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16-letter words containing n, a, b, t, e

  • grant of probate — a certificate stating that a will is valid
  • great blue heron — a large American heron, Ardea herodias, having bluish-gray plumage.
  • green vegetables — green edible plants
  • grin and bear it — to suffer trouble or hardship without complaint
  • ground substance — Also called matrix. the homogeneous substance in which the fibers and cells of connective tissue are embedded.
  • growth substance — any substance, produced naturally by a plant or manufactured commercially, that, in very low concentrations, affects plant growth; a plant hormone
  • have sb to thank — If you say that you have someone to thank for something, you mean that you are grateful to them because they caused it to happen.
  • hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
  • hot and bothered — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
  • huntington beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
  • hydration number — the number of molecules of water with which an ion can combine in an aqueous solution of given concentration.
  • icterine warbler — a European variety of tree warbler (Hippolais icterina )
  • impenetrableness — The quality of being impenetrable.
  • in the same boat — a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
  • inconceivability — (uncountable) The quality of being inconceivable.
  • incontestability — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
  • incontravertable — Misspelling of incontrovertible.
  • incorporated bar — (in some states) a system of bar associations to which all lawyers are required to belong.
  • indefatigability — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
  • indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
  • indian breadroot — breadroot.
  • indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
  • indisputableness — The property of being indisputable.
  • inexhaustibility — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
  • 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.
  • intake of breath — When someone takes an intake of breath, they breathe in quickly and noisily, usually because they are shocked at something.
  • inter-laboratory — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
  • interbehavioural — relating to or involving interbehaviour
  • intercalibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • interest-bearing — paying interest
  • interminableness — The state or condition of being interminable.
  • interoperability — capable of being used or operated reciprocally: interoperable weapons systems.
  • interpretability — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
  • into the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
  • invisible assets — assets that are not physical, such as services or good will
  • isoamyl benzoate — a colorless liquid, C 11 H 15 O 2 , having a sharp, fruitlike odor: used in cosmetics.
  • 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
  • john the baptist — the forerunner and baptizer of Jesus. Matt. 3.
  • kentucky warbler — a wood warbler, Oporornis formosus, of the U.S., olive-green above, yellow below, and marked with black on the face.
  • kit and caboodle — a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit; a sales kit.
  • knowledgeability — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • labour agreement — a contract between workers and managers setting out working conditions, wages, etc
  • 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.
  • labrador current — a cold ocean current flowing southwards off the coast of Labrador and meeting the warm Gulf Stream, causing dense fogs off the coast of Newfoundland
  • labtech notebook — (tool, product)   Commercial data aquisition software.
  • large-print book — a book where the text is printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
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