14-letter words containing n, a, b, o, s
- fissionability — capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission: a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material.
- flotation bags — bags inflated to keep a spacecraft or helicopter afloat and upright when it lands in the sea
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
- get one's back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
- globalizations — Plural form of globalization.
- go gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- goose barnacle — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- governableness — The state of being governable.
- grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
- hamilton basso — Hamilton, 1904–64, U.S. journalist and novelist.
- have sth on sb — If someone has something on you, they have evidence that you have done something wrong or bad. If they have nothing on you, they cannot prove that you have done anything wrong or bad.
- heath robinson — (of a mechanical device) absurdly complicated in design and having a simple function
- herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.
- hold sb's hand — If you ask someone to hold your hand at an event that you are worried about, you ask them to support you by being there with you.
- honourableness — Alternative spelling of honorableness.
- hoshana rabbah — the seventh day of the Jewish festival of Sukkoth, occurring on the twenty-first day of Tishri and having a special liturgy containing a series of invocations to God for forgiveness and salvation.
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- immobilisation — Alternative spelling of immobilization.
- impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
- in sb's favour — If someone makes a judgment in your favour, they say that you are right about something.
- inboard brakes — Inboard brakes are brakes located close to the center of the vehicle rather than at the wheel hub.
- inconscionable — Obsolete form of unconscionable.
- inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- inexorableness — unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- insurmountably — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- inviolableness — The quality or state of being inviolable.
- john constable — John, 1776–1837, English painter.
- king of beasts — the lion.
- know backwards — to understand completely
- knowledge base — (artificial intelligence) A collection of knowledge expressed using some formal knowledge representation language. A knowledge base forms part of a knowledge-based system (KBS).
- labor unionist — unionist (def 2).
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
- leaf-nosed bat — any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.
- leopard's-bane — any composite plant of the genus Doronicum, of Europe and Asia, having alternate, usually clasping leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
- liberalisation — (British) alternative spelling of liberalization.
- lower sideband — the frequency band below the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
- macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
- make one's bed — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- mandelbrot set — (mathematics, graphics) (After its discoverer, Benoit Mandelbrot) The set of all complex numbers c such that | z[N] | < 2 for arbitrarily large values of N, where z[0] = 0 z[n+1] = z[n]^2 + c The Mandelbrot set is usually displayed as an Argand diagram, giving each point a colour which depends on the largest N for which | z[N] | < 2, up to some maximum N which is used for the points in the set (for which N is infinite). These points are traditionally coloured black. The Mandelbrot set is the best known example of a fractal - it includes smaller versions of itself which can be explored to arbitrary levels of detail.
- marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage