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15-letter words containing a, b, o, u, l

  • hubble constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
  • humpback salmon — a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.
  • hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
  • hypoalbuminemia — an abnormally small quantity of albumin in the blood.
  • immunoassayable — Suitable for immunoassay.
  • incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
  • incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
  • incommutability — The quality or state of being incommutable.
  • indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
  • insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
  • journal bearing — a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle
  • jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
  • keyboard plaque — (jargon)   The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards. "Are there any other terminals I can use? This one has a bad case of keyboard plaque."
  • labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
  • langue de boeuf — ox-tongue partisan.
  • 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
  • livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
  • lobar pneumonia — pneumonia (def 2).
  • lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
  • lucrezia borgia — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.
  • luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
  • lutzow-holm bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean on the coast of Antarctica between Queen Maud Land and Enderby Land.
  • maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
  • manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
  • manubial column — a triumphal column decorated with spoils of the enemy.
  • marlborough leg — a tapered leg having a square section.
  • mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • maxilloturbinal — (anatomy) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.
  • medulloblastoma — (oncology) A malignant type of brain tumour that originates in the cerebellum.
  • most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
  • 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.
  • nation-building — Journalists sometimes use nation-building to refer to government policies that are designed to create a strong sense of national identity.
  • neurobehavioral — of or relating to an approach to studying behavior that stresses the importance of nerve and brain function.
  • neurobiological — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
  • neurofibrillary — Of or pertaining to a neurofibril.
  • no-claims bonus — law: insurance premium reduction
  • non-accountable — subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable.
  • non-culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
  • non-exhaustible — to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
  • nonattributable — not capable of being attributed to a particular source or cause
  • noncommunicable — not communicable, especially with reference to a disease that is not transmitted through contact with an infected or afflicted person.
  • nonquantifiable — not capable of being quantified
  • nullarbor plain — a treeless, semiarid area of S Australia, contiguous to the Great Australian Bight.
  • obituary column — the division of a publication reserved for obituaries
  • object language — the language to which a metalanguage refers.
  • oblique sailing — the navigation of a vessel on a point of the compass other than one of the cardinal points.
  • obstacle course — a military training area having obstacles, as hurdles, ditches, and walls, that must be surmounted or crossed in succession.
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