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14-letter words containing a, b, n, d, o, s

  • formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
  • hold sb's hand — If you ask someone to hold your hand at an event that you are worried about, you ask them to support you by being there with you.
  • inboard brakes — Inboard brakes are brakes located close to the center of the vehicle rather than at the wheel hub.
  • inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
  • inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
  • indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
  • indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
  • indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
  • indiscoverable — not discoverable.
  • insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
  • know backwards — to understand completely
  • 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
  • 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.
  • leopard's-bane — any composite plant of the genus Doronicum, of Europe and Asia, having alternate, usually clasping leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
  • mills-and-boon — of or relating to novels by the British publisher Mills and Boon, esp in being romantic or sexual in nature
  • nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
  • news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
  • non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
  • non-admissible — that may be allowed or conceded; allowable: an admissible plan.
  • non-subsidiary — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
  • noncondensable — lacking the ability to be condensed
  • nonestablished — without the official support of the government
  • nuts and bolts — the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job.
  • 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.
  • pardonableness — the quality or state of being pardonable
  • porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
  • pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
  • random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
  • san bernardino — a city in S California.
  • sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
  • sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
  • 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.
  • skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
  • soba (noodles) — Japanese noodles containing buckwheat flour
  • sounding board — a thin, resonant plate of wood forming part of a musical instrument, and so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tone.
  • springboarding — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
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