14-letter words containing b, e, l, s
- public statute — public law (def 1).
- purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
- putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
- quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
- queens problem — eight queens puzzle
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- rammelsbergite — a mineral, essentially nickel diarsenide, NiAs 2 .
- raster blaster — (hardware, jargon) (Cambridge) Specialised hardware for bitblt operations (a blitter). Allegedly inspired by "Rasta Blasta", British slang for the sort of portable stereo Americans call a "boom box" or "ghetto blaster".
- reasonableness — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- rebelliousness — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- receivableness — the fact or condition of being receivable; receivability
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- registrability — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- remarkableness — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- repressibility — the quality or condition of being repressible
- respectability — the state or quality of being respectable.
- respectabilize — to make respectable
- responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- retinoblastoma — Pathology. an inheritable tumor of the eye.
- rewardableness — the quality or state of being rewardable
- ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
- rictal bristle — a bristlelike feather growing from the base of a bird's bill.
- rumbledethumps — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
- runcible spoon — a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.
- saber rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- saber-rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- sable antelope — a large antelope, Hippotragus niger, of Africa, with long, saberlike horns and, in the male, a black coat: an endangered species.
- sabre-rattling — If you describe a threat, especially a threat of military action, as sabre-rattling, you do not believe that the threat will actually be carried out.
- saddle blanket — a saddle-shaped pad, as of felt or sheepskin, placed beneath the saddle to prevent it from irritating the horse's skin.
- 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)
- salary bracket — a given range or bracket of salaries within which the amount of pay earned by someone falls
- salt substrate — [MIT] Collective noun used to refer to potato chips, pretzels, saltines, or any other form of snack food designed primarily as a carrier for sodium chloride. From the technical term "chip substrate", used to refer to the silicon on the top of which the active parts of integrated circuits are deposited.
- salvageability — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- sanibel island — an island in the Gulf of Mexico off the SW coast of Florida. 16 sq. mi. (41.5 sq. km).
- savi's warbler — a type of warbler; Locustella luscinioides.
- saxe-altenburg — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
- scheme library — (library) (SLIB) A portable Scheme library providing compatibiliy and utility functions for all standard Scheme implementations. Version 2c5 supports Bigloo, Chez, ELK, GAMBIT, MacScheme, MITScheme, PocketScheme, RScheme, Scheme->C, Scheme48, SCM, SCSH, T3.1, UMB-Scheme, and VSCM.
- scrambled eggs — scrambled eggs are eggs that are mixed together and then cooked in butter.
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- screen blanker — screen saver
- self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
- self-abasement — humiliation of oneself, especially as a result of guilt, shame, or the like.
- self-described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- self-oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- self-obsession — the state of being interested in oneself, one's happiness, motivations and interests to the exclusion of other things
- self-publicist — someone who is skilled at promoting him or herself
- self-published — published independently by the author: self-published books.