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14-letter words containing a, b, n, d, e

  • indeliberately — done without care; special planning or deliberation; unintentional.
  • indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
  • indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
  • indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
  • indeterminable — not determinable; incapable of being ascertained.
  • indeterminably — In an indeterminable manner.
  • indirect labor — labor performed, as by maintenance and clerical workers, that is not considered in computing costs per unit of production.
  • indiscoverable — not discoverable.
  • indispensables — Plural form of indispensable.
  • infundibulated — Funnel-shaped.
  • insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
  • invisible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
  • isabela island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, off the W coast of South America: the largest of the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. 2250 sq. mi. (5827 sq. km).
  • 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).
  • labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
  • land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
  • landing beacon — a radio transmitter that emits a landing beam
  • laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
  • lead carbonate — a white crystalline compound, PbCO 3 , toxic when inhaled, insoluble in water and alcohol: used as an exterior paint pigment.
  • 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.
  • leavened bread — bread that contains a raising agent, such as yeast
  • left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
  • lemonade berry — a sumac, Rhus integrifolia, of southern California, having hairy, dark-red fruits used to make a beverage resembling lemonade.
  • leopard's-bane — any composite plant of the genus Doronicum, of Europe and Asia, having alternate, usually clasping leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
  • liberal-minded — espousing liberal views and policies
  • liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy
  • living bandage — a method of treating severe burns or other skin injuries in which cultured cells grown from a sample of the patient's own skin are applied to the wound in order to stimulate new cell growth and avoid problems of graft rejection
  • lower sideband — the frequency band below the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
  • make one's bed — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
  • make-and-break — noting or pertaining to a device, operated by an electric current, for automatically opening or closing a circuit once it has been closed or opened by a mechanical springlike device, as in a doorbell.
  • man-made fibre — a type of fibre that is made artificially, such as polyester or rayon, rather than occurring naturally, like cotton or wool
  • 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.
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
  • merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
  • mistranscribed — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
  • mobile command — the Canadian army and other land forces
  • natural bridge — a natural limestone bridge in western Virginia. 215 feet (66 meters) high; 90 feet (27 meters) span.
  • nebuchadnezzar — Also, Nebuchadrezzar [neb-uh-kuh d-rez-er, neb-yoo-] /ˌnɛb ə kədˈrɛz ər, ˌnɛb yʊ-/ (Show IPA). a king of Babylonia, 604?–561? b.c., and conqueror of Jerusalem. II Kings 24, 25.
  • needle bearing — an antifriction roller bearing in which long rollers of very small diameter fill the race without a cage to provide spacers between them
  • neubrandenburg — a city in Mecklenburg–West Pomerania, in NE Germany.
  • news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
  • no fixed abode — If someone has no fixed abode, they are homeless.
  • non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
  • non-admissible — that may be allowed or conceded; allowable: an admissible plan.
  • non-deliberate — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
  • non-indictable — liable to being indicted, as a person.
  • non-repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
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