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14-letter words containing b, a, h, e, i

  • methaemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
  • multichambered — comprising or involving several chambers
  • non perishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
  • nonbehavioural — not related to or concerned with behaviour
  • nonestablished — without the official support of the government
  • noninheritable — Not inheritable.
  • nudibranchiate — nudibranch.
  • oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
  • phenobarbitone — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
  • phenylcarbinol — benzyl alcohol.
  • phi beta kappa — a national honor society, founded in 1776, whose members are chosen, for lifetime membership, usually from among college undergraduates of high academic distinction.
  • pitched battle — a battle in which the orderly arrangement of armed forces and the location have been predetermined.
  • port elizabeth — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
  • preestablished — to establish beforehand.
  • rehabilitation — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • rehabilitative — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • rhombic aerial — a directional travelling-wave aerial, usually horizontal, consisting of two conductors each forming a pair of adjacent sides of a rhombus
  • right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
  • sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
  • scheme library — (library)   (SLIB) A portable Scheme library providing compatibiliy and utility functions for all standard Scheme implementations. Version 2c5 supports Bigloo, Chez, ELK, GAMBIT, MacScheme, MITScheme, PocketScheme, RScheme, Scheme->C, Scheme48, SCM, SCSH, T3.1, UMB-Scheme, and VSCM.
  • scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • shooting brake — station wagon.
  • siberian husky — one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs.
  • sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
  • 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.
  • square-bashing — drill on a barrack square
  • 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.
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • terebinthinate — of, relating to, or resembling turpentine.
  • the beatitudes — the pronouncements in the Sermon on the Mount, which begin “Blessed are the poor in spirit”: Matt. 5:3-12
  • the black isle — a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths
  • the ice blacks — the international ice hockey team of New Zealand
  • the inevitable — something that is unavoidable
  • the mabinogion — a collection of Welsh tales based on old Celtic legends and mythology in which magic and the supernatural play a large part
  • the-bostonians — a novel (1886) by Henry James.
  • the-mabinogion — a collection of medieval Welsh romances that were translated (1838–49) by Lady Charlotte Guest.
  • thermolability — the state of being unstable or subject to transformation or destruction when heated
  • three-base hit — triple (def 7).
  • thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
  • trichobacteria — filamentous bacteria
  • turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
  • undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • undiminishable — unable to be diminished
  • unvanquishable — not able to be vanquished or overcome; unconquerable; undefeatable
  • variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
  • vegetable dish — a dish designed to serve vegetables from
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