14-letter words containing b, a, s, i, n
- postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
- presentability — that may be presented.
- pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
- public analyst — a scientist who tests food, water etc to ensure that they are safe
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- rabies vaccine — substance that inoculates against rabies
- rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
- rainbow series — (publication) Any of several series of technical manuals distinguished by cover colour. The original rainbow series was the NCSC security manuals (see Orange Book, crayola books); the term has also been commonly applied to the PostScript reference set (see Red Book, Green Book, Blue Book, White Book). Which books are meant by ""the" rainbow series" unqualified is thus dependent on one's local technical culture.
- rainbow wrasse — a brightly coloured Mediterranean fish ( Coris julis) of the Labridae family
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- receivableness — the fact or condition of being receivable; receivability
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- retinoblastoma — Pathology. an inheritable tumor of the eye.
- reverberations — remote or indirect consequences of an action; repercussions
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- sanibel island — an island in the Gulf of Mexico off the SW coast of Florida. 16 sq. mi. (41.5 sq. km).
- scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
- 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.
- 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.
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- 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.
- spanish arabic — the Arabic language as used in Spain during the period of Moorish domination and influence, c900–1500. Abbreviation: SpAr.
- spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
- specbase_int92 — A variant of SPECint92 that reports "baseline" results, using stricter run rules.
- 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.
- 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.
- spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
- spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.