15-letter words containing b, a, d, s
- distributor cap — the cap of an engine's distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the sparking plugs
- dodecasyllables — Plural form of dodecasyllable.
- dog's breakfast — a disorderly mixture; hodgepodge.
- dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
- double in brass — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- double saucepan — a cooking utensil consisting of two saucepans, one fitting inside the other. The bottom saucepan contains water that, while boiling, gently heats food in the upper pan
- double standard — any code or set of principles containing different provisions for one group of people than for another, especially an unwritten code of sexual behavior permitting men more freedom than women. Compare single standard (def 1).
- double-breasted — (of a coat, jacket, etc.) overlapping sufficiently in front to allow for two rows of buttons.
- doubting thomas — a person who refuses to believe without proof; skeptic. John 20:24–29.
- dribs and drabs — small sporadic amounts
- drop handlebars — aerodynamic handlebars that drop down and curve towards the rider at the ends rather than turning upwards as on conventional bicycles
- dysmorphophobia — an obsessive fear that one's body, or any part of it, is repulsive or may become so
- elastic rebound — a theory of earthquakes that envisages gradual deformation of the fault zone without fault slippage until friction is overcome, when the fault suddenly slips to produce the earthquake
- endocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of dead members of one's own social group, often associated with spiritual beliefs.
- fish and brewis — a Newfoundland dish of cooked salt cod and soaked hard bread
- flatbed scanner — a type of optical scanner having a flat, stationary surface on which a page is scanned by a moving head.
- flesh and blood — offspring or relatives: one's own flesh and blood.
- fob destination — FOB destination is a shipping term indicating that ownership of goods passes at delivery to their destination, and the seller has total responsibility until then.
- gambier islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean, in French Polynesia. Chief settlement: Rikitéa. Pop: 1097 (2002). Area: 30 sq km (11 sq miles)
- garboard strake — the first strake on each side of a keel.
- gaudier-brzeska — Henri (ɑ̃ri), original name Henri Gaudier. 1891–1915, French vorticist sculptor
- gilbert islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific: with Banaba, the Phoenix Islands, and three of the Line Islands they constitute the independent state of Kiribati; until 1975 they formed part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands; achieved full independence in 1979. Pop: 82 902 (2005). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)
- globus pallidus — anatomy: part of the brain
- groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
- guns and butter — a symbol for the economic policy of a government insofar as spending is allocated for either military or social purposes
- hard-shell crab — a crab, especially an edible crab, that has not recently molted and has a hard shell.
- hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
- hendecasyllable — a word or line of verse of 11 syllables.
- horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
- immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
- in a (bad) spot — in a bad situation; in trouble
- in-visible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
- inadmissibility — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
- indefeasibility — The state or quality of being indefeasible, of being incapable of being defeated.
- indisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or corrected by discipline
- indisputability — The property of being indisputable.
- indistributable — of a nature that cannot be distributed
- indomitableness — Quality of being indomitable.
- indoor baseball — softball played indoors.
- indubitableness — The quality of being indubitable.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- insubordination — the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance: The employee was fired for insubordination.
- it's a good job — If you say it's a good thing, or in British English it's a good job, that something is the case, you mean that it is fortunate.
- jubilate-sunday — Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.
- jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
- keyboard skills — ability to input information using a keyboard
- knowledge-based — characterized by the dominance of information services as an area of growth
- labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
- ladies'-tobacco — pussy-toes.
- lady's bedstraw — a Eurasian rubiaceous plant, Galium verum, with clusters of small yellow flowers