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14-letter words containing a, l, b

  • screen blanker — screen saver
  • scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
  • self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
  • self-abasement — humiliation of oneself, especially as a result of guilt, shame, or the like.
  • self-stability — the state or quality of being stable.
  • semi-permeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • serviceability — capable of or being of service; useful.
  • shabby-genteel — trying to maintain dignity and self-respect despite shabbiness.
  • shabby-looking — appearing old and in bad condition
  • 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.
  • sidi-bel-abbes — a city in NW Algeria.
  • 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.
  • slave bracelet — a braceletlike, ornamental circlet or chain worn around the ankle.
  • snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
  • snowflake baby — a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
  • soba (noodles) — Japanese noodles containing buckwheat flour
  • social climber — a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
  • solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
  • soluble tablet — A soluble tablet is a tablet that is designed to be dissolved in water before it is swallowed.
  • somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • somoza debayle — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1925–80, Nicaraguan army officer, businessman, and political leader: president 1967–72, 1974–79 (brother of Luis Somoza Debayle).
  • special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
  • spiral binding — a binding, as for a notebook or booklet, in which the pages are fastened together by a spiral of wire or plastic that coils through a series of holes punched along one side of each page and the front and back covers.
  • spring balance — a device in which an object to be weighed is attached to the end of a helical spring, the extension of which indicates the weight of the object on a calibrated scale
  • squash-blossom — indicating or pertaining to a design or configuration resembling the flower of the squash plant, especially as found in jewelry made by various American Indians.
  • st. marylebone — former metropolitan borough of London: since 1965, part of Westminster
  • stability ball — a firm, very large, usually inflatable ball used in various exercises, chiefly to strengthen the back, pelvis, and abdominal muscles.
  • stability pact — an agreement between the member states of the EU which have joined the single currency, the aim of which is to secure the currency's stability by imposing fines on member states whose budget deficits exceed 3 per cent of their gross domestic product
  • stabilizer bar — a horizontal metal bar linking the two front suspension systems of an automobile, used to reduce swaying or rolling.
  • starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
  • starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
  • stealth bomber — a type of US military aircraft using advanced technology to render it virtually undetectable to sight, radar, or infrared sensors
  • streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
  • stretchability — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
  • stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
  • sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
  • sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
  • subcutaneously — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
  • subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
  • subjectability — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
  • subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
  • substantialism — the doctrine that substantial noumena exist as a basis for phenomena.
  • substantiality — of ample or considerable amount, quantity, size, etc.: a substantial sum of money.
  • substantialize — to make or become substantial or actual
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