16-letter words containing s, i, b, l
- double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
- east gwillimbury — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- eclipsing binary — a variable star whose changes in brightness are caused by periodic eclipses of two stars in a binary system.
- elburz mountains — a mountain range in N Iran, parallel to the SW and S shores of the Caspian Sea. Highest peak: Mount Demavend, 5671 m (18 606 ft)
- erythroblastosis — A medical condition in which erythroblasts are abnormally found in the blood.
- expansion bottle — a tank collecting coolant from a radiator while an engine is heated, and from which the coolant returns to the radiator when the engine cools
- extensible shell — (operating system) (es) A Unix shell written by Byron Rakitzis <[email protected]> and Paul Haahr <[email protected]>, derived from rc. Es has real functions, closures, exceptions and lets you redefine most internal shell operations. Version: 0.84.
- feeblemindedness — Quality of being feeble-minded; weak intellect.
- fertility symbol — an object, esp a phallic symbol, used in fertility-cult ceremonies to symbolize regeneration
- fill one's boots — to take or do as much of something as one wants
- filterable virus — a virus particle small enough to pass through a filter of diatomaceous earth or porcelain, which will not pass bacteria: chiefly historical or an informal indicator of size, as synthetic membrane filters now permit passage of the smallest virus.
- first balkan war — Balkan War (def 1).
- flabbergastation — (colloquial) Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted.
- flabbergastingly — Surprisingly, astonishingly or amazingly.
- flibbertigibbets — Plural form of flibbertigibbet.
- football special — a train service provided specially to transport football supporters to and from a match
- garbage disposal — A garbage disposal or a garbage disposal unit is a small machine in the kitchen sink that breaks down waste matter so that it does not block the sink.
- gas blowoff line — A gas blowoff line is a safety device to control sudden increases in pressure.
- generalisability — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of generalizability.
- give sb the slip — If you give someone the slip, you escape from them when they are following you or watching you.
- goldsmith beetle — a brilliant golden scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, of Europe.
- hawksbill turtle — a sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, the shell of which is the source of tortoise shell: an endangered species.
- hayes-compatible — (communications) A description of a modem which understands the same set of commands as one made by Hayes.
- hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
- heterometabolism — insect development in which the young hatch in a form very similar to the adult and then mature without a pupal stage
- himalayan balsam — a tall flowering plant, Impatiens glandulifera, brought from Asia to Europe as a garden plant but now growing wild in Europe, especially on river banks. It is considered invasive and environmentally damaging.
- humanly possible — feasible, practical
- hypersensibility — capacity for sensation or feeling; responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli.
- hypersusceptible — hypersensitive (def 2).
- immeasurableness — The state or condition of being immeasurable.
- impenetrableness — The quality of being impenetrable.
- imperishableness — The characteristic or property of being imperishable.
- impermissibility — The state or condition of being impermissible.
- inaccessibleness — The quality or state of being inaccessible or unreachable.
- inapplicableness — The state or quality of being inapplicable; inapplicability.
- incombustibility — The quality or state of being incombustible.
- incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
- incomprehensible — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
- incomprehensibly — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
- inconsolableness — The quality of being inconsolable.
- incontestability — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
- incorrigibleness — The quality of being incorrigible; incorrigibility.
- indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
- indigestibleness — The quality of being indigestible.
- indiscernibility — The state or characteristic of being indiscernible; inability to be observed.
- indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
- indisputableness — The property of being indisputable.
- indissolubleness — The quality of being indissoluble.
- indivisibilities — not divisible; not separable into parts; incapable of being divided: one nation indivisible.
- inexhaustibility — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.