14-letter words containing b, e
- alektorophobia — The fear of chickens.
- all the better — You can say 'so much the better' or 'all the better' to indicate that it is desirable that a particular thing is used, done, or available.
- all-metal body — a body composed only of metal, esp for a vehicle, camera, or gun
- alphabetically — (manner) In an alphabetical manner.
- alpine bistort — Also called snakeweed. a European plant, Polygonum bistorta, of the buckwheat family, having a twisted root, which is sometimes used as an astringent.
- ambidextrously — In an ambidextrous manner.
- ambitransitive — (of a verb) Able to be used transitively or intransitively without requiring morphological change.
- ambulance crew — the team of people who man an ambulance
- ambulancewoman — a woman who works as part of an ambulance crew
- amebic colitis — a type of dysentery caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica, characterized especially by ulceration of the large intestine.
- american bison — a member of the cattle tribe, Bison bison, formerly widely distributed over the prairies of W North America but now confined to reserves and parks, with a massive head, shaggy forequarters, and a humped back
- american sable — the brown fur of the American marten, Martes americana
- amphibiousness — The state or quality of being amphibious.
- amphisbaenians — Plural form of amphisbaenian.
- amphotericin b — an antibiotic compound, C46H73NO20, used in treating certain diseases caused by parasitic fungi, such as systemic candidiasis
- amylobarbitone — Obsolete spelling of amobarbital.
- andy tanenbaum — Andrew Tanenbaum
- angle of climb — the angle between the axis of motion of a climbing aircraft and the horizontal plane.
- ankle bracelet — an ornamental chain worn around the ankle
- answerableness — The state or quality of being answerable.
- anti bolshevik — a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
- anti-bacterial — destructive to or inhibiting the growth of bacteria.
- anti-bolshevik — a person who is opposed to Bolshevism
- anti-bourgeois — opposed to anyone or anything considered bourgeois
- anti-incumbent — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- antifilibuster — a person or method in opposition to filibustering
- antiliberalism — a political ideology opposed to liberalism
- antilock brake — a brake fitted to some road vehicles that prevents skidding and improves control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
- antimetabolite — any drug that acts by disrupting the normal growth of a cell. Sulfonamide drugs are antimetabolites and some antimetabolites are used in cancer treatment
- antirepublican — opposed to the principles or practice of republicanism
- antisubversion — opposed to or acting against subversion
- antitubercular — acting against tuberculosis
- applicableness — applying or capable of being applied; relevant; suitable; appropriate: an applicable rule; a solution that is applicable to the problem.
- arabia deserta — an ancient division of Arabia, in the N part between Syria and Mesopotamia.
- arabia petraea — an ancient division of Arabia, in the NW part.
- arabian coffee — a tall, widely cultivated shrub (Coffea arabica) of the madder family, yielding coffee beans that are the world's chief source of commercially produced coffee: native to Africa but now present throughout the tropics, esp. in Brazil
- arabian desert — a desert in E Egypt, between the Nile, the Gulf of Suez, and the Red Sea: mountainous parts rise over 1800 m (6000 ft). Area: about 220 000 sq km (85 000 sq miles)
- arabic numeral — one of the symbols 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (opposed to Roman numerals)
- arable farming — the growing of arable crops
- arborsculpture — The art and craft technique of growing and shaping tree trunks.
- archaebacteria — (formerly) a group of microorganisms now regarded as members of the Archaea
- archebacterium — (biology) alternative spelling of archaebacterium.
- art exhibition — an exhibition of works of art such as pictures
- as big as life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- asarah betevet — a Jewish fast day observed on the 10th day of the month of Tevet in memory of the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem in 586 b.c. by the Babylonians under King Nebuchadnezzar.
- asiatic beetle — a Japanese scarabaeid beetle, Anomala orientalis, introduced into Hawaii and the northeastern US: a serious pest of sugar cane and cereal crops because it destroys the roots
- asparagus bean — a trailing, long-stemmed Asian vine, Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, of the legume family, having yellow or violet flowers and very long pods.
- assembly plant — An assembly plant is a factory where large items such as cars are put together, usually using parts which have been made in other factories.
- assembly point — a designated place where people have been told to wait after evacuating a building in the event of a fire or other emergency
- assembly rooms — a set of rooms used as a public place of entertainment, usually dating from the eighteenth or nineteenth century