14-letter words containing a, b, s, r, e, i
- daniel webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
- deliberateness — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- describability — The quality of being describable.
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- discharge tube — gas tube.
- discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
- disembarrassed — Simple past tense and past participle of disembarrass.
- disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance
- disequilibrate — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
- disrespectable — not respectable.
- distributaries — Plural form of distributary.
- drainage basin — the area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area. Compare watershed (def 2).
- dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
- drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
- dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
- embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
- erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
- euphorbiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, a family of plants typically having capsular fruits: includes the spurges, the castor oil and cassava plants, cascarilla, and poinsettia
- european bison — a closely related and similar animal, Bison bonasus, formerly widespread in Europe
- extra-base hit — any hit greater than a single; double, triple, or home run
- fallen timbers — a battle site on the Maumee River, near present-day Maumee, Ohio, where a confederation of Indian tribes (Northwest Indian Confederation) was defeated by Gen. Anthony Wayne (1794): state park.
- false beginner — a language student who has some knowledge of a language, but who needs to start again from the beginning
- flabbergasting — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- foreseeability — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- fraise du bois — a wild strawberry.
- free as a bird — really free
- garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
- girls' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for girls, founded in 1893, with the aim of promoting self-discipline and self-respect
- give sb a ring — If you give someone a ring, you phone them.
- grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
- gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
- haberdasheries — Plural form of haberdashery.
- hair's breadth — A hair's breadth is a very small degree or amount.
- hair's-breadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
- heath robinson — (of a mechanical device) absurdly complicated in design and having a simple function
- impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
- inboard brakes — Inboard brakes are brakes located close to the center of the vehicle rather than at the wheel hub.
- incense bearer — a person who carries the censer at religious ceremonies
- inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.