14-letter words containing b, a, n, s
- disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
- disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
- disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance
- dispensability — capable of being dispensed with or done without; not necessary or essential.
- disposableness — Disposability.
- distributional — an act or instance of distributing.
- do a slow burn — If someone does a slow burn, their angry feelings grow slowly but steadily.
- double bassoon — a bassoon an octave lower in pitch than the ordinary bassoon: the largest and deepest-toned instrument of the oboe class; contrabassoon.
- double harness — harness for a pair of horses.
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- dragon's blood — a deep-red, water-insoluble resin exuding from the fruit of a palm, Daemonorops draco, of the Malay Archipelago, used chiefly in the preparation of varnishes and in photoengraving for protecting certain areas of the metal plate from the acid.
- drainage basin — the area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area. Compare watershed (def 2).
- dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
- drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
- dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
- dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
- dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
- embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
- embarrassments — Plural form of embarrassment.
- establishments — Plural form of establishment.
- ethnobotanists — Plural form of ethnobotanist.
- european bison — a closely related and similar animal, Bison bonasus, formerly widespread in Europe
- exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
- expansion bend — a loop in a pipe conveying hot fluid that provides flexibility which takes up thermal expansion and thus reduces temperature-induced stress in the pipe to an acceptable level
- expansion bolt — a bolt that expands on tightening, enabling it to be secured into an unthreaded hole
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- fabian society — a socialist organization founded in England in 1884, favoring the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means.
- fallen timbers — a battle site on the Maumee River, near present-day Maumee, Ohio, where a confederation of Indian tribes (Northwest Indian Confederation) was defeated by Gen. Anthony Wayne (1794): state park.
- false beginner — a language student who has some knowledge of a language, but who needs to start again from the beginning
- farmers branch — a city in NE Texas.
- fashionability — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- favourableness — The state or condition of being favourable.
- fissionability — capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission: a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material.
- flabbergasting — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flotation bags — bags inflated to keep a spacecraft or helicopter afloat and upright when it lands in the sea
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
- gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
- garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
- get one's back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
- give sb a ring — If you give someone a ring, you phone them.
- globalizations — Plural form of globalization.
- go gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- goose barnacle — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- governableness — The state of being governable.
- grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
- hamilton basso — Hamilton, 1904–64, U.S. journalist and novelist.
- hand's-breadth — handbreadth
- hanging basket — suspended woven container for plants
- hasan al-basri — died 728 ad, Muslim religious thinker