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15-letter words containing a, b, l, n, c

  • judicial branch — the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice; the judiciary.
  • knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
  • 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.
  • lambda-c baryon — a positively charged baryon with a mean lifetime of approximately 2.1 X 10 -13 seconds.
  • large cranberry — See under cranberry (def 1).
  • library science — the study of the organization and administration of a library and of its technical, informational, and reference services.
  • lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
  • lumbar puncture — Medicine/Medical. puncture into the arachnoid membrane of the spinal cord, in the lumbar region, and withdrawal of spinal fluid, performed for diagnosis of the fluid, injection of dye for imaging, or administration of anesthesia or medication.
  • 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.
  • magnetic bubble — a tiny mobile magnetized area within a magnetic material, the basis of one type of solid-state storage medium (magnetic bubble memory)
  • manubial column — a triumphal column decorated with spoils of the enemy.
  • mechanical bank — a toy bank in which a coin is deposited by a mechanical process that is usually activated by pushing a lever.
  • merchantability — The state of being merchantable.
  • methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
  • monchengladbach — a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
  • monosyllabicity — The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic.
  • mount blackburn — a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft)
  • municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • nathaniel bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
  • necrobacillosis — any disease of cattle, horses, sheep, and swine marked by necrotic areas in which a bacillus, Fusobacterium necrophorum, is found.
  • neurobiological — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
  • never look back — to become increasingly successful
  • nickel carbonyl — a colorless or yellow, volatile, water-insoluble, poisonous, flammable liquid, Ni(CO) 4 , obtained by the reaction of nickel and carbon monoxide, and used for nickel-plating.
  • nicobar islands — a group of 19 islands in the Indian Ocean, south of the Andaman Islands, with which they form a territory of India. Area: 1645 sq km (635 sq miles)
  • no-claims bonus — law: insurance premium reduction
  • non-accountable — subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable.
  • non-cancellable — not subject to cancellation: a noncancellable insurance policy.
  • non-compensable — eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.
  • non-condensable — capable of being condensed.
  • non-culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
  • non-depreciable — capable of depreciating or being depreciated in value.
  • non-enforceable — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
  • non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
  • non-replaceable — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
  • nonbiographical — not biographical, not relating to biography or events in a person's life
  • nonbiologically — in a nonbiological way, not in a biological way
  • noncommunicable — not communicable, especially with reference to a disease that is not transmitted through contact with an infected or afflicted person.
  • noncontrollable — not able to be controlled
  • nonexchangeable — capable of being exchanged.
  • obedience trial — a competitive event at which a dog can progress toward a degree in obedience by demonstrating its ability to follow a prescribed series of commands.
  • obituary column — the division of a publication reserved for obituaries
  • object language — the language to which a metalanguage refers.
  • objectionable-c — (abuse, humour, language)   A hackish take on "Objective C". Objectionable-C uses a Smalltalk-like syntax, but lacks the flexibility of Smalltalk method calls, and (like many such efforts) comes frustratingly close to attaining the Right Thing without actually doing so.
  • obsidional coin — siege piece.
  • opening balance — the amount of money in an account at the start of an accounting period
  • perfluorocarbon — a fluorocarbon consisting only of fluorine and carbon atoms
  • pickaback plane — a powered airplane designed to be carried aloft by another airplane and released in flight.
  • pickaback plant — piggyback plant.
  • piggyback plant — a plant, Tolmiea menziesii, of the saxifrage family, native to western North America, that produces new plants at the base of its broad, hairy leaves and that is popular as a houseplant.
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