14-letter words containing a, b, s
- irreplevisable — not replevisable; not capable of being replevied.
- irrestrainable — That cannot be restrained.
- irresuscitable — incapable of being resuscitated
- irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
- irritabilities — Plural form of irritability.
- isabela island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, off the W coast of South America: the largest of the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. 2250 sq. mi. (5827 sq. km).
- jacob's ladder — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. caeruleum (or P. van-bruntiae), having blue, cup-shaped flowers and paired leaflets in a ladderlike arrangement.
- jacobite glass — an English drinking glass of the late 17th or early 18th century, engraved with Jacobite mottoes and symbols.
- james breasted — James Henry, 1865–1935, U.S. archaeologist and historian of ancient Egypt.
- james buchanan — James, 1791–1868, 15th president of the U.S. 1857–61.
- jersey barrier — a type of concrete barricade used especially as a highway divider to protect each side from traffic crossing over.
- john constable — John, 1776–1837, English painter.
- justiciability — (legal): The ability of a subject matter to be evaluated and resolved by a court.
- justifiability — capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.
- kabalega falls — rapids on the lower Victoria Nile, about 35 km (22 miles) east of Lake Albert, where the Nile drops 120 m (400 ft)
- keep sb amused — If you keep someone amused, you find things to do which stop them getting bored.
- king of beasts — the lion.
- 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).
- kuznetsk basin — an industrial region in the S Russian Federation in Asia: coal fields.
- labor unionist — unionist (def 2).
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- labyrinth fish — any of several freshwater fishes of the order Labyrinthi, found in southeastern Asia and Africa, having a labyrinthine structure above each gill chamber enabling them to breathe air while out of water.
- lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
- lake athabaska — a lake in W Canada, in NW Saskatchewan and NE Alberta. Area: about 7770 sq km (3000 sq miles)
- lamb's lettuce — corn salad.
- lamentableness — The state or characteristic of being lamentable.
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- lay sb to rest — If you say that someone who has died is laid to rest, you mean that they are buried.
- 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.
- lee's birthday — Jan. 19, Robert E. Lee's birthday, a legal holiday in several Southern states
- leibnitz's law — the principle that two expressions satisfy exactly the same predicates if and only if they both refer to the same subject
- leopard's-bane — any composite plant of the genus Doronicum, of Europe and Asia, having alternate, usually clasping leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
- les miserables — a novel (1862) by Victor Hugo.
- leukocytoblast — the precursor cell to a mature leukocyte
- liability suit — a claim for damages based on the plaintiff's claim of the defendant's liability
- liberalisation — (British) alternative spelling of liberalization.
- libertarianism — a person who advocates liberty, especially with regard to thought or conduct.
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
- lombard street — a street in London, England: a financial center.
- lower sideband — the frequency band below the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
- macrobiologist — One who studies macrobiology.
- macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
- magdeburg laws — the local laws of the city of Magdeburg, which were adopted by many European cities in the middle ages
- make a stab at — to make an attempt at
- make one's bed — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- manageableness — The state of being manageable; tractableness; docility.
- 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.
- marketableness — The state or quality of being marketable.
- marmalade bush — a shrub, Streptosolen jamesonii, of the nightshade family, native to South America, bearing showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers, grown as an ornamental or houseplant.