14-letter words containing b, a, u, e
- hague tribunal — the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- handbrake turn — a turn sharply reversing the direction of a vehicle by speedily applying the handbrake while turning the steering wheel
- harbour master — an official in charge of a harbour
- harriet tubman — Harriet (Araminta) 1820?–1913, U.S. abolitionist: escaped slave and leader of the Underground Railroad; served as a Union scout during Civil War.
- have bought it — to be killed
- helium balloon — a balloon that is filled with helium and rises up into the air if not held
- hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
- hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
- herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.
- holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
- homeward bound — going home
- honourableness — Alternative spelling of honorableness.
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- humpback whale — a large whalebone whale of the genus Megaptera having long narrow flippers, and noted for its habit of arching deeply as it dives: once abundant in coastal waters, it is now rare but its numbers are increasing.
- husein ibn-ali — 1856–1931, 1st king of Hejaz 1916–24.
- image-building — improving the brand image or public image of something or someone by good public relations, advertising, etc
- imperturbation — freedom from perturbation; tranquillity; calmness.
- incommunicable — incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
- inculpableness — The quality of being inculpable; blamelessness.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- ineluctability — The state or condition of being ineluctable.
- infundibulated — Funnel-shaped.
- innumerability — The state of being innumerable.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- interbehaviour — interaction between multiple individuals
- intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance
- irregular verb — verb with non-standard past tense
- irresuscitable — incapable of being resuscitated
- irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
- james buchanan — James, 1791–1868, 15th president of the U.S. 1857–61.
- job evaluation — the analysis of the relationship between jobs in an organization: often used as a basis for a wages structure
- journal bronze — an alloy of about 83 percent copper, 13 percent tin, 3 percent zinc, and 1 percent lead.
- kealakekua bay — a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the W (Kona) coast of Hawaii Island: Capt. James Cook was killed here 1779.
- keep sb amused — If you keep someone amused, you find things to do which stop them getting bored.
- khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
- kuznetsk basin — an industrial region in the S Russian Federation in Asia: coal fields.
- labour of love — If you do something as a labour of love, you do it because you really want to and not because of any reward you might get for it, even though it involves hard work.
- lake bangweulu — a shallow lake in NE Zambia, discovered by David Livingstone, who died there in 1873. Area: about 9850 sq km (3800 sq miles), including swamps
- lamb's lettuce — corn salad.
- land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- leaf butterfly — any of various butterflies of the genus Kallima, of southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia, having wings that resemble dead leaves.
- leafcutter bee — any of various solitary bees of the genus Megachile that nest in soil or rotten wood, constructing the cells in which they lay their eggs from pieces of leaf
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- leukocytoblast — the precursor cell to a mature leukocyte
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy