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

  • helium balloon — a balloon that is filled with helium and rises up into the air if not held
  • hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
  • holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
  • honourableness — Alternative spelling of honorableness.
  • humpback whale — a large whalebone whale of the genus Megaptera having long narrow flippers, and noted for its habit of arching deeply as it dives: once abundant in coastal waters, it is now rare but its numbers are increasing.
  • husein ibn-ali — 1856–1931, 1st king of Hejaz 1916–24.
  • image-building — improving the brand image or public image of something or someone by good public relations, advertising, etc
  • incommunicable — incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
  • inculpableness — The quality of being inculpable; blamelessness.
  • indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
  • ineluctability — The state or condition of being ineluctable.
  • infundibulated — Funnel-shaped.
  • innumerability — The state of being innumerable.
  • insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
  • insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
  • intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance
  • irregular verb — verb with non-standard past tense
  • irresuscitable — incapable of being resuscitated
  • irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
  • job evaluation — the analysis of the relationship between jobs in an organization: often used as a basis for a wages structure
  • journal bronze — an alloy of about 83 percent copper, 13 percent tin, 3 percent zinc, and 1 percent lead.
  • kealakekua bay — a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the W (Kona) coast of Hawaii Island: Capt. James Cook was killed here 1779.
  • labour of love — If you do something as a labour of love, you do it because you really want to and not because of any reward you might get for it, even though it involves hard work.
  • lake bangweulu — a shallow lake in NE Zambia, discovered by David Livingstone, who died there in 1873. Area: about 9850 sq km (3800 sq miles), including swamps
  • lamb's lettuce — corn salad.
  • land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
  • laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
  • leaf butterfly — any of various butterflies of the genus Kallima, of southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia, having wings that resemble dead leaves.
  • leafcutter bee — any of various solitary bees of the genus Megachile that nest in soil or rotten wood, constructing the cells in which they lay their eggs from pieces of leaf
  • left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
  • leukocytoblast — the precursor cell to a mature leukocyte
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy
  • magdeburg laws — the local laws of the city of Magdeburg, which were adopted by many European cities in the middle ages
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • manufacturable — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • marmalade bush — a shrub, Streptosolen jamesonii, of the nightshade family, native to South America, bearing showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers, grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
  • marsupial bone — epipubis.
  • master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
  • mirabile dictu — wonderful to relate; amazing to say
  • molecular beam — a stream of molecules freed from a substance, usually a salt, by evaporation and then passed through a narrow slit for focusing, for investigating the properties of nuclei, atoms, and molecules.
  • multibarrelled — (of a gun) having more than one barrel
  • multichambered — comprising or involving several chambers
  • natural bridge — a natural limestone bridge in western Virginia. 215 feet (66 meters) high; 90 feet (27 meters) span.
  • natural number — a positive integer or zero.
  • natural rubber — rubber1 (def 1).
  • neuroblastomas — Plural form of neuroblastoma.
  • non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
  • non-consumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
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