19-letter words containing b, l, e, d

kilobits per second — (unit) (kbps, kb/s) A unit of data rate where 1 kb/s = 1000 bits per second. This contrasts with units of storage where 1 Kb = 1024 bits (note upper case K).
label switched path — (networking) (LSP) The specific path through a network that a datagram follows, based on its MPLS labels.
lady baltimore cake — a white layer cake using only the beaten whites of eggs and spread with a fruitnut filling consisting of raisins, figs, walnuts or pecans, and sometimes candied cherries.
lean over backwards — to make a special effort, esp in order to please
learning disability — a disorder, as dyslexia, usually affecting school-age children of normal or above-normal intelligence, characterized by difficulty in understanding or using spoken or written language, and thought to be related to impairment or slowed development of perceptual motor skills.
lie down on the job — to put forth less than one's best efforts
lighten sb's burden — If someone or something lightens your burden or your load, they make a bad or difficult situation better for you.
load-bearing printf — (programming, humour) The kind of bug present in a program which works correctly when producing debug output but fails when the debugging is turned off. The expression combines load-bearing wall and printf as used in debugging by printf.
lobby correspondent — a political correspondent who reports from parliament
lord baltimore cake — a yellow layer cake, using only the yolks of eggs and having a fruit-nut filling consisting of pecans, almonds, maraschino cherries, and macaroon crumbs.
louis ii de bourbon — Condé, Prince de.
mary mcleod bethune — Mary McLeod [muh-kloud] /məˈklaʊd/ (Show IPA), 1875–1955, U.S. educator and civil-rights leader.
molybdenum trioxide — a white, crystalline, sparingly water-soluble powder, MoO 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of molybdenum compounds.
mordvinian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
non-distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
object-oriented sql — (language) (OSQL) A functional language, a superset of SQL, used in Hewlett-Packard's OpenODB database system.
olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
optical double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
own flesh and blood — If you say that someone is your own flesh and blood, you are emphasizing that they are a member of your family.
paradichlorobenzene — a white, crystalline, volatile, water-insoluble solid, C 6 H 4 Cl 2 , of the benzene series, having a penetrating odor: used chiefly as a moth repellent.
parliament building — structure housing legislative offices
patrol torpedo boat — PT boat.
peridental membrane — periodontal membrane.
perpetual debenture — a bond or debenture that can either never be redeemed or cannot be redeemed on demand
phenylthiocarbamide — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
pseudo-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
redress the balance — to make a fair adjustment; see that justice is done
refreshable display — braille display
registered disabled — on a local authority register under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
relational database — an electronic database comprising multiple files of related information, usually stored in tables of rows (records) and columns (fields), and allowing a link to be established between separate files that have a matching field, as a column of invoice numbers, so that the two files can be queried simultaneously by the user.
removable cartridge — a hard disk enclosed in a case that can be removed from the disk drive, having more storage than floppy disks.
removable hard disk — (storage) A type of magnetic disk, or possibly magneto-optical disk which is not permanently attached to the disk drive (not a fixed disk) but which can be taken out and replaced, allowing many disks to be used in the same drive. The term "removable disk" would seem to be applicable to floppy disks but is generally reserved for hard disks in suitable cartridges such as those made by Syquest, Iomega and others. Removable disk packs were common on minicomputers such as the PDP-11 in use in the 1970s except that the drives were the size of washing machines and the disk packs as big as car wheels. Removable disks became popular on microcomputers in the 1990s as a cheap way of expanding disk space, transporting large amounts of data between computers and storing backups. Large, cheap fixed hard disks and USB memory sticks have made removable disks less attractive.
republic of ireland — John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
saddle-billed stork — a large stork, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, of West Africa, having a white and black body and a long, red and black bill.
sale and lease back — leaseback.
simple carbohydrate — a carbohydrate, as glucose, that consists of a single monosaccharide unit.
specialized subject — a school or university subject that concentrates on a particular field of knowledge
subjective idealism — a doctrine that the world has no existence independent of sensations or ideas.
switchblade (knife) — a large jackknife that snaps open when a release button on the handle is pressed
tarnished plant bug — a bug, Lygus lineolaris, of the family Miridae, that is a common and widely distributed pest of alfalfa and other legumes and of peach and other fruit trees.
the admiralty board — (formerly) a department of the British Ministry of Defence, responsible for the administration and planning of the Royal Navy
the london assembly — the devolved legislature of London, based in City Hall, Southwark
to be headline news — to attract a lot of attention from newspapers
to hold your breath — If you hold your breath, you make yourself stop breathing for a few moments, for example because you are under water.
to plumb new depths — If you say that something plumbs new depths, you mean that it is worse than all the things of its kind that have existed before, even though some of them have been very bad.
to plumb the depths — If someone plumbs the depths of an unpleasant emotion or quality, they experience it or show it to an extreme degree.
to turn a blind eye — If you say that someone is turning a blind eye to something bad or illegal that is happening, you mean that you think they are pretending not to notice that it is happening so that they will not have to do anything about it.
trickle bed reactor — A trickle bed reactor is a reactor in which gravity makes a gas and a liquid flow through a bed of catalyst.
turn a blind eye to — to pretend not to notice or ignore deliberately
unlimited liability — liability that is not restricted to any unpaid portion of nominal capital invested in a business

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