15-letter words containing l, a, h, b, r
- hypermutability — liable or subject to change or alteration.
- imperial bushel — a unit of dry measure containing 4 pecks, equivalent in the U.S. (and formerly in England) to 2150.42 cubic inches or 35.24 liters (Winchester bushel) and in Great Britain to 2219.36 cubic inches or 36.38 liters (Imperial bushel) Abbreviation: bu., bush.
- imperishability — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- in the ballpark — a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
- inapprehensible — That cannot be apprehended; not apprehensible to or graspable by either body or mind.
- interchangeable — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- interchangeably — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- irritable heart — cardiac neurosis.
- john barleycorn — a personification of barley as used in malt liquor, of malt liquor itself, or of any intoxicating liquor.
- judicial branch — the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice; the judiciary.
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
- labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
- 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.
- lithium battery — A lithium battery is a type of battery used for low-power, high-reliability, long-life applications, such as clocks, cameras and calculators.
- low earth orbit — (communications) (LEO) The kind of orbit used by communications satellites that will offer high bandwidth for video on demand, television, and Internet communications. A satellite in LEO, in contrast to one in a geostationary orbit, is not in a fixed position relative to the Earth's surface so several satellites are required to provide continuous service.
- marlborough leg — a tapered leg having a square section.
- medieval hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from the 6th to the 13th centuries a.d.
- merchantability — The state of being merchantable.
- most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
- neurobehavioral — of or relating to an approach to studying behavior that stresses the importance of nerve and brain function.
- no holds barred — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- nonbiographical — not biographical, not relating to biography or events in a person's life
- photodegradable — (of a substance) capable of being broken down by light.
- pre-elizabethan — (of English culture, history, traditions, etc.) before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; before the second half of the 16th century.
- pre-established — to establish beforehand.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- rechargeability — (of a storage battery) capable of being charged repeatedly. Compare cordless (def 2).
- rhombencephalon — the hindbrain.
- richard gabriel — (person) (Dick, RPG) Dr. Richard P. Gabriel. A noted SAIL LISP hacker and volleyball fanatic. Consulting Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. Richard Gabriel is a leader in the Lisp and OOP community, with years of contributions to standardisation. He founded the successful company, Lucid Technologies, Inc.. In 1996 he was Distinguished Computer Scientist at ParcPlace-Digitalk, Inc. (later renamed ObjectShare, Inc.). See also gabriel, Qlambda, QLISP, saga.
- rough bluegrass — a grass, Poa trivialis, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America, where it is used in mixtures for lawns and pasturage.
- rubbing alcohol — a poisonous solution of about 70 percent isopropyl or denatured ethyl alcohol, usually containing a perfume oil, used chiefly in massaging.
- self-abhorrence — a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
- sink a borehole — To sink a borehole means to drill a deep hole in the ground.
- soft-shell crab — a crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and therefore has a soft, edible shell.
- strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
- the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
- thermal barrier — the high temperatures produced by the friction between a supersonic object and the earth's atmosphere that limit the speed of an airplane or rocket.
- thermal blanket — a specially warm blanket
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- to grab hold of — Hold is used in expressions such as grab hold of, catch hold of, and get hold of, to indicate that you close your hand tightly around something, for example to stop something moving or falling.
- travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
- tribromoethanol — a white, crystalline powder, C 2 H 3 Br 3 O, used as a basal anesthetic.
- turn the tables — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
- unapprehensible — not able to be understood or comprehended
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- under the table — of, relating to, or for use on a table: a table lamp.
- under-the-table — transacted in secret or in an underhanded manner.
- unrehabilitated — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.