15-letter words containing b, o, s, n, i
- non-falsifiable — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- non-feasibility — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- non-responsible — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- non-substantive — a noun.
- non-susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- noncompressible — not able to be compressed
- nonsaponifiable — not capable of being saponified
- nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
- novokuibyshevsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, SW of Kuibyshev.
- object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
- oblique sailing — the navigation of a vessel on a point of the compass other than one of the cardinal points.
- oblique section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane that is other than parallel or perpendicular to its longest axis.
- observation car — a railroad passenger car having a lounge or platform from which the scenery can be viewed.
- observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- obsidian dating — a method of dating obsidian artifacts or debitage by calculating how long it has taken to produce a given thickness of a hydration layer within such matter.
- obsidional coin — siege piece.
- obstructionists — Plural form of obstructionist.
- obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
- obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
- oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
- omnibus edition — a television or radio programme consisting of two or more programmes broadcast earlier in the week
- one for his nob — the call made with this jack, scoring one point
- opening batsman — a player who bats the first ball in cricket
- opposite number — counterpart; equivalent: New members with an interest in folk art will find their opposite numbers in the association's directory.
- opprobriousness — The state or condition of being opprobrious.
- ordinal numbers — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
- out of business — If a shop or company goes out of business or is put out of business, it has to stop trading because it is not making enough money.
- overbearingness — Quality of being overbearing.
- pink-shirt book — (publication) "The Peter Norton Programmer's Guide to the IBM PC". The original cover featured a picture of Peter Norton with a silly smirk on his face, wearing a pink shirt. Perhaps in recognition of this usage, the current edition has a different picture of Norton wearing a pink shirt. See also book titles.
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- polyisobutylene — a polymer of isobutylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber.
- post-liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
- prisoner's base — any of various children's games in which each of two teams has a home base where members of the opposing team are kept prisoner after being tagged or caught and from which they can be freed only in specified ways.
- pro-abortionist — pro-choice.
- probationership — the position of a probationer
- problem-solving — skills, process: of finding solutions
- pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
- qaboos bin said — born 1940, Sultan of Oman from 1970
- questionability — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- quintec-objects — Based on Quintec Prolog (not Quintus). British.
- radio sono-buoy — a buoy equipped to detect underwater noises and transmit them by radio
- reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- registered bond — a bond recorded in the name of the owner.
- relational dbms — relational database
- responsibleness — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- restabilization — the act or process of stabilizing or the state of being stabilized.
- ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- robin redbreast — robin (defs 1, 2).