16-letter words containing r, a, b, l, i, n

nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
non-attributable — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
non-extraditable — capable of being extradited; subject to extradition: an extraditable person.
non-reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
nonbiodegradable — Not biodegradable.
nontransmissible — Not transmissible.
nontransmittable — Not transmittable.
oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
observationalist — One who relies on empirical observations.
observationality — The property of being observational.
on a trial basis — for the purpose of assessment
on the breadline — impoverished; living at subsistence level
ordinary jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
organized labour — labour carried out by workers in trade unions, or the workers themselves
pass-band filter — band-pass filter
personal liberty — the liberty of an individual to do his or her will freely except for those restraints imposed by law to safeguard the physical, moral, political, and economic welfare of others.
plant bargaining — a form of bargaining within industry, involving either informal small groups of employees or collective agreements at plant level
pribilof islands — a group of islands in the Bering Sea, off SW Alaska, belonging to the US: the breeding ground of the northern fur seal. Area: about 168 sq km (65 sq miles)
pro-abolitionist — (especially prior to the Civil War) a person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
public relations — (used with a plural verb) the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc.
public transport — fare-paying travel
rainbow lorikeet — a small Australasian parrot, Trichoglossus haematodus, with brightly-coloured plumage
ramen profitable — If a startup business is ramen profitable, it is barely profitable, just enough to allow the founder to live on the cheapest diet.
re-establishment — the act or an instance of establishing.
redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.
relative bearing — the bearing of an object, relative to the heading of a vessel or aircraft.
republican party — one of the two major political parties in the U.S.: originated 1854–56.
republican river — a river flowing E from E Colorado through Nebraska and Kansas into the Kansas River. 422 miles (680 km) long.
ribonucleic acid — RNA.
right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
robin's plantain — the rattlesnake weed, Hieracium venosum.
run-time library — (operating system, programming, library) A file containing routines which are linked with a program at run time rather than at compile-time. The advantage of such dynamic linking is that only one copy of the library needs to be stored, rather than a copy being included with each executable that refers to it. This can greatly reduce the disk space occupied by programs. Furthermore, it means that all programs immediately benefit from changes (e.g. bug fixes) to the single copy of the library without requiring recompilation. Since the library code is normally classified as read-only to the memory management system, it is possible for a single copy of the library to be loaded into memory and shared by all active programs, thus reducing RAM and virtual memory requirements and program load time.
saint-barthelemy — (Saint Bartholomew; Saint Barts; Saint Barths) a resort island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands, part of the French department of Guadeloupe. 6900; 8 sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
school librarian — a librarian who works in or is in charge of a school library
security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
self-approbation — approval; commendation.
self-elaboration — an act or instance of elaborating.
self-lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
self-observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
single-barrelled — (of a firearm) having a single barrel
sole beneficiary — the only beneficiary
sth rings a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
strike a balance — compromise
subcartilaginous — partially or incompletely cartilaginous.
sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
tanimbar islands — a group of over 600 islands in E Indonesia, in the Banda Sea. About 2100 sq. mi. (5440 sq. km).
the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
tracheobronchial — of, relating to, or affecting the trachea and bronchi.
trailing arbutus — Also called arbutus, mayflower. a creeping eastern North American plant, Epigaea repens, of the heath family, having leathery, oval leaves and terminal clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers.

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