two or three adjustable candle brackets and a common shade sliding on a central shaft.
- bowel complaint — bowel disease or condition
- boxer rebellion — a member of a Chinese secret society that carried on an unsuccessful uprising, 1898–1900 (Boxer Rebellion) principally against foreigners, culminating in a siege of foreign legations in Peking that was put down by an international expeditionary force.
- brachiocephalic — of, relating to, or supplying the arm and head
- breaking plough — a plough with a long shallow mouldboard for turning virgin land or sod land
- bring into line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- bristol channel — an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, merging into the Severn estuary. Length: about 137 km (85 miles)
- british telecom — the popular name for British Telecommunications Group plc, the dominant fixed line telecommunications and broadband internet provider in the United Kingdom
- bromoil process — a process for making an offset reproduction by first making a photographic print on paper with a silver bromide emulsion, wetting it, and then using it as a lithographic plate, the lighter parts of the emulsion tending to repel the oil base of the ink and the darker parts tending to hold it.
- bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
- brooklyn bridge — a suspension bridge over the East River, in New York City, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn: built 1867–84. 5989 feet (1825 meters) long.
- brownfield site — a disused site envisaged for redevelopment
- buffalo soldier — (formerly, especially among American Indians) a black soldier.
- buffer solution — a solution to which a salt of a weak acid or base has been added
- building worker — a labourer, bricklayer, etc who works in the construction industry
- bulimia nervosa — a disorder characterized by compulsive overeating followed by vomiting: sometimes associated with anxiety about gaining weight
- bulldog edition — the early edition of a morning newspaper, chiefly for out-of-town distribution
- business double — a double made to increase the penalty points earned when a player believes the opponents cannot make their bid.
- business school — A business school is a school or college which teaches business subjects such as economics and management.
- cacodaemoniacal — Demonic; evil.
- calamine lotion — a soothing lotion containing calamine
- calcium blocker — any of a group of drugs that prevent the influx of calcium into excitable tissues such as smooth muscle of the heart or arterioles, used in the treatment of angina, hypertension, and certain arrhythmias.
- calcium oxalate — a white, crystalline powder, CaC 2 O 4 , insoluble in water, used in making oxalic acid.
- calendarization — the process of calendarizing
- california rose — a cultivated variety of a bindweed, Calystegia hederacea, having showy, double, rose-colored flowers.
- call into being — to create
- calorific value — the quantity of heat produced by the complete combustion of a given mass of a fuel, usually expressed in joules per kilogram
- calvin coolidge — Calvin, 1872–1933, 30th president of the U.S. 1923–29.
- camelot library — (library)
- camphorated oil — a liniment consisting of camphor and peanut oil, used as a counterirritant
- canadian legion — a national social club for veterans of the Canadian armed services.
- cancel a policy — If you cancel a policy, you terminate a contract of insurance.
- capital offence — a crime for which the death penalty is used
- caprifoliaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caprifoliaceae, a family of N temperate shrubs, small trees, and climbers including honeysuckle, elder, and guelder-rose
- cardinal flower — a campanulaceous plant, Lobelia cardinalis of E North America, that has brilliant scarlet, pink, or white flowers
- cardinal vowels — a set of theoretical vowel sounds, based on the shape of the mouth needed to articulate them, that can be used to classify the vowel sounds of any speaker in any language
- categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
- category killer — a person, product, or business that dominates a particular market
- cathedral choir — the choir, traditionally consisting of boys and men, that sings in cathedral services
- cauliflower ear — permanent swelling and distortion of the external ear as the result of ruptures of the blood vessels: usually caused by blows received in boxing
- cauliflowerette — a single floret from the head of a cauliflower.
- cavalry officer — an officer in a cavalry regiment
- celandine poppy — a poppy, Stylophorum diphyllum, of the east-central U.S., having one pair of deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers.
- celestial globe — a spherical model of the celestial sphere showing the relative positions of stars, constellations, etc
- cell disruption — Cell disruption is when a biological material becomes smaller to release proteins and enzymes.
- celo-navigation — celestial navigation.
- central locking — a system by which all the doors of a motor vehicle can be locked simultaneously when the driver's door is locked
- centrifugal box — a revolving chamber, used in the spinning of manufactured filaments, in which the plastic fibers, subjected to centrifugal force, are slightly twisted and emerge in the form of yarn wound into the shape of a hollow cylinder.