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14-letter words containing b, e, s, i, n

  • flabbergasting — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
  • formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
  • 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.
  • fungible issue — a bond issued by a company on the same terms as a bond previously issued by that company, although the redemption yield will probably be different
  • funny business — improper or unethical conduct, as deception or trickery: He won't stand for any funny business here.
  • gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
  • gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
  • garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
  • give sb a ring — If you give someone a ring, you phone them.
  • give sb notice — If an employer gives an employee notice, the employer tells the employee that he or she must leave his or her job within a short fixed period of time.
  • grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
  • hanging basket — suspended woven container for plants
  • heath robinson — (of a mechanical device) absurdly complicated in design and having a simple function
  • hebetudinosity — mental dullness; insipidity
  • hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
  • husein ibn-ali — 1856–1931, 1st king of Hejaz 1916–24.
  • hybrid testing — (testing)   A combination of top-down testing with bottom-up testing of prioritised or available components.
  • impassableness — The quality of being impassable.
  • implacableness — The quality of being implacable.
  • impossibleness — Quality of being impossible.
  • impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
  • impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
  • impulse buying — the buying of retail merchandise prompted by a whim on seeing the product displayed
  • in one's blood — If a quality or talent is in your blood, it is part of your nature, and other members of your family have it too.
  • in-betweenness — a person or thing that is between two extremes, two contrasting conditions, etc.: yeses, noes, and in-betweens; a tournament for professional, amateur, and in-between.
  • inboard brakes — Inboard brakes are brakes located close to the center of the vehicle rather than at the wheel hub.
  • incapabilities — not capable.
  • incense bearer — a person who carries the censer at religious ceremonies
  • incense burner — container in which fragrance is burned
  • inclinableness — a readiness to be inclined or persuaded
  • incompressible — not capable of being compressed.
  • inconscionable — Obsolete form of unconscionable.
  • inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
  • inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
  • incredibleness — so extraordinary as to seem impossible: incredible speed.
  • inculpableness — The quality of being inculpable; blamelessness.
  • indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
  • indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
  • indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
  • indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
  • indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
  • indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
  • indiscerptible — not discerptible; indivisible.
  • indiscoverable — not discoverable.
  • indispensables — Plural form of indispensable.
  • inescapability — (uncountable) The state or property of being inescapable.
  • inevitableness — The characteristic of being inevitable; inevitability.
  • inexorableness — unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
  • inexpressibles — underwear
  • infeasibleness — The quality of being infeasible.
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