14-letter words containing b, e, t, d
- redistribution — a distribution performed again or anew.
- redistributive — favoring, supporting, or practicing income redistribution: the redistributive effects of public spending.
- restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
- ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
- rob the cradle — a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- rolled tobacco — loose tobacco that is rolled into cigarettes
- round the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
- rumbledethumps — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
- saddle blanket — a saddle-shaped pad, as of felt or sheepskin, placed beneath the saddle to prevent it from irritating the horse's skin.
- saint benedict — Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
- saut de basque — a jump in which the dancer turns in the air while keeping the foot of one leg drawn up to the knee of the other.
- scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- secretary bird — a large, long-legged, raptorial bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, of Africa, that feeds on reptiles.
- shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
- shit disturber — a person who enjoys causing controversy or upsetting people
- slide trombone — a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
- soldier beetle — a yellowish-red cantharid beetle, Rhagonycha fulva, having a somewhat elongated body
- sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
- spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.
- subdevelopment — a development within a larger or more important development
- subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- substantivized — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
- sugar diabetes — diabetes mellitus
- suspender belt — garter belt.
- sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
- syllable-timed — having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time.
- tabes dorsalis — syphilis of the spinal cord and its appendages, characterized by shooting pains and other sensory disturbances, and, in the later stages, by paralysis.
- takeout double — informatory double.
- tandem bicycle — a bicycle for two or more persons, having seats and corresponding sets of pedals arranged in tandem, especially popular in the 19th century.
- tax-deductible — noting an item the value or cost of which is deductible from the gross amount on which a tax is calculated.
- tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
- the beatitudes — the pronouncements in the Sermon on the Mount, which begin “Blessed are the poor in spirit”: Matt. 5:3-12
- the upper body — the part of the body above the waist
- thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
- theodore bilbo — Theodore Gilmore [gil-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈgɪl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1877–1947, U.S. Southern populist politician: senator 1935–47.
- third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
- through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
- to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
- to draw breath — If you do not have time to draw breath, you do not have time to have a break from what you are doing.
- to sb's credit — If something is to someone's credit, they deserve praise for it.
- to sweat blood — If you say that someone sweats blood trying to do something, you are emphasizing that they try very hard to do it.
- toluidine blue — a dark green powder, C15H16N3SCl·ZnCl2, used in dyeing textiles, as a biological stain, as a coagulant in medicine, etc.
- totidem verbis — with just so many words; in these words.
- trade barriers — any regulation or policy that restricts international trade, especially tariffs, quotas, etc.
- trisubstituted — pertaining to a molecule containing three substituents.