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20-letter words containing o, l, d, e, n, b

  • grey-crowned babbler — an insect-eating Australian bird, Pomatostomus temporalis of the family Timaliidae
  • hildegard von bingenHildegard von (Hildegard of Bingen"Sibyl of the Rhine") 1098–1178, German nun, healer, writer, and composer.
  • hudson's bay blanket — a woollen blanket with wide stripes
  • in double-quick time — In double-quick time means the same as double-quick.
  • in the public domain — able to be discussed and examined freely by the general public
  • information builders — Distributors of LEVEL5 OBJECT. Telephone +1 800 969 INFO.
  • kluver-bucy syndrome — a syndrome caused by bilateral injury to the temporal lobes and characterized by memory defect, hypersexuality, excessive oral behavior, and diminished fear reactions.
  • labour-saving device — a machine, gadget, etc, that reduces (human) effort, hard work or labour
  • land-office business — a lively, booming, expanding, or very profitable business.
  • longitude by account — the longitude of the position of a vessel as estimated by dead reckoning.
  • meta-dichlorobenzene — a colorless liquid, C 6 H 4 Cl 2 , soluble in alcohol and ether: used as a fumigant and insecticide.
  • molybdenum disulfide — a black crystalline powder, MoS 2 , insoluble in water, used as a lubricant and as a hydrogenation catalyst.
  • nostalgie de la boue — a desire for or attraction to crudity, vulgarity, depravity, etc.
  • object role modeling — (programming)   (ORM) A conceptual modelling approach that pictures the application world as a set of objects that play roles (parts in relationships, which may be unary, binary or higher order). ORM provides both graphical and textual languages that enable models to be expressed naturally. For data modelling purposes, its graphical language is more expressive than ER or UML.
  • operational database — (database)   A database containing up-to-date, modifiable data, in contrast to a decision support database.
  • order bill of lading — a bill of lading that is issued to the order of a shipper or consignee for delivery of the goods and that can be transferred by endorsement to third parties.
  • para-dichlorobenzene — a white, crystalline, volatile, water-insoluble solid, C 6 H 4 Cl 2 , of the benzene series, having a penetrating odor: used chiefly as a moth repellent.
  • pedro juan caballero — a city in E central Paraguay.
  • pentobarbital sodium — a barbiturate drug used in medicine as a sedative and hypnotic. Formula: C11H17N2O3Na
  • periodontal membrane — the collagenous, fibrous connective tissue between the cementum of the tooth and the alveolus.
  • planned obsolescence — a method of stimulating consumer demand by designing products that wear out or become outmoded after limited use.
  • roller-blind shutter — curtain shutter.
  • ruby-crowned kinglet — an olive-gray, American kinglet, Regulus calendula, the male of which has an erectile, ruby crest.
  • skull and crossbones — a representation of a front view of a human skull above two crossed bones, originally used on pirates' flags and now used as a warning sign, as in designating substances as poisons.
  • spotted crane's-bill — the American wild geranium, Geranium maculatum.
  • television broadcast — sth shown on tv
  • tetrahydrocannabinol — a compound, C 21 H 30 O 2 , that is the physiologically active component in cannabis preparations (marijuana, hashish, etc.) derived from the Indian hemp plant or produced synthetically. Abbreviation: THC.
  • tropical disturbance — a very weak, or incipient, tropical cyclone.
  • twiddle one's thumbs — to turn about or play with lightly or idly, especially with the fingers; twirl.
  • under/below strength — If an army or team is under strength or below strength, it does not have all the members that it needs or usually has.
  • walton and weybridge — a city in Surrey, SE England: a London suburb.
  • wardrobe malfunction — an embarrassing situation caused by the clothes a person is wearing
  • wilson cloud chamber — cloud chamber.
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