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14-letter words containing b, a, s

  • objective-case — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
  • obligatoriness — The quality or state of being obligatory.
  • octosyllabical — Alternative form of octosyllabic.
  • okavango basin — a river in SW central Africa, rising in central Angola and flowing southeast, then east as part of the border between Angola and Namibia, then southeast across the Caprivi Strip into Botswana to form a great marsh known as the Okavango Basin, Delta or Swamp. Length: about 1600 km (1000 miles)
  • omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
  • on sb's behalf — If you do something on someone's behalf, you do it for that person as their representative.
  • opisthobranchs — Plural form of opisthobranch.
  • or thereabouts — You add or thereabouts after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate.
  • orange blossom — the white flower of an orange tree, especially of the genus Citrus, much used in wreaths, bridal bouquets, etc.: the state flower of Florida.
  • orbital sander — a sander that uses a section of sandpaper clamped to a metal pad that moves at high speed in a very narrow orbit, driven by an electric motor.
  • orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
  • over sb's head — If someone does something over another person's head, they do it without asking them or discussing it with them, especially when they should do so because the other person is in a position of authority.
  • over-ambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
  • paddock-basher — a vehicle suited to driving on rough terrain
  • palaebiologist — a person who studies or is an expert in palaebiology
  • paleobiologist — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
  • pardonableness — the quality or state of being pardonable
  • pas de bourree — a short running step.
  • pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
  • pebble glasses — spectacles with round thick lenses with a high degree of magnification
  • peck's bad boy — the mischievous boy in a series of newspaper stories and collected volumes by the American newspaperman and humorist George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916).
  • pedestal basin — a wash-hand basin supported by a pedestal
  • pedestal table — a table supported upon a central shaft, or upon several shafts along its centerline, each resting upon a spreading foot or feet.
  • penetrableness — the state of being penetrable; the capacity to be penetrated
  • persian blinds — persiennes
  • peso boliviano — a nickel-clad steel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the boliviano in 1963.
  • phallic symbol — any object, as a cigar or skyscraper, that may broadly resemble or represent the penis, especially such an object that symbolizes power, as an automobile.
  • piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
  • plastic bullet — A plastic bullet is a large bullet made of plastic, which is intended to make people stop rioting, rather than to kill people.
  • pleasurability — the characteristic of being pleasurable
  • plumber's mate — a person who helps a plumber do his or her job
  • pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
  • poikiloblastic — (of metamorphic rocks) having small grains of one mineral embedded in metacrysts of another mineral.
  • poppaea sabina — died a.d. 65? second wife of the Roman emperor Nero.
  • porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
  • post-breakfast — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
  • postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
  • pre-bachelor's — an unmarried man.
  • preestablished — to establish beforehand.
  • presentability — that may be presented.
  • press cupboard — a cupboard of the 16th and 17th centuries having an overhanging top above a recessed cabinet, beneath which is a section of drawers or cabinets.
  • pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
  • probabiliorism — the theory that in the case of doubt one should choose the action most likely to be right
  • probabiliorist — someone who advocates probabiliorism
  • probable cause — reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime, or, in a civil case, that grounds for the action existed: used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution.
  • processability — capable of being processed.
  • progress board — a department of an organization, company, etc, that oversees and ensures progress, advance or development
  • pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
  • pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
  • public affairs — (used with a plural verb) matters of general interest or concern, especially those dealing with current social or political issues.
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