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16-letter words containing b, e, d, l

  • flamborough head — a chalk promontory in NE England, on the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire
  • flat-bed plotter — a mechanized drafting device, usually computer driven, incorporating a moving pen whose horizontal and vertical range in two dimensions is limited only by the size of the bed of the device.
  • flat-bed scanner — a type of optical scanner having a flat, stationary surface on which a page is scanned by a moving head.
  • flatheaded borer — the larva of a metallic wood-boring beetle, having an expanded and flattened anterior end.
  • four-deal bridge — a version of bridge in which four hands only are played, the players then cutting for new partners
  • freeboard length — the length of a vessel, measured on the summer load line from the fore side of the stem to some part of the stern, usually the after side of the rudderpost.
  • fundamental bass — a bass consisting of the roots of the chords employed.
  • gabriel, richard — Richard Gabriel
  • garbage disposal — A garbage disposal or a garbage disposal unit is a small machine in the kitchen sink that breaks down waste matter so that it does not block the sink.
  • gibberellic acid — a gibberellin C 18 H 21 O 4 COOH, produced as a metabolite by the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi, used as a stimulator of plant growth.
  • gingerbread palm — doom palm.
  • gingerbread plum — a tree, Neocarya macrophylla, of western Africa, bearing a large, edible, starchy fruit.
  • goldsmith beetle — a brilliant golden scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, of Europe.
  • hendecasyllables — Plural form of hendecasyllable.
  • hold a brief for — to argue for; champion
  • horsehead nebula — a dark nebula in the constellation Orion, composed of opaque cosmic dust and resembling the head of a horse.
  • humboldt current — a cold Pacific Ocean current flowing N along the coasts of Chile and Peru.
  • hyaloid membrane — the delicate, pellucid, and nearly structureless membrane enclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.
  • hybrid perpetual — a type of cultivated rose bred from varieties having vigorous growth and more or less recurrent bloom.
  • indefatigability — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
  • indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
  • indigestibleness — The quality of being indigestible.
  • indiscernibility — The state or characteristic of being indiscernible; inability to be observed.
  • indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
  • indisputableness — The property of being indisputable.
  • indissolubleness — The quality of being indissoluble.
  • indivisibilities — not divisible; not separable into parts; incapable of being divided: one nation indivisible.
  • invisible shadow — (in architectural shades and shadows) a three-dimensional space occupied by the shadow projected by a solid and within which a surface is in shadow.
  • irremediableness — The state or quality of being irremediable.
  • kit and caboodle — a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit; a sales kit.
  • knowledgeability — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • labrador current — a cold ocean current flowing southwards off the coast of Labrador and meeting the warm Gulf Stream, causing dense fogs off the coast of Newfoundland
  • lead by the nose — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
  • leaps and bounds — You can use in leaps and bounds or by leaps and bounds to emphasize that someone or something is improving or increasing quickly and greatly.
  • leveraged buyout — the purchase of a company with borrowed money, using the company's assets as collateral, and often discharging the debt and realizing a profit by liquidating the company. Abbreviation: LBO.
  • liberal democrat — In Britain, a Liberal Democrat is a member of the Liberal Democrat Party.
  • liebig condenser — a laboratory condenser consisting of a glass tube surrounded by a glass envelope through which cooling water flows
  • limited-stop bus — a bus which only stops at a small number of predetermined stops, rather than on request
  • lobe-finned fish — any fish that has rounded scales and lobed fins, as the coelacanth.
  • long-established — having a long history; old
  • lord chamberlain — (in Britain) the chief official of the royal household
  • machine readable — of or relating to data encoded on an appropriate medium and in a form suitable for processing by computer.
  • machine-readable — of or relating to data encoded on an appropriate medium and in a form suitable for processing by computer.
  • madame butterfly — an opera (1904) by Giacomo Puccini.
  • maitre de ballet — ballet master.
  • margaret drabble — Margaret, born 1939, English novelist.
  • medal of bravery — a Canadian award for courage
  • medulloblastomas — Plural form of medulloblastoma.
  • modacrylic fiber — any of various synthetic copolymer textile fibers, as Dynel, containing less than 85 percent but more than 35 percent of acrylonitrile.
  • molybdate orange — a pigment consisting of a solid solution of sulfate, molybdate, and chromate compounds of lead.
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