14-letter words containing a, b, i, d, e, r
- botanic garden — a place in which plants are grown, studied, and exhibited
- bound variable — (in the functional calculus) a variable occurring in a quantifier and in a sentential function within the scope of the quantifier.
- boundary rider — an employee on a sheep or cattle station whose job is to maintain fences in good repair and to prevent stock from straying
- branched chain — an open chain of atoms with one or more side chains attached to it
- brandy snifter — snifter (def 1).
- brazing solder — an alloy of copper and zinc for joining two metal surfaces by melting the alloy so that it forms a thin layer between the surfaces
- bread poultice — a poultice made from breadcrumbs
- breast-feeding — to nurse (a baby) at the breast; suckle.
- breech-loading — (of a firearm) loaded at the breech
- bridge passage — bridge1 (def 7).
- brood parasite — a young bird hatched and reared by birds of a different species as a result of brood parasitism.
- bucket brigade — a line of persons passing buckets of water along in trying to put out a fire
- building paper — any of various types of heavy-duty paper that usually consist of bitumen reinforced with fibre sandwiched between two sheets of kraft paper: used in damp-proofing or as insulation between the soil and a road surface
- building trade — the economic sector comprising all companies and workers involved in construction
- bulletin board — A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.
- cadmium bronze — an alloy of copper with about 1 percent cadmium.
- cambridge blue — a lightish blue colour
- cambridge lisp — A flavour of Lisp using BCPL. Sources owned by Fitznorman partners.
- cambridgeshire — a county of E England, in East Anglia: includes the former counties of the Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and lies largely in the Fens: Peterborough became an independent unitary authority in 1998. Administrative centre: Cambridge. Pop (excluding Peterborough): 571 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Peterborough): 3068 sq km (184 sq miles)
- carbon dioxide — Carbon dioxide is a gas. It is produced by animals and people breathing out, and by chemical reactions.
- cartridge belt — a belt with pockets for cartridge clips or loops for cartridges
- ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
- clapper bridge — a primitive type of bridge in which planks or slabs of stone rest on piles of stones
- combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
- containerboard — a form of paperboard, either corrugated or solid, that is used to make containers
- contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.
- credit balance — the amount of money that a client of a financial institution has in his or her account, in securities, etc
- creditableness — The state or quality of being creditable.
- cribbage board — a board, with pegs and holes, used for scoring at cribbage
- cyberchondriac — A hypochondriac who researches his/her potential medical condition on the Internet.
- daniel webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- defibrillating — Present participle of defibrillate.
- defibrillation — the application of an electric current to the heart to restore normal rhythmic contractions after the onset of atrial or ventricular fibrillation
- defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
- deflagrability — the state or quality of being deflagrable
- deliberateness — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- deliberatively — having the function of deliberating, as a legislative assembly: a deliberative body.
- deliverability — capable of delivery.
- denumerability — the quality of being countable
- describability — The quality of being describable.
- deurbanization — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- differentiable — capable of being differentiated.
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- discharge tube — gas tube.
- discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
- disembarrassed — Simple past tense and past participle of disembarrass.
- disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance