16-letter words containing a, b, s, e, d, l
- distributive law — a theorem asserting that one operator can validly be distributed over another
- division algebra — a linear algebra in which each element of the vector space has a multiplicative inverse.
- double monastery — a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.
- double solitaire — a game of solitaire for two persons, each player usually having a pack and layout but pooling foundations with the opponent.
- double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
- drop a bombshell — If someone drops a bombshell, they give you a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
- false beechdrops — either of two parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, especially the tawny or reddish M. hypopithys (false beechdrops) of eastern North America.
- fancy dress ball — a ball at which the guests wear fancy dress
- flat-bed scanner — a type of optical scanner having a flat, stationary surface on which a page is scanned by a moving head.
- fundamental bass — a bass consisting of the roots of the chords employed.
- garbage disposal — A garbage disposal or a garbage disposal unit is a small machine in the kitchen sink that breaks down waste matter so that it does not block the sink.
- hendecasyllables — Plural form of hendecasyllable.
- horsehead nebula — a dark nebula in the constellation Orion, composed of opaque cosmic dust and resembling the head of a horse.
- indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
- indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
- indisputableness — The property of being indisputable.
- invisible shadow — (in architectural shades and shadows) a three-dimensional space occupied by the shadow projected by a solid and within which a surface is in shadow.
- irremediableness — The state or quality of being irremediable.
- lead by the nose — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- leaps and bounds — You can use in leaps and bounds or by leaps and bounds to emphasize that someone or something is improving or increasing quickly and greatly.
- long-established — having a long history; old
- medulloblastomas — Plural form of medulloblastoma.
- nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
- pass-band filter — band-pass filter
- pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).
- reasonable doubt — law: grounds for believing sb is innocent
- redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.
- rhythm and blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
- rhythm-and-blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
- sandlot baseball — a form of baseball played by children on an area of vacant ground
- sebaceous glands — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
- self-abandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
- shoot-to-disable — of or relating to shooting by soldiers or police that is intended to disable rather than kill
- single-barrelled — (of a firearm) having a single barrel
- sodium bisulfate — a colorless crystalline compound, NaHSO 4 , soluble in water: used in dyeing, in the manufacture of cement, paper, soap, and an acid-type cleaner.
- spectacled cobra — Indian cobra.
- stalked puffball — a puffball-like mushroom of the genus Tulestoma, maturing in early winter.
- strawberry blond — reddish blond.
- sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
- tell one's beads — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- the barren lands — a region of tundra in N Canada, extending westwards from Hudson Bay: sparsely inhabited, chiefly by Inuit
- the war-disabled — those people who have been disabled by war
- under bare poles — (of a sailing vessel) with no sails set
- ununderstandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- well-established — permanently founded; settled; firmly set: a well-established business; a well-established habit.