14-letter words containing b, a, l, d
- sanibel island — an island in the Gulf of Mexico off the SW coast of Florida. 16 sq. mi. (41.5 sq. km).
- scrambled eggs — scrambled eggs are eggs that are mixed together and then cooked in butter.
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
- self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- 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.
- soba (noodles) — Japanese noodles containing buckwheat flour
- 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).
- 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.
- sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
- syllable-timed — having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time.
- tabes dorsalis — syphilis of the spinal cord and its appendages, characterized by shooting pains and other sensory disturbances, and, in the later stages, by paralysis.
- takeout double — informatory double.
- tandem bicycle — a bicycle for two or more persons, having seats and corresponding sets of pedals arranged in tandem, especially popular in the 19th century.
- tax-deductible — noting an item the value or cost of which is deductible from the gross amount on which a tax is calculated.
- thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
- to sweat blood — If you say that someone sweats blood trying to do something, you are emphasizing that they try very hard to do it.
- tubuai islands — a chain of small islands extending about 1400 km (850 miles) in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia; discovered by Captain Cook in 1777; annexed by France in 1880. Pop: 1979 (2002). Area: 173 sq km (67 sq miles)
- umbilical cord — Anatomy. a cord or funicle connecting the embryo or fetus with the placenta of the mother and transporting nourishment from the mother and wastes from the fetus.
- umbrella stand — an upright rack or stand for umbrellas
- undecidability — the quality of being undecidable
- undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed
- undeliberately — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
- understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- understandably — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- undeterminable — capable of being determined.
- undiminishable — unable to be diminished
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- unidentifiable — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- unpremeditable — capable of being premeditated
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- user-definable — (of a facility on a computer) that can be defined or varied by the user
- Ústí nad labem — a port in the Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: textile and chemical industries. Pop: 95 000 (2005 est)
- vegetable dish — a dish designed to serve vegetables from
- vegetable-gold — Also called vegetable gold. a crocus, Crocus sativus, having showy purple flowers.
- venetian blind — a blind, as for a window, having overlapping horizontal slats that may be opened or closed, especially one in which the slats may be raised and drawn together above the window by pulling a cord.
- viola da gamba — an old musical instrument of the viol family, held on or between the knees: superseded by the modern violoncello; bass viol.
- wild buckwheat — umbrella plant (def 3).
- yard-long bean — asparagus bean.