15-letter words containing s, e, r, b, c, o
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
- 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.
- ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- 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.
- scolding bridle — branks.
- scribaciousness — the quality or state of being scribacious
- second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
- self-abhorrence — a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
- semiabstraction — a work of art whose subject matter is semi-abstract
- sesquicarbonate — a salt intermediate in composition between a carbonate and a bicarbonate or consisting of the two combined.
- silicon carbide — a very hard, insoluble, crystalline compound, SiC, used as an abrasive and as an electrical resistor in objects exposed to high temperatures.
- silicone rubber — any of the synthetic rubbers made from silicone elastomers.
- soft-shell crab — a crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and therefore has a soft, edible shell.
- spermatoblastic — relating to a spermatoblast
- spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
- streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- subcommissioner — a member of a subcommission
- subcontraoctave — the octave below the contraoctave, which is three octaves below the middle C octave on a standard keyboard
- subject pronoun — pronoun in nominative case
- subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
- sugarcane borer — the larva of the pyralid moth, Diatraea saccharalis, a serious pest of sugarcane, corn, rice, and sorghums.
- to do sb credit — If you say that something does someone credit, you mean that they should be praised or admired because of it.
- torsion balance — an instrument for measuring small forces, as electric attraction or repulsion, by determining the amount of torsion or twisting they cause in a slender wire or filament.
- tortoise brooch — a domed, oval brooch worn in pairs by Viking women.
- un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- unconstrainable — unable to be confined
- uncontrollables — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.