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15-letter words containing s, t, a, l, b

  • japanese beetle — a small beetle, Popillia japonica, of the scarab family, introduced into the eastern U.S. from Japan, the adult of which feeds on the foliage of fruit and other trees, and the larva of which feeds on plant roots.
  • jubilate-sunday — Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.
  • justifiableness — Justifiability.
  • label switching — (networking)   A routing technique that uses information from existing IP routing protocols to identify IP datagrams with labels and forwards them to a modified switch or router, which then uses the labels to switch the datagrams through the network. Label switching combines the best attributes of data link layer (layer two) switching (as in ATM and Frame Relay) with the best attributes of network layer (layer three) routing (as in IP). Prior to the formation of the MPLS Working Group in 1997, a number of vendors had announced and/or implemented proprietary label switching.
  • labor relations — worker-employer relationship
  • labor-intensive — requiring or using a large supply of labor, relative to capital.
  • labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
  • labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
  • ladies'-tobacco — pussy-toes.
  • lady's bedstraw — a Eurasian rubiaceous plant, Galium verum, with clusters of small yellow flowers
  • lamb's-quarters — the pigweed, Chenopodium album.
  • largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
  • liberal studies — a supplementary arts course for those specializing in scientific, technical, or professional studies
  • liberalizations — Plural form of liberalization.
  • luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
  • maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
  • medulloblastoma — (oncology) A malignant type of brain tumour that originates in the cerebellum.
  • monosyllabicity — The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic.
  • morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
  • most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
  • myofibroblastic — Relating to myofibroblasts.
  • non-exhaustible — to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
  • non-feasibility — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
  • non-traversable — to pass or move over, along, or through.
  • nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
  • nontransferable — Not transferable; not able to be transferred.
  • observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
  • obstacle course — a military training area having obstacles, as hurdles, ditches, and walls, that must be surmounted or crossed in succession.
  • obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
  • oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
  • old-established — established for a long time
  • paurometabolous — designating or of a group of insect orders, as orthopterans or hemipterans, in which metamorphosis to the adult state from the juvenile state is gradual and without any sudden, radical change of body form
  • pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
  • post-liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
  • pre-established — to establish beforehand.
  • questionability — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
  • reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
  • relational dbms — relational database
  • rent-stabilized — regulated by law so that rent increases may not exceed a specified amount.
  • restabilization — the act or process of stabilizing or the state of being stabilized.
  • retail business — a firm which sells goods to individual customers
  • retrievableness — the state or quality of being retrievable
  • rusty blackbird — a North American blackbird, Euphagus carolinus, the male of which has plumage that is uniformly bluish-black in the spring and rusty-edged in the fall.
  • 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.
  • saint elisabeth — the wife of Zacharias, mother of John the Baptist, and kinswoman of the Virgin Mary. Feast day: Nov 5 or 8
  • saint elizabeth — the wife of Zacharias, mother of John the Baptist, and kinswoman of the Virgin Mary. Feast day: Nov 5 or 8
  • salisbury steak — ground beef, sometimes mixed with other foods, shaped like a hamburger patty and broiled or fried, often garnished or served with a sauce.
  • sam browne belt — a sword belt having a supporting strap over the right shoulder, formerly worn by officers in the U.S. Army, now sometimes worn as part of the uniform by police officers, guards, and army officers in other nations.
  • self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
  • self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
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