14-letter words containing b, i, a, s, e
- 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
- 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
- embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
- erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
- establishments — Plural form of establishment.
- ethnobotanists — Plural form of ethnobotanist.
- 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
- exhaustibility — The property of being exhaustible.
- exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
- expansion bend — a loop in a pipe conveying hot fluid that provides flexibility which takes up thermal expansion and thus reduces temperature-induced stress in the pipe to an acceptable level
- expansion bolt — a bolt that expands on tightening, enabling it to be secured into an unthreaded hole
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- extra-base hit — any hit greater than a single; double, triple, or home run
- fabian society — a socialist organization founded in England in 1884, favoring the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means.
- 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
- flabbergasting — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- foreseeability — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- fraise du bois — a wild strawberry.
- free as a bird — really free
- 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
- girls' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for girls, founded in 1893, with the aim of promoting self-discipline and self-respect
- give sb a bell — If you give someone a bell, you telephone them.
- give sb a ring — If you give someone a ring, you phone them.
- grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
- gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
- haberdasheries — Plural form of haberdashery.
- hair's breadth — A hair's breadth is a very small degree or amount.
- hair's-breadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
- hanging basket — suspended woven container for plants
- heath robinson — (of a mechanical device) absurdly complicated in design and having a simple function
- hemimetabolism — incomplete metamorphosis.
- hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
- holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- husein ibn-ali — 1856–1931, 1st king of Hejaz 1916–24.
- hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
- impassableness — The quality of being impassable.
- implacableness — The quality of being implacable.
- impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
- inboard brakes — Inboard brakes are brakes located close to the center of the vehicle rather than at the wheel hub.
- incapabilities — not capable.