15-letter words containing t, a, b, i, n
- rational number — a number that can be expressed exactly by a ratio of two integers.
- recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recombinant dna — DNA in which one or more segments or genes have been inserted, either naturally or by laboratory manipulation, from a different molecule or from another part of the same molecule, resulting in a new genetic combination.
- recombinational — belonging or relating to recombination
- reconcilability — capable of being reconciled.
- reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- regimental band — a band made up of a military formation varying in size from a battalion to a number of battalions
- 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
- retained object — an object in a passive construction identical with the direct or indirect object in the active construction from which it is derived, as the picture in I was shown the picture, which is also the direct object in the active construction (They) showed me the picture.
- retrievableness — the state or quality of being retrievable
- right-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position following the head, as the phrase the house of the friend of my brother; having most of the constituents on the right in a tree diagram (opposed to left-branching).
- right-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the right, or starboard, side.
- robin redbreast — robin (defs 1, 2).
- roger bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert) born 1929, English track and field athlete: first to run a mile in less than four minutes.
- rough breathing — the symbol (ʿ) used in the writing of Greek to indicate aspiration of the initial vowel or of the ρ (rho) over which it is placed.
- roundaboutation — circumlocution
- roundaboutility — roundaboutness
- rubaiyat stanza — a quatrain patterned after those in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, of iambic pentameter and rhyming aaba.
- runabout ticket — a rail ticket that allows unlimited travel within a specified area for a limited period of time (for example one day, a weekend, three days, etc)
- 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
- satin bowerbird — the largest Australian bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, the male of which has lustrous blue plumage
- self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
- self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
- self-banishment — to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile: He was banished to Devil's Island.
- semiabstraction — a work of art whose subject matter is semi-abstract
- september rains — rainy weather during the month of September
- sesquicarbonate — a salt intermediate in composition between a carbonate and a bicarbonate or consisting of the two combined.
- shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
- shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
- single-breasted — (of a coat, jacket, etc.) having a front closure directly in the center with only a narrow overlap secured by a single button or row of buttons.
- slab plastering — coarse plastering, as between the studs in a half-timbered wall.
- sleeping beauty — a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
- sleeping tablet — A sleeping tablet is the same as a sleeping pill.
- snapping beetle — click beetle.
- social benefits — the social welfare provision made available to those in need
- sodium benzoate — a white crystalline soluble compound used as an antibacterial and antifungal agent in preserving food (E211), as an antiseptic, and in making dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: (C6H5COO)Na
- spanish bayonet — any of certain plants belonging to the genus Yucca, of the agave family, having narrow, spine-tipped leaves and a cluster of white flowers.
- spill the beans — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- spiral notebook — a notebook held together by a coil of wire passed through small holes punched at the back edge of the covers and individual pages
- stable equation — a differential equation each solution of which tends to zero as the independent variable increases to infinity. Compare transient (def 6).
- starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
- string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
- sub-corporation — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
- subalimentation — hypoalimentation.
- subcivilization — a division of a civilization
- subconjunctival — the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids.