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14-letter words containing b, a, l, e, t, o

  • cyclobarbitone — a barbiturate derivative drug used as a sedative and hypnotic
  • cyclobutadiene — (organic compound) The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C4H4 that is the smallest annulene.
  • decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
  • defibrillation — the application of an electric current to the heart to restore normal rhythmic contractions after the onset of atrial or ventricular fibrillation
  • defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
  • dehabilitation — (sociology) The process of social estrangement and progressive loosening of social bonds between an individual and his family and society as a result of long-term residence in an institution.
  • demobilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of demobilization.
  • demobilization — to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
  • demonstratable — Alternative form of demonstrable.
  • developability — to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state: to develop natural resources; to develop one's musical talent.
  • discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
  • discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
  • double feature — a motion-picture program consisting of two films shown one after the other for the price of a single ticket.
  • doubly serrate — biserrate
  • draw-out table — draw table.
  • draw-top table — a table that can be extended by sliding one or more additional leaves into place
  • enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
  • erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
  • ethnobotanical — Of or pertaining to ethnobotany.
  • expansion bolt — a bolt that expands on tightening, enabling it to be secured into an unthreaded hole
  • exploitability — The state or condition of being exploitable.
  • fallopian tube — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
  • fibrocartilage — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
  • fonthill abbey — a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire: rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
  • football field — ground where soccer is played
  • foreseeability — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
  • gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
  • ghetto blaster — a large, powerful portable radio, especially as carried and played by a pedestrian or used outdoors in an urban area.
  • globe amaranth — a plant, Gomphrena globosa, native to the Old World tropics, having dense heads of variously colored flowers that retain their color when cut.
  • goliath beetle — any very large tropical scarabaeid beetle of the genus Goliathus, esp G. giganteus of Africa, which may grow to a length of 20 centimetres
  • gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
  • health problem — ailment or disorder
  • hemimetabolism — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
  • holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
  • hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
  • hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
  • hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
  • ibm compatible — (computer)   A computer which can use hardware and software designed for the IBM PC (or, less often, IBM mainframes). This was once a key phrase in marketing a new PC clone but now in 1998 is rarely used, the non-IBM wintel personal computer manufacturers such as Compaq, Dell and Gateway 2000 and OS vendor Microsoft having taken control of the market, marginalising IBM.
  • incontrollable — uncontrollable.
  • indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
  • indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
  • indirect labor — labor performed, as by maintenance and clerical workers, that is not considered in computing costs per unit of production.
  • insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
  • interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
  • into the black — into a profitable condition financially
  • intolerability — not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
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