14-letter words containing b, e, n, d, r
- credence table — a small sideboard, originally one at which food was tasted for poison before serving
- credit balance — the amount of money that a client of a financial institution has in his or her account, in securities, etc
- creditableness — The state or quality of being creditable.
- cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
- cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
- cyberchondriac — A hypochondriac who researches his/her potential medical condition on the Internet.
- cylinder block — the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine
- daniel webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- debenture bond — a corporate bond unsecured by any mortgage, dependent on the credit of the issuer.
- debt of honour — a debt that is morally but not legally binding, such as one contracted in gambling
- debt repayment — the action of repaying debts, or a single payment made to wards paying off a debt
- defibrillating — Present participle of defibrillate.
- defibrillation — the application of an electric current to the heart to restore normal rhythmic contractions after the onset of atrial or ventricular fibrillation
- deliberateness — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- demonstratable — Alternative form of demonstrable.
- denumerability — the quality of being countable
- deplorableness — The state or quality of being deplorable.
- deurbanization — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- differentiable — capable of being differentiated.
- dinitrobenzene — any of three isomeric benzene derivatives having the formula C 6 H 4 NO 2 , made by nitration of benzene or nitrobenzene, the most important of which is the meta form: used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes.
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- discernibility — The state or quality of being discernible.
- disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
- disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
- disencumbering — Present participle of disencumber.
- disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance
- do a number on — a numeral or group of numerals.
- docking bridge — a raised platform running from one side to the other of a ship toward the stern, used by officers for supervising docking operations.
- double harness — harness for a pair of horses.
- double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- drainage basin — the area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area. Compare watershed (def 2).
- draw a bead on — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
- drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
- driving barrel — (in a weight-driven clock) the drum turned by the descent of the weight, which drives the clock mechanism.
- dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
- dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
- elder brethren — the senior members of the governing body of Trinity House
- exchequer bond — a type of short-term government bond
- featherbedding — the practice of requiring an employer to hire unnecessary employees, to assign unnecessary work, or to limit production according to a union rule or safety statute: Featherbedding forced the railroads to employ firemen on diesel locomotives.
- featherbrained — Alternative spelling of feather-brained.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.