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

faculty board meeting — a meeting of the governing body of a faculty
from dan to beersheba — from one end of Israel to the other: Judg. 20:1
garden of remembrance — an area of land containing cultivated plants, trees, etc, to commemorate the dead
gas blanketed storage — Gas blanketed storage is the use of gas to fill empty space in a storage tank.
give sb the runaround — If someone gives you the runaround, they deliberately do not give you all the information or help that you want, and send you to another person or place to get it.
goldbach's conjecture — the conjecture that every even number greater than two is the sum of two prime numbers
great st bernard pass — St. Bernard, Great.
hildegard (of bingen) — Saint(1098-1179); Ger. nun, composer, & mystic: her day is Sept. 17
hindu-arabic numerals — Arabic numeral.
in bad/good/etc taste — If you say that something that is said or done is in bad taste or in poor taste, you mean that it is offensive, often because it concerns death or sex and is inappropriate for the situation. If you say that something is in good taste, you mean that it is not offensive and that it is appropriate for the situation.
international brigade — a military force that fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War, consisting of volunteers (predominantly socialists and communists) from many countries
jump on the bandwagon — do sth because it is popular
keyboard send receive — (hardware) (KSR) Part of a designation for a hard-copy terminal, manufactured by Teletype Corporation. The KSR range were lower cost versions of the ASR models.
language-based editor — language-sensitive editor
lap and diagonal belt — A lap and diagonal belt is a strap attached to a seat in a vehicle that extends horizontally in front of the hips and diagonally from the outer shoulder across the chest. You fasten it across your body in order to prevent yourself being thrown out of the seat if there is a sudden movement or stop.
lap and shoulder belt — a car seat belt
leave holding the bag — a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
luck was on sb's side — If you say that luck was on someone's side, you mean that they succeeded in something by chance as well as by their own efforts or ability.
magnificent riflebird — a bird of paradise, Craspedophora magnifica
make (both) ends meet — to manage to keep one's expenses within one's income
make one's blood boil — the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates, in humans consisting of plasma in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended.
male pattern baldness — a pattern of hair loss in males, dependent on the presence of the androgenic hormone testoterone, in which the scalp hair eventually covers only the back of the head and temples.
male-pattern baldness — inherited baldness characterized by the gradual loss of hair from the front or top of the head
maple-leaved viburnum — dockmackie.
nine-banded armadillo — an armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, of the southern U.S. to Argentina, having nine hinged bands of bony plates, the female of which usually gives birth to quadruplets that are always of the same sex.
northumberland strait — the part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence that separates Prince Edward Island from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. About 200 miles (320 km) long; 9–30 miles (15–48 km) wide.
not hold one's breath — If you say that you won't hold your breath, you mean that you do not expect something to happen even though someone has suggested that it might.
pdp assembly language — (language) (PAL) The assembly language for the PDP-8 and PDP-11.
pipelined burst cache — Pipeline Burst Cache
premium savings bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
printed circuit board — a circuit in which the interconnecting conductors and some of the circuit components have been printed, etched, etc., onto a sheet or board of dielectric material (PC board, printed-circuit board)
propantheline bromide — a substance, C 2 3 H 3 0 BrNO 3 , used in the treatment of peptic ulcers.
rayleigh distribution — (mathematics) A curve that yields a good approximation to the actual labour curves on software projects.
sao bernardo do campo — a city in SE Brazil, SE of São Paulo.
sense and sensibility — a novel (1811) by Jane Austen.
serbia and montenegro — a former country in SE Europe, consisting of the republics of Serbia and Montenegro; replaced the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 2003, and dissolved in 2006 following Montenegro’s decision to secede
submerged arc welding — a type of heavy electric-arc welding using mechanically fed bare wire with the arc submerged in powdered flux to keep out oxygen
the break of day/dawn — The break of day or the break of dawn is the time when it begins to grow light after the night.
three-quarter binding — a binding in which the material used for the back extends further over the covers than in half binding.
to be arrayed against — to be opposed to
to be hard luck on sb — to be unfortunate or unlucky for someone
to be in dire straits — to be in a position of acute difficulty
to bend someone's ear — If you say that someone is bending your ear about something, you mean that they keep talking to you about it because they think it is important; used especially when you are irritated by this.
to hit the bookstands — (of a book) to be published
to risk life and limb — If someone risks life and limb, they do something very dangerous that may cause them to die or be seriously injured.
transcendental number — a number that is not a root of any algebraic equation having integral coefficients, as π or e .
undesirable discharge — a discharge under other than honorable conditions of a person from military service by administrative action.
vasco nunez de balboa — Vasco Núñez de [bahs-kaw noo-nyeth th e] /ˈbɑs kɔ ˈnu nyɛθ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1475?–1517, Spanish adventurer and explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513.
with one's bare hands — If someone does something with their bare hands, they do it without using any weapons or tools.

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