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15-letter words containing o, l, b

  • objectionable-c — (abuse, humour, language)   A hackish take on "Objective C". Objectionable-C uses a Smalltalk-like syntax, but lacks the flexibility of Smalltalk method calls, and (like many such efforts) comes frustratingly close to attaining the Right Thing without actually doing so.
  • oblique sailing — the navigation of a vessel on a point of the compass other than one of the cardinal points.
  • oblique section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane that is other than parallel or perpendicular to its longest axis.
  • observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
  • obsidional coin — siege piece.
  • obstacle course — a military training area having obstacles, as hurdles, ditches, and walls, that must be surmounted or crossed in succession.
  • obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
  • office building — building containing offices
  • 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 boy network — an exclusive network that links members of a profession, social class, or organization or the alumni of a particular school through which the individuals assist one another in business, politics, etc.
  • old man's beard — fringe tree.
  • old-boy network — an exclusive network that links members of a profession, social class, or organization or the alumni of a particular school through which the individuals assist one another in business, politics, etc.
  • 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
  • omega-algebraic — In domain theory, a complete partial order is algebraic if every element is the lub of some chain of compact elements. If the set of compact elements is countable it is omega-algebraic. Usually written with a Greek letter omega (LaTeX \omega).
  • omnibenevolence — unlimited kindness and generosity
  • opening balance — the amount of money in an account at the start of an accounting period
  • operating table — table on which surgery is performed
  • ophthalmophobia — the fear of being stared at
  • 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.
  • out of the blue — the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm.
  • over-publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
  • overthrust belt — an elongate area in which thick rock layers have been pushed over one another by compressional forces within the earth's crust.
  • paurometabolous — designating or of a group of insect orders, as orthopterans or hemipterans, in which metamorphosis to the adult state from the juvenile state is gradual and without any sudden, radical change of body form
  • peachblow glass — an American art glass made in various pale colors and sometimes having an underlayer of milk glass.
  • perfluorocarbon — a fluorocarbon consisting only of fluorine and carbon atoms
  • perissosyllabic — (of a line of verse) containing more syllables than expected for the metre being used
  • peroxide blonde — You can refer to a woman whose hair has been artificially been made lighter in colour as a peroxide blonde, especially when you want to show that you disapprove of this, or that you think her hair looks unnatural or unattractive.
  • philip the bold — 1342–1404, duke of Burgundy (1363–1404), noted for his courage at Poitiers (1356) in the Hundred Years' War: regent of France for his nephew Charles VI (1368–88, 1392–1404)
  • phlebosclerosis — sclerosis, or hardening, of the walls of veins.
  • 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.
  • plug compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
  • plug-compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
  • plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
  • polycarboxylate — a salt or ester of a polycarboxylic acid. Polycarboxylate esters are used in certain detergents
  • polyisobutylene — a polymer of isobutylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber.
  • polyphloesboean — noisy
  • polysyllabicism — a polysyllabic style
  • portable pixmap — (file format)   (PPM) A colour image file format. A PPM file contains the following: a two character "{magic number}" - "P3", the width in pixels, the height in pixels, the maximum colour component value, HEIGHT rows of WIDTH {pixels}. The rows are ordered from top to bottom with the pixels in each row ordered from left to right. Each pixel is represented as three values for red, green, and blue. All parts are separated by whitespace and numbers are in decimal ASCIII representation. A zero pixel component means that colour is absent. Characters from a "#" to the next end-of-line are ignored and no line should be longer than 70 characters. Here is an example of a small pixmap in this format: P3 # feep.ppm 4 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 15 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 7 0 0 0 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A "RAWBITS" variant has magic number "P6", pixel values are stored as plain binary bytes, instead of ASCII decimal and no whitespace is allowed after a single whitespace character after the maximum colour component value which must be less than or equal to 255.
  • post-liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
  • pot-bellied pig — A pot-bellied pig is a small, dark-colored pig, originally from Vietnam, that is sometimes kept as a pet.
  • pre-celebration — an act of celebrating.
  • prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
  • problem-solving — skills, process: of finding solutions
  • problematically — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
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