16-letter words containing a, d, i, b
- tibetan buddhism — the form of Mahayana Buddhism that developed and is practiced primarily in Tibet and some nearby nations: its spiritual leader is the Dalai Lama
- to overabound in — to have or contain too large a quantity or number of something
- tobacco industry — business of selling smoking products
- tridarn cupboard — a Welsh cupboard of the late 17th and 18th centuries, with an open, canopied upper section for display.
- tungsten carbide — a very hard, black or gray compound of tungsten and carbon, used in the manufacture of cutting and abrasion tools, dies, and wear-resistant machine parts.
- turn a blind eye — pretend not to see sth
- type ii diabetes — diabetes (def 4).
- typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
- uncontradictable — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- undifferentiable — capable of being differentiated.
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- unpredictability — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- verbal adjective — an adjective derived from a verb, as, in English, smiling in smiling eyes, or, in Greek, batós “going,” “moving,” derived from baínen “to go,” “to move.”.
- verbal diarrhoea — a tendency to speak at excessive length
- viola da braccio — an old musical instrument of the viol family, held against the shoulder like a violin: superseded by the modern viola.
- vulcanized fiber — a leatherlike substance made by compression of layers of paper or cloth that have been treated with acids or zinc chloride, used chiefly for electric insulation.
- well-established — permanently founded; settled; firmly set: a well-established business; a well-established habit.
- wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around
- white-haired boy — a favourite; darling
- william bradford — Gamaliel, 1863–1932, U.S. biographer and novelist.
- woodland caribou — a variety of caribou inhabiting the bogs and forests of eastern Canada, having large, palmate antlers.