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14-letter words containing b, e, r, i

  • disrespectable — not respectable.
  • dissector tube — a form of television camera tube in which an electron image produced by a photoemitting surface is focused in the plane of an aperture and deflected past the aperture to achieve scanning.
  • distributaries — Plural form of distributary.
  • distributively — serving to distribute, assign, allot, or divide; characterized by or pertaining to distribution.
  • 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 dribble — an infraction, resulting in loss of possession of the ball, occurring either when a player uses both hands simultaneously when dribbling or when a player interrupts a dribble by holding the ball momentarily in one or both hands.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • dummy variable — a variable appearing in a mathematical expression that can be replaced by any arbitrary variable, not occurring in the expression, without affecting the value of the whole
  • 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
  • dysequilibrium — Alternative form of disequilibrium.
  • effort bargain — a bargain in which the reward to an employee is based on the effort that the employee puts in
  • electrobiology — (physics, biology) The study of the production and use of electricity by biological organisms.
  • embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
  • empire-builder — a person who seeks extra power for its own sake, esp by increasing the number of his subordinates or staff
  • energy obesity — the practice of being wasteful of energy in the form of electricity, fossil fuels, etc, in one's day-to-day life
  • enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
  • engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
  • enterobacteria — (microbiology) Plural form of enterobacterium.
  • equilibristics — Any of various circus skills involving balance or equilibrium, such as juggling, tightrope walking, or riding a unicycle.
  • erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
  • euphorbiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, a family of plants typically having capsular fruits: includes the spurges, the castor oil and cassava plants, cascarilla, and poinsettia
  • european bison — a closely related and similar animal, Bison bonasus, formerly widespread in Europe
  • exacerbatingly — In an exacerbating way; so as to aggravate or make worse.
  • exercise bench — (in a gymnasium) a low table, which may be inclined, used for various exercises
  • expressibility — The quality of being expressible.
  • extra-base hit — any hit greater than a single; double, triple, or home run
  • extractability — (uncountable) The condition of being extractable.
  • extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
  • eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
  • fairy bluebird — any fruit-eating passerine bird of the genus Irena, of the East Indies, the males of the several species being characteristically black below and purple-blue above.
  • fallen timbers — a battle site on the Maumee River, near present-day Maumee, Ohio, where a confederation of Indian tribes (Northwest Indian Confederation) was defeated by Gen. Anthony Wayne (1794): state park.
  • false beginner — a language student who has some knowledge of a language, but who needs to start again from the beginning
  • family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
  • 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.
  • fermentescible — capable of causing fermentation
  • 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.
  • fibrocartilage — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
  • fichtelgebirge — a mountain range in E central Germany, near the Czech border. Highest peak, Schneeberg, 3447 feet (1051 meters).
  • fiddler beetle — a black scarab beetle, Eupoecila australasiae, having markings resembling a violin.
  • fifth republic — the republic established in France in 1958, the successor to the Fourth Republic.
  • fighter-bomber — an aircraft that combines the functions of a fighter and a bomber.
  • finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
  • first republic — the republic established in France in 1792 and replaced by the First Empire in 1804.
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