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17-letter words containing b, l, a, d, e, r

  • learning-disabled — pertaining to or having a learning disability: a learning-disabled child.
  • least upper bound — an upper bound that is less than or equal to all the upper bounds of a particular set. 3 is the least upper bound of the set consisting of 1, 2, 3. Abbr.: lub.
  • liberal democracy — a democracy based on the recognition of individual rights and freedoms, in which decisions from direct or representative processes prevail in many policy areas
  • liberal democrats — (in Britain) a political party with centrist policies; established in 1988 as the Social and Liberal Democrats when the Liberal Party merged with the Social Democratic Party; renamed Liberal Democrats in 1989
  • liberal education — an education based primarily on the liberal arts, emphasizing the development of intellectual abilities as opposed to the acquisition of professional skills.
  • loose-leaf binder — a hard cover with metal rings inside which is used to hold loose pieces of paper
  • medical librarian — a person who works in a library of medical information kept for reference in a teaching hospital
  • misunderstandable — Capable of being misunderstood.
  • never looked back — If you say that someone did something and then never looked back, you mean that they were very successful from that time on.
  • non-biodegradable — capable of decaying through the action of living organisms: biodegradable paper; biodegradable detergent.
  • nonunderstandable — Not understandable.
  • old orchard beach — a resort town in S Maine.
  • on the barrelhead — upon being presented for sale; at the time of delivery
  • pillar-and-breast — room-and-pillar.
  • red and the black — a novel (1832) by Stendhal.
  • red-billed quelea — any of several African weaverbirds of the genus Quelea, especially Q. quelea (red-billed quelea) noted for its vast flocks that destroy grain crops.
  • rhode island bent — a European pasture grass, Agrostis tenuis, naturalized in North America, having red flower clusters.
  • russell, bertrand — Bertrand Russell
  • salt-rising bread — a kind of bread leavened with a fermented mixture of salted milk, cornmeal, flour, sugar, and soda.
  • sandro botticelli — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
  • second balkan war — Balkan War (def 2).
  • sinbad the sailor — a merchant in The Arabian Nights who makes seven adventurous voyages
  • small waved umber — a brownish geometrid moth, Horisme vitalbata, that is cryptically marked to merge with tree bark
  • split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
  • strawberry blonde — woman: with reddish fair hair
  • subsidiary ledger — (in accounting) a ledger containing a group of detailed and related accounts the total of which is summarized in the control account.
  • surrender to bail — to present oneself at court at the appointed time after having been on bail
  • temporomandibular — of, relating to, or situated near the hinge joint formed by the lower jaw and the temporal bone of the skull.
  • the last sb heard — You can use expressions such as the last I heard and the last she heard to introduce a piece of information that is the most recent that you have on a particular subject.
  • the tabloid press — (considered as a whole) newspapers with pages about 30 cm (12 inches) by 40 cm (16 inches), usually characterized by an emphasis on photographs and a concise and often sensational style
  • thread-legged bug — any of certain insects of the family Reduviidae, characterized by an elongated, slender body and long frail legs, the front pair of which are raptorial.
  • understandability — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • unpredictableness — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
  • urban development — the development or improvement of an urban area by building
  • visible radiation — electromagnetic radiation that causes the sensation of sight; light. It has wavelengths between about 380 and 780 nanometres
  • voidable contract — a contract or agreement that is capable of being made of no legal effect or made void
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