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14-letter words containing b, i, e, n, a, l

  • dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
  • driving barrel — (in a weight-driven clock) the drum turned by the descent of the weight, which drives the clock mechanism.
  • edging lobelia — a trailing lobelia, Lobelia erinus, of southern Africa, having loose clusters of blue flowers.
  • embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
  • enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
  • establishments — Plural form of establishment.
  • ethnobotanical — Of or pertaining to ethnobotany.
  • exacerbatingly — In an exacerbating way; so as to aggravate or make worse.
  • exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
  • expansion bolt — a bolt that expands on tightening, enabling it to be secured into an unthreaded hole
  • extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
  • 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.
  • fallopian tube — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
  • false beginner — a language student who has some knowledge of a language, but who needs to start again from the beginning
  • filing cabinet — office: tall set of drawers
  • flabbergasting — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
  • flowering crab — any of several species and varieties of crab apple trees with small fruits and abundant spring flowers ranging from white to reddish purple
  • fonthill abbey — a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire: rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
  • food labelling — the practice of providing nutritional information on labels on food packaging
  • formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
  • gallamine blue — a type of mordant dye
  • 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.
  • gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
  • general public — people in general
  • gilbert pattenGilbert ("Burt L. Standish") 1866–1945, U.S. writer of adventure stories.
  • hague tribunal — the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.
  • heidelberg man — the primitive human being reconstructed from the Heidelberg jaw.
  • helium balloon — a balloon that is filled with helium and rises up into the air if not held
  • hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
  • hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
  • husein ibn-ali — 1856–1931, 1st king of Hejaz 1916–24.
  • i'll be damned — Some people say 'I'll be damned!' when they are expressing surprise at something.
  • i'll be darned — You can say I'll be darned to show that you are very surprised about something.
  • image-building — improving the brand image or public image of something or someone by good public relations, advertising, etc
  • impassableness — The quality of being impassable.
  • implacableness — The quality of being implacable.
  • imponderabilia — Those things that are imponderable.
  • impregnability — strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable: an impregnable fort.
  • impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
  • impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
  • in the balance — a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
  • inalienability — not transferable to another or not capable of being taken away or denied; not alienable: inalienable rights, freedoms, and liberties; an inalienable territory; inalienable principles and values.
  • inalterability — Inalterableness.
  • inapproachable — not approachable.
  • incapabilities — not capable.
  • inclinableness — a readiness to be inclined or persuaded
  • incommunicable — incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
  • inconscionable — Obsolete form of unconscionable.
  • inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
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