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14-letter words containing b, e, l, a, p

  • respectability — the state or quality of being respectable.
  • respectabilize — to make respectable
  • roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
  • sable antelope — a large antelope, Hippotragus niger, of Africa, with long, saberlike horns and, in the male, a black coat: an endangered species.
  • sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
  • semi-permeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
  • spring balance — a device in which an object to be weighed is attached to the end of a helical spring, the extension of which indicates the weight of the object on a calibrated scale
  • streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
  • sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
  • superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • tall buttercup — a Eurasian buttercup, Ranunculus acris, naturalized in North American fields and meadows, having a tall stem and shiny yellow flowers.
  • tatar republic — a constituent republic of W Russia, around the confluence of the Volga and Kama Rivers. Capital: Kazan. Pop: 3 779 800 (2002). Area: 68 000 sq km (26 250 sq miles)
  • telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
  • telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
  • the black caps — the international cricket team of New Zealand
  • tilt-top table — a pedestal table having a top that can be tilted vertically.
  • umbrella plant — an African plant, Cyperus alternifolius, of the sedge family, that has several stems growing directly upward from a mass of roots and an umbrella-shaped cluster of leaves at the top of each stem.
  • unapproachable — not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.
  • undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed
  • unpassableness — the quality or condition of being unpassable
  • unpremeditable — capable of being premeditated
  • unprogrammable — not able to be programmed
  • unpurchaseable — not able to be bought or purchased
  • unrecapturable — not able to be recaptured or brought back
  • unsaponifiable — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
  • unsplinterable — unable to be splintered
  • upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
  • variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
  • vegetable soup — soup made with vegetables
  • webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
  • xenophobically — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
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