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15-letter words containing t, a, e, b, o

  • hype-carbonated — (of a product or service) overvalued as a result of relentless marketing and PR or intensive media exposure
  • hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
  • hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
  • immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
  • imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
  • in the box seat — in the best position
  • indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
  • indomitableness — Quality of being indomitable.
  • innominate bone — either of the two bones forming the sides of the pelvis, each consisting of three consolidated bones, the ilium, ischium, and pubis.
  • insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
  • intolerableness — The state of being intolerable or insufferable.
  • irreformability — the state or condition of being irreformable
  • irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
  • irritable colon — any combination of common disturbances of the bowel, as diarrhea or constipation, occurring with abdominal pain, sometimes accompanied by psychological stress. Abbreviation: IBS.
  • jack-in-the-box — a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
  • job enlargement — a widening of the range of tasks performed by an employee in order to provide variety in the activities undertaken
  • keep tabs on sb — If someone keeps tabs on you, they make sure that they always know where you are and what you are doing, often in order to control you.
  • knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
  • 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)
  • ladies'-tobacco — pussy-toes.
  • 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.
  • leaf-footed bug — any of numerous plant-sucking or predaceous bugs of the family Coreidae, typically having leaflike legs: several species are pests of food crops.
  • league football — rugby league football
  • liberalizations — Plural form of liberalization.
  • library edition — an edition of a book prepared for library use, especially with a library binding.
  • low earth orbit — (communications)   (LEO) The kind of orbit used by communications satellites that will offer high bandwidth for video on demand, television, and Internet communications. A satellite in LEO, in contrast to one in a geostationary orbit, is not in a fixed position relative to the Earth's surface so several satellites are required to provide continuous service.
  • luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
  • magnetic bottle — Physics. a magnetic field so shaped that it can confine a plasma: used in a proposed design for fusion reactors.
  • make a habit of — If you make a habit of doing something, you do it regularly or often.
  • manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
  • matrix bar code — a type of 2D bar code that stores data in a matrix of geometrically shaped dark and light cells that represent bits. See also QR code.
  • medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.
  • medulloblastoma — (oncology) A malignant type of brain tumour that originates in the cerebellum.
  • megalithic tomb — a burial chamber constructed of large stones, either underground or covered by a mound and usually consisting of long transepted corridors (gallery graves) or of a distinct chamber and passage (passage graves). The tombs may date from the 4th millennium bc
  • member of staff — an employee of a particular organization
  • methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
  • moderate breeze — a wind of 13–18 miles per hour (5.8–8 m/sec).
  • morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
  • morbidity table — A morbidity table is a statistical table that shows the proportion of people that are expected to become sick or injured at each age.
  • moreton bay ash — an Australian eucalyptus tree, E. tessellaris, having drooping branches and grey bark
  • moreton bay bug — a flattish edible shellfish, Thenus orientalis, of Northern Australian waters
  • moreton bay fig — a large Australian fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark
  • mortality table — an actuarial table showing the percentage of persons who die at any given age, compiled from statistics on selected population groups or on former policyholders.
  • mortgage broker — agent who matches house buyer with mortgage lender
  • most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
  • mountain beaver — a burrowing rodent, Aplodontia rufa, of W North America: family Aplodontidae
  • nathaniel bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
  • neighbor states — the states or countries next to another state or country
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