14-letter words containing b, e, a, r, d, s
- brazing solder — an alloy of copper and zinc for joining two metal surfaces by melting the alloy so that it forms a thin layer between the surfaces
- breakfast food — any prepared cereal for breakfast
- breast-feeding — to nurse (a baby) at the breast; suckle.
- bridge passage — bridge1 (def 7).
- broad-spectrum — effective against a wide variety of diseases or microorganisms
- brood parasite — a young bird hatched and reared by birds of a different species as a result of brood parasitism.
- cambridge lisp — A flavour of Lisp using BCPL. Sources owned by Fitznorman partners.
- cambridgeshire — a county of E England, in East Anglia: includes the former counties of the Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and lies largely in the Fens: Peterborough became an independent unitary authority in 1998. Administrative centre: Cambridge. Pop (excluding Peterborough): 571 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Peterborough): 3068 sq km (184 sq miles)
- celebratedness — the quality or condition of being celebrated
- creditableness — The state or quality of being creditable.
- daniel webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- daughterboards — Plural form of daughterboard.
- decarboxylases — Plural form of decarboxylase.
- defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
- deliberateness — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- demonstratable — Alternative form of demonstrable.
- deplorableness — The state or quality of being deplorable.
- describability — The quality of being describable.
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- discharge tube — gas tube.
- discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
- disembarrassed — Simple past tense and past participle of disembarrass.
- disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance
- disequilibrate — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
- disrespectable — not respectable.
- distributaries — Plural form of distributary.
- double harness — harness for a pair of horses.
- double measure — A double measure is a drink that is twice the normal measure.
- doubly serrate — biserrate
- drainage basin — the area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area. Compare watershed (def 2).
- draw the crabs — to attract unwelcome attention
- dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
- drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
- dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
- dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
- flabberghasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabberghast.
- flat-bed press — a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- fraise du bois — a wild strawberry.
- free as a bird — really free
- garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
- girls' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for girls, founded in 1893, with the aim of promoting self-discipline and self-respect
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
- haberdasheries — Plural form of haberdashery.
- hair's breadth — A hair's breadth is a very small degree or amount.
- hair's-breadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.