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16-letter words containing a, b, s

  • inexhaustibility — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
  • inexplicableness — The state of being difficult to account for; the state of being inexplicable.
  • inextinguishable — not extinguishable: an inextinguishable fire.
  • inextinguishably — In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
  • inhospitableness — The quality of being inhospitable.
  • instability line — a nonfrontal line of convective activity in the atmosphere, usually several hundred miles long but of relatively brief duration.
  • insubstantiality — not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
  • insufferableness — The state of being insufferable.
  • insurance broker — person who sells insurance policies
  • interest-bearing — paying interest
  • interminableness — The state or condition of being interminable.
  • invisible assets — assets that are not physical, such as services or good will
  • invisible shadow — (in architectural shades and shadows) a three-dimensional space occupied by the shadow projected by a solid and within which a surface is in shadow.
  • invulnerableness — The quality of being invulnerable.
  • irrefragableness — The quality or degree of being irrefragable.
  • irremediableness — The state or quality of being irremediable.
  • irresolvableness — The state or quality of being irresolvable.
  • isoamyl benzoate — a colorless liquid, C 11 H 15 O 2 , having a sharp, fruitlike odor: used in cosmetics.
  • jacobson's organ — either of a pair of blind, tubular, olfactory sacs in the roof of the mouth, vestigial in humans but well-developed in many animals, especially reptiles.
  • jacques bonhomme — the contemptuous title given by the nobles to the peasants in the revolt of the Jacquerie in 1358 and adopted by the peasants in subsequent revolts.
  • japanese bobtail — any of a breed of domestic cat, originating in Japan, with a very short, fluffy tail, and a soft, silky coat often in three colors, white, black, and red
  • job satisfaction — Job satisfaction is the pleasure that you get from doing your job.
  • john the baptist — the forerunner and baptizer of Jesus. Matt. 3.
  • judas maccabaeus — Judas or Judah [joo-duh] /ˈdʒu də/ (Show IPA), ("the Hammer") died c. 160 b.c, Judean patriot, one of the Maccabees: military leader 166–160 (son of Mattathias).
  • khakass republic — a constituent republic of S central Russia, formerly in Krasnoyarsk Territory: formed in 1930. Capital: Abakan. Pop: 546 100 (2002). Area: 61 900 sq km (23 855 sq miles)
  • king james bible — Authorized Version.
  • knapsack problem — the problem of determining which numbers from a given collection of numbers have been added together to yield a specific sum: used in cryptography to encipher (and sometimes decipher) messages.
  • knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
  • krebs urea cycle — urea cycle.
  • labour relations — Labour relations refers to the relationship between employers and employees in industry, and the political decisions and laws that affect it.
  • labour-intensive — Labour-intensive industries or methods of making things involve a lot of workers. Compare capital-intensive.
  • lambada-calculus — (humour, logic)   (A pun on "lambda-calculus") Teaching logic thru spanish dance steps. Invented by P. van der Linden <[email protected]>.
  • lead by the nose — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
  • leaps and bounds — You can use in leaps and bounds or by leaps and bounds to emphasize that someone or something is improving or increasing quickly and greatly.
  • leave of absence — permission to be absent from duty, employment, service, etc.; leave.
  • lesbian cymatium — cyma reversa.
  • libation-bearers — Choëphori.
  • liberal unionist — a Liberal who opposed Gladstone's policy of Irish Home Rule in 1886 and after
  • library pictures — a caption used to alert viewers that footage being broadcast is from an earlier time and is not happening now
  • lick observatory — the astronomical observatory of the University of California, situated on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California, and having a 120-inch (3-meter) reflecting telescope and a 36-inch (91-cm) refracting telescope.
  • like gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
  • lipstick lesbian — a lesbian who is feminine in manner or appearance; a femme.
  • long-established — having a long history; old
  • low-carbon steel — steel containing between 0.04 and 0.25 per cent carbon
  • lumberjack shirt — a thick checked shirt, as worn by lumberjacks
  • machine washable — suitable for washing in a washing machine
  • make the best of — do what you can
  • man on horseback — a military leader who presents himself as the savior of the country during a period of crisis and either assumes or threatens to assume dictatorial powers.
  • manganese bronze — an alloy that is about 55 percent copper, 40 percent zinc, and up to 3.5 percent manganese.
  • marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
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