14-letter words containing b, e, d, f
- fibrinopeptide — (protein) A polypeptide fragment, cleaved from fibrinogen by thrombin, that combines to form fibrin during blood-clotting.
- fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- fiddler beetle — a black scarab beetle, Eupoecila australasiae, having markings resembling a violin.
- fit to be tied — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- 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.
- food labelling — the practice of providing nutritional information on labels on food packaging
- football field — ground where soccer is played
- forbidden city — a walled section of Peking, built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- founder member — A founder member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
- fraise du bois — a wild strawberry.
- fredericksburg — a city in NE Virginia, on the Rappahannock River: scene of a Confederate victory 1862.
- free as a bird — really free
- freeboard deck — (on a cargo vessel) the uppermost deck officially considered to be watertight: used as the level from which the Plimsoll marks are measured.
- french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
- frequency band — band2 (def 9).
- front side bus — (hardware) (FSB) The bus via which a processor communicates with its RAM and chipset; one half of the Dual Independent Bus (the other half being the backside bus). The L2 cache is usually on the FSB, unless it is on the same chip as the processor [example?]. In PCI systems, the PCI bus runs at half the FSB speed. Altering the FSB speed and the multiplier ratio are the two main ways of overclocking processors.
- get hold of sb — If you get hold of someone, you manage to contact them.
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- hybrid warfare — a military strategy in which conventional warfare is integrated with tactics such as covert operations and cyberattacks
- indefinability — The quality of being indefinable.
- infundibulated — Funnel-shaped.
- land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
- leaf-nosed bat — any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.
- leave feedback — If a guest leaves feedback, they tell you if they enjoyed their stay and what could be improved.
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- man-made fibre — a type of fibre that is made artificially, such as polyester or rayon, rather than occurring naturally, like cotton or wool
- no fixed abode — If someone has no fixed abode, they are homeless.
- non-diffusible — capable of being diffused.
- restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
- right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
- sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
- self-described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- self-published — published independently by the author: self-published books.
- 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.
- unidentifiable — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- user-definable — (of a facility on a computer) that can be defined or varied by the user