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15-letter words containing s, e, b, c

  • non-condensable — capable of being condensed.
  • non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
  • non-susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
  • noncompressible — not able to be compressed
  • object database — a database format in which information is shown in the form of objects
  • object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
  • objective prism — a large prism placed in front of the objective lens or mirror of a telescope, allowing the simultaneous acquisition of the spectra of many stars.
  • 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.
  • observation car — a railroad passenger car having a lounge or platform from which the scenery can be viewed.
  • obstacle course — a military training area having obstacles, as hurdles, ditches, and walls, that must be surmounted or crossed in succession.
  • obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
  • pack one's bags — If you pack your bags, you leave a place where you have been staying or living.
  • parti québécois — (in Canada) a political party in Quebec, formed in 1968 and originally advocating the separation of Quebec from the rest of the country
  • peachblow glass — an American art glass made in various pale colors and sometimes having an underlayer of milk glass.
  • perissosyllabic — (of a line of verse) containing more syllables than expected for the metre being used
  • phlebosclerosis — sclerosis, or hardening, of the walls of veins.
  • pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
  • plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
  • post office box — (in a post office) a locked compartment into which the mail of a box renter is put to be called for. Abbreviation: POB, P.O.B.
  • post-office box — (in a post office) a locked compartment into which the mail of a box renter is put to be called for. Abbreviation: POB, P.O.B.
  • procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
  • public interest — the welfare or well-being of the general public; commonwealth: health programs that directly affect the public interest.
  • public nuisance — act, thing: anti-social
  • public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
  • public spending — expenditure by central government, local authorities, and public enterprises
  • public-spirited — having or showing an unselfish interest in the public welfare: a public-spirited citizen.
  • quasi-objective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
  • queen substance — a pheromone secreted from the mandibular glands of a queen honeybee and smelled, eaten, and absorbed by the worker bees, having the effect of preventing them from producing or rearing rival queens.
  • quintec-objects — Based on Quintec Prolog (not Quintus). British.
  • reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
  • recoverableness — the ability to be recovered or chance of being able to recover
  • red blood cells — Physiology. one of the cells of the blood, which in mammals are enucleate disks concave on both sides, contain hemoglobin, and carry oxygen to the cells and tissues and carbon dioxide back to the respiratory organs. Abbreviation: RBC.
  • red-back spider — a venomous spider, Latrodectus hasselti, of Australia and New Zealand, related to the black widow spider and having a bright red stripe on the back.
  • reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
  • ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
  • riding breeches — calf-length trousers of whipcord or other durable fabric, flaring at the sides of the thighs and fitting snugly at and below the knees, worn with riding boots for horseback riding, hunting, etc.
  • robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
  • robertson screw — a screw having a square hole in the head into which a screwdriver with a square point (Robertson screwdriver (trademark)) fits
  • robinson crusoe — Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
  • sabbatical year — Also called sabbatical leave. (in a school, college, university, etc.) a year, usually every seventh, of release from normal teaching duties granted to a professor, as for study or travel.
  • sand-lime brick — a hard brick composed of silica sand and a lime of high calcium content, molded under high pressure and baked.
  • sb's cup of tea — If you say that someone or something is not your cup of tea, you mean that they are not the kind of person or thing that you like.
  • scolding bridle — branks.
  • scribaciousness — the quality or state of being scribacious
  • sebaceous gland — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
  • second blessing — an experience of sanctification coming after conversion.
  • second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
  • see the back of — to be rid of
  • self-abhorrence — a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
  • self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
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