14-letter words containing b, a, s
- 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.
- public statute — public law (def 1).
- puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
- qabalistically — Alternative spelling of cabalistically.
- quadrisyllabic — a word or poetic meter with four syllables
- quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
- queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- rabies vaccine — substance that inoculates against rabies
- radiobroadcast — a broadcast by radio.
- 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
- raise eyebrows — cause surprise
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rammelsbergite — a mineral, essentially nickel diarsenide, NiAs 2 .
- random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
- raspberry bush — a bush on which raspberries grow
- raspberry cane — a long thin stalk on which raspberries grow
- raspberry tart — a fruit tart made with raspberries
- raster blaster — (hardware, jargon) (Cambridge) Specialised hardware for bitblt operations (a blitter). Allegedly inspired by "Rasta Blasta", British slang for the sort of portable stereo Americans call a "boom box" or "ghetto blaster".
- reasonableness — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- receivableness — the fact or condition of being receivable; receivability
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- registrability — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- remarkableness — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- respectability — the state or quality of being respectable.
- respectabilize — to make respectable
- retinoblastoma — Pathology. an inheritable tumor of the eye.
- reverberations — remote or indirect consequences of an action; repercussions
- rewardableness — the quality or state of being rewardable
- rictal bristle — a bristlelike feather growing from the base of a bird's bill.
- road stability — the extent to which a motor vehicle is stable and does not skid, esp at high speeds, or on sharp bends or wet roads
- robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
- ruby-tail wasp — any of various brightly coloured wasps of the family Chrysididae, having a metallic sheen, which parasitize bees and other solitary wasps
- russet burbank — a brown-skinned, oblong potato having a mealy flesh with high starch content.
- sabbath school — Sunday school.
- 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.