16-letter words containing s, n, r, b, a
- horsehead nebula — a dark nebula in the constellation Orion, composed of opaque cosmic dust and resembling the head of a horse.
- immeasurableness — The state or condition of being immeasurable.
- impenetrableness — The quality of being impenetrable.
- imperishableness — The characteristic or property of being imperishable.
- in a brown study — in a reverie or daydream
- incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
- indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
- insufferableness — The state of being insufferable.
- insurance broker — person who sells insurance policies
- interest-bearing — paying interest
- interminableness — The state or condition of being interminable.
- invulnerableness — The quality of being invulnerable.
- irrefragableness — The quality or degree of being irrefragable.
- irremediableness — The state or quality of being irremediable.
- irresolvableness — The state or quality of being irresolvable.
- jacobson's organ — either of a pair of blind, tubular, olfactory sacs in the roof of the mouth, vestigial in humans but well-developed in many animals, especially reptiles.
- knapsack problem — the problem of determining which numbers from a given collection of numbers have been added together to yield a specific sum: used in cryptography to encipher (and sometimes decipher) messages.
- knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
- labour relations — Labour relations refers to the relationship between employers and employees in industry, and the political decisions and laws that affect it.
- labour-intensive — Labour-intensive industries or methods of making things involve a lot of workers. Compare capital-intensive.
- libation-bearers — Choëphori.
- liberal unionist — a Liberal who opposed Gladstone's policy of Irish Home Rule in 1886 and after
- like gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- low-carbon steel — steel containing between 0.04 and 0.25 per cent carbon
- man on horseback — a military leader who presents himself as the savior of the country during a period of crisis and either assumes or threatens to assume dictatorial powers.
- manganese bronze — an alloy that is about 55 percent copper, 40 percent zinc, and up to 3.5 percent manganese.
- marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
- mass observation — the study of the social habits of people through observation, interviews, etc
- mesembryanthemum — any of various chiefly Old World plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, having thick, fleshy leaves and often showy flowers.
- morris plan bank — a private banking organization, formerly common in the U.S., designed primarily to grant small loans to industrial workers.
- narragansett bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in E Rhode Island. 28 miles (45 km) long.
- nash equilibrium — (in game theory) a stable state of a system involving the interaction of two or more players in which no player can gain by a unilateral change of strategy if the strategies of the other players remain unchanged
- network database — (database) A kind of database management system in which each record type can have multiple owners, e.g. orders are owned by both customers and products. This contrasts with a hierarchical database (one owner) or relational database (no explicit owner).
- new smyrna beach — a town in NE Florida.
- nitrous bacteria — bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites in the soil
- non-transferable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
- nontransmissible — Not transmissible.
- nontransmittable — Not transmittable.
- obsequent stream — a stream flowing in a direction opposite to that of the dip of the local strata.
- observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
- observation post — a forward position, often on high ground, from which enemy activity can be observed and, particularly, from which artillery or mortar fire can be directed.
- observation ward — a ward in a hospital where patients are monitored
- observationalist — One who relies on empirical observations.
- observationality — The property of being observational.
- on a trial basis — for the purpose of assessment
- on her beam-ends — (of a vessel) heeled over through an angle of 90°
- paint-by-numbers — formulaic; showing no original thought or creativity
- 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.