16-letter words containing t, a, l, b, n

nubuck (leather) — tanned leather similar to suede, but with the nap on the grain side
oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
oblique zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it between the poles and the equator
observationalist — One who relies on empirical observations.
observationality — The property of being observational.
occasional table — a small table with no regular use
on a trial basis — for the purpose of assessment
on the breadline — impoverished; living at subsistence level
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.
pigs in blankets — small frankfurters wrapped in dough and baked, served as an appetizer
planetary nebula — an expanding shell of thin ionized gas that is ejected from and surrounds a hot, dying star of about the same mass as the sun; the gas absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the central star and reemits it as visible light by the process of fluorescence.
plant bargaining — a form of bargaining within industry, involving either informal small groups of employees or collective agreements at plant level
platform-balance — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
police constable — police officer
post-elizabethan — of or relating to the reign of Elizabeth I, queen of England, or to her times: Elizabethan diplomacy; Elizabethan music.
pro-abolitionist — (especially prior to the Civil War) a person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
public relations — (used with a plural verb) the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc.
public transport — fare-paying travel
publication date — the date on which a book or periodical is or is planned to be published.
publicity agency — an advertising agency; a firm that gets publicity for people or products
put in mothballs — to postpone work on (a project, activity, etc)
questionableness — The state or condition of being questionable; dubiousness.
rainbow lorikeet — a small Australasian parrot, Trichoglossus haematodus, with brightly-coloured plumage
ramen profitable — If a startup business is ramen profitable, it is barely profitable, just enough to allow the founder to live on the cheapest diet.
re-establishment — the act or an instance of establishing.
reasonable doubt — law: grounds for believing sb is innocent
redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.
relative bearing — the bearing of an object, relative to the heading of a vessel or aircraft.
republican party — one of the two major political parties in the U.S.: originated 1854–56.
rhythm and blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
rhythm-and-blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
robin's plantain — the rattlesnake weed, Hieracium venosum.
rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
run-time library — (operating system, programming, library) A file containing routines which are linked with a program at run time rather than at compile-time. The advantage of such dynamic linking is that only one copy of the library needs to be stored, rather than a copy being included with each executable that refers to it. This can greatly reduce the disk space occupied by programs. Furthermore, it means that all programs immediately benefit from changes (e.g. bug fixes) to the single copy of the library without requiring recompilation. Since the library code is normally classified as read-only to the memory management system, it is possible for a single copy of the library to be loaded into memory and shared by all active programs, thus reducing RAM and virtual memory requirements and program load time.
saint-barthelemy — (Saint Bartholomew; Saint Barts; Saint Barths) a resort island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands, part of the French department of Guadeloupe. 6900; 8 sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
sandlot baseball — a form of baseball played by children on an area of vacant ground
scavenger beetle — any beetle of the mostly aquatic family Hydrophilidae, having clubbed antennae and long palps, and usually feeding on decaying vegetation
security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
self-abandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
self-approbation — approval; commendation.
self-elaboration — an act or instance of elaborating.
self-lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
self-observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
self-subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
semantic tableau — a method of demonstrating the consistency or otherwise of a set of statements by constructing a diagrammatic representation of all the circumstances that satisfy the set of statements

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