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14-letter words containing b, e, a, d, s

  • random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • removable disk — removable hard disk
  • rewardableness — the quality or state of being rewardable
  • roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
  • 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.
  • san bernardino — a city in S California.
  • 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).
  • saut de basque — a jump in which the dancer turns in the air while keeping the foot of one leg drawn up to the knee of the other.
  • scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
  • scrambled eggs — scrambled eggs are eggs that are mixed together and then cooked in butter.
  • scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
  • 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.
  • secretary bird — a large, long-legged, raptorial bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, of Africa, that feeds on reptiles.
  • self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • 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.
  • shoulder blade — the scapula.
  • shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
  • sidi-bel-abbes — a city in NW Algeria.
  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • skin and bones — a condition or state of extreme thinness, usually the result of malnutrition; emaciation: Anorexia had reduced her to skin and bones.
  • soba (noodles) — Japanese noodles containing buckwheat flour
  • somoza debayle — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1925–80, Nicaraguan army officer, businessman, and political leader: president 1967–72, 1974–79 (brother of Luis Somoza Debayle).
  • 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.
  • subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • substantivized — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
  • sugar diabetes — diabetes mellitus
  • superabundance — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
  • sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
  • syllable-timed — having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time.
  • tabes dorsalis — syphilis of the spinal cord and its appendages, characterized by shooting pains and other sensory disturbances, and, in the later stages, by paralysis.
  • tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
  • the beatitudes — the pronouncements in the Sermon on the Mount, which begin “Blessed are the poor in spirit”: Matt. 5:3-12
  • thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
  • to sweat blood — If you say that someone sweats blood trying to do something, you are emphasizing that they try very hard to do it.
  • trade barriers — any regulation or policy that restricts international trade, especially tariffs, quotas, etc.
  • umbrella stand — an upright rack or stand for umbrellas
  • un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed
  • undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
  • understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • understandably — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • undiminishable — unable to be diminished
  • undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
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