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

  • noncondensable — lacking the ability to be condensed
  • nonestablished — without the official support of the government
  • nonpredictable — Not predictable.
  • northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
  • nudibranchiate — nudibranch.
  • obedient plant — false dragonhead.
  • open to debate — If you say that a matter is open to debate, you mean that people have different opinions about it, or it has not yet been firmly decided.
  • orbital sander — a sander that uses a section of sandpaper clamped to a metal pad that moves at high speed in a very narrow orbit, driven by an electric motor.
  • ordinal number — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
  • over and above — above in place or position: the roof over one's head.
  • over-abundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
  • painted beauty — a butterfly, Vanessa virginiensis, having brownish-black and orange wings, the hind wings each having two eyespots.
  • pardonableness — the quality or state of being pardonable
  • pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
  • pedestal basin — a wash-hand basin supported by a pedestal
  • penalty double — business double.
  • persian blinds — persiennes
  • porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
  • prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
  • pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
  • quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
  • radiation belt — Van Allen belt.
  • rainbow bridge — a natural stone bridge in S Utah: a national monument. 290 feet (88 meters) high; 275 feet (84 meters) span.
  • rainbow darter — a stout darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, inhabiting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages, the spawning male of which has the sides marked with oblique blue bars with red interspaces.
  • random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
  • record cabinet — a piece of furniture like a cupboard, designed to hold or display vinyl records stacked on their side
  • redeliberation — careful consideration before decision.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • rewardableness — the quality or state of being rewardable
  • roller bandage — a long bandage rolled into a cylinder
  • roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
  • roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
  • saddle blanket — a saddle-shaped pad, as of felt or sheepskin, placed beneath the saddle to prevent it from irritating the horse's skin.
  • saint benedict — Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
  • san bernardino — a city in S California.
  • sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
  • sanibel island — an island in the Gulf of Mexico off the SW coast of Florida. 16 sq. mi. (41.5 sq. km).
  • scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
  • second baseman — the player whose position is second base.
  • second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
  • secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
  • self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • skin and bones — a condition or state of extreme thinness, usually the result of malnutrition; emaciation: Anorexia had reduced her to skin and bones.
  • soba (noodles) — Japanese noodles containing buckwheat flour
  • spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.
  • subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • substantivized — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
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