14-letter words containing a, l, b
- practicability — capable of being done, effected, or put into practice, with the available means; feasible: a practicable solution.
- prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
- pre-bachelor's — an unmarried man.
- predictability — consistent repetition of a state, course of action, behavior, or the like, making it possible to know in advance what to expect: The predictability of their daily lives was both comforting and boring.
- preestablished — to establish beforehand.
- prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
- presentability — that may be presented.
- probabiliorism — the theory that in the case of doubt one should choose the action most likely to be right
- probabiliorist — someone who advocates probabiliorism
- probable cause — reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime, or, in a civil case, that grounds for the action existed: used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution.
- probable error — a quantity formerly used as a measure of variability: equal to 0.6745 times the standard deviation. A normally distributed population has half of its elements within one probable error of the mean.
- processability — capable of being processed.
- proportionable — being in due proportion; proportional.
- protectability — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- public affairs — (used with a plural verb) matters of general interest or concern, especially those dealing with current social or political issues.
- public analyst — a scientist who tests food, water etc to ensure that they are safe
- public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
- public gallery — the gallery in a chamber of Parliament reserved for members of the public who wish to listen to the proceedings
- public holiday — national day off work
- public library — a nonprofit library established for the use of the general public and maintained chiefly by public funds.
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- public statute — public law (def 1).
- public welfare — state aid to the poor
- puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
- purbeck marble — a fossil-rich limestone that takes a high polish: used for building, etc
- qabalistically — Alternative spelling of cabalistically.
- quadrisyllabic — a word or poetic meter with four syllables
- quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
- quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- racing bicycle — a bicycle designed for cycling on roads or taking part in road cycling races
- radiation belt — Van Allen belt.
- ragnar lodbrok — a possibly historical Danish king of the 9th century, the subject of an Old Icelandic saga and of accounts in the Danish history by Saxo Grammaticus: also associated with the story of Sigurd and the Volsungs.
- railway bridge — a bridge built to carry a railway over a road, river, etc
- rainbow-collar — being or of an employee who combines work or experience on the assembly line with more technical or administrative duties; having both blue-collar and white-collar duties or experience.
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rammelsbergite — a mineral, essentially nickel diarsenide, NiAs 2 .
- raster blaster — (hardware, jargon) (Cambridge) Specialised hardware for bitblt operations (a blitter). Allegedly inspired by "Rasta Blasta", British slang for the sort of portable stereo Americans call a "boom box" or "ghetto blaster".
- rateable value — In Britain, the rateable value of a building was a value based on its size and facilities, which was used in calculating local taxes called rates.
- rationalizable — capable of being rationalized
- reasonableness — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- receivableness — the fact or condition of being receivable; receivability
- record library — a collection of records belonging to an individual or an organization, for people to borrow usually without payment
- recoverability — able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.
- rectifiability — the quality or state of being rectifiable
- redeliberation — careful consideration before decision.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
- registrability — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.