14-letter words containing b, a, n
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
- running battle — When two groups of people fight a running battle, they keep attacking each other in various parts of a place.
- russet burbank — a brown-skinned, oblong potato having a mealy flesh with high starch content.
- saber rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- saber-rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- sabermetrician — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- sable antelope — a large antelope, Hippotragus niger, of Africa, with long, saberlike horns and, in the male, a black coat: an endangered species.
- sabre-rattling — If you describe a threat, especially a threat of military action, as sabre-rattling, you do not believe that the threat will actually be carried out.
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- saddle blanket — a saddle-shaped pad, as of felt or sheepskin, placed beneath the saddle to prevent it from irritating the horse's skin.
- saint benedict — Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
- saint boniface — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- san bernardino — a city in S California.
- sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
- sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- sanibel island — an island in the Gulf of Mexico off the SW coast of Florida. 16 sq. mi. (41.5 sq. km).
- saxe-altenburg — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
- scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- screen blanker — screen saver
- scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
- second baseman — the player whose position is second base.
- second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
- self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
- self-abasement — humiliation of oneself, especially as a result of guilt, shame, or the like.
- semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
- semimembranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- serbo-croatian — a Slavic language spoken in Serbia and Croatia, usually written with Cyrillic letters in Serbia but with Roman letters in Croatia.
- sergeant baker — a large brightly-coloured fish of the genus Latropiscis, found in temperate reef waters of Australasia
- serpent bearer — the constellation Ophiuchus.
- shabby-genteel — trying to maintain dignity and self-respect despite shabbiness.
- shabby-looking — appearing old and in bad condition
- 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.
- skin and bones — a condition or state of extreme thinness, usually the result of malnutrition; emaciation: Anorexia had reduced her to skin and bones.
- skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
- 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.
- smash-and-grab — A smash-and-grab is a robbery in which a person breaks a shop window, takes the things that are on display there, and runs away with them.
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- snowflake baby — a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
- soba (noodles) — Japanese noodles containing buckwheat flour
- solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
- somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- son of a bitch — a contemptible or thoroughly disagreeable person; scoundrel.
- sounding board — a thin, resonant plate of wood forming part of a musical instrument, and so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tone.
- south suburban — a city in SE West Bengal, in E India: a suburb of Calcutta.