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14-letter words containing a, d, b, s, u, r

  • press cupboard — a cupboard of the 16th and 17th centuries having an overhanging top above a recessed cabinet, beneath which is a section of drawers or cabinets.
  • pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
  • pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
  • quadrisyllabic — a word or poetic meter with four syllables
  • quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
  • 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
  • scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
  • shoulder blade — the scapula.
  • shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • slash and burn — Slash and burn is a method of farming that involves clearing land by destroying and burning all the trees and plants on it, farming there for a short time, and then moving on to clear a new piece of land.
  • slash-and-burn — of a method of agriculture used in the tropics, in which forest vegetation is felled and burned, the land is cropped for a few years, then the forest is allowed to reinvade.
  • 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.
  • statutory body — a body set up by the government to consider evidence and make judgements in some field of activity
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • sugar diabetes — diabetes mellitus
  • superabundance — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
  • sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
  • thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
  • umbrella stand — an upright rack or stand for umbrellas
  • un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
  • understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • understandably — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
  • undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
  • unsubordinated — noting or designating a debt obligation whose holder is placed in precedence below secured and general creditors: subordinated debentures.
  • upper sideband — the frequency band above the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
  • urban district — a minor administrative division in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, with local self-government by a district council, but lacking the charter of a borough.
  • user-definable — (of a facility on a computer) that can be defined or varied by the user
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