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16-letter words containing b, o, l, i, d, e

  • dorr's rebellion — an insurrection in Rhode Island (1842) that grew out of dissatisfaction with the existing state constitution, which restricted suffrage to landholders or their eldest sons.
  • double centering — a method of extending a survey line by taking the average of two foresights, one with the telescope direct and one with it inverted, made each time by transiting the telescope after a backsight.
  • double indemnity — a clause in a life-insurance or accident-insurance policy providing for payment of twice the face value of the policy in the event of accidental death.
  • double pneumonia — pneumonia affecting both lungs.
  • double precision — using twice the normal amount of storage, as two words rather than one, to represent a number.
  • double solitaire — a game of solitaire for two persons, each player usually having a pack and layout but pooling foundations with the opponent.
  • double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
  • double-clutching — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
  • drinking problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
  • edinburgh prolog — Prolog dialect which eventually developed into the standard, as opposed to Marseille Prolog. (The difference is largely syntax.) Clocksin & Mellish describe Edinburgh Prolog. Version: C-Prolog.
  • four-deal bridge — a version of bridge in which four hands only are played, the players then cutting for new partners
  • garbage disposal — A garbage disposal or a garbage disposal unit is a small machine in the kitchen sink that breaks down waste matter so that it does not block the sink.
  • goldsmith beetle — a brilliant golden scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, of Europe.
  • hold a brief for — to argue for; champion
  • hyaloid membrane — the delicate, pellucid, and nearly structureless membrane enclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.
  • indissolubleness — The quality of being indissoluble.
  • invisible shadow — (in architectural shades and shadows) a three-dimensional space occupied by the shadow projected by a solid and within which a surface is in shadow.
  • kit and caboodle — a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit; a sales kit.
  • knowledgeability — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • liberal democrat — In Britain, a Liberal Democrat is a member of the Liberal Democrat Party.
  • liebig condenser — a laboratory condenser consisting of a glass tube surrounded by a glass envelope through which cooling water flows
  • limited-stop bus — a bus which only stops at a small number of predetermined stops, rather than on request
  • lobe-finned fish — any fish that has rounded scales and lobed fins, as the coelacanth.
  • long-established — having a long history; old
  • lord chamberlain — (in Britain) the chief official of the royal household
  • modacrylic fiber — any of various synthetic copolymer textile fibers, as Dynel, containing less than 85 percent but more than 35 percent of acrylonitrile.
  • nibble mode dram — (storage)   A standard DRAM where four successive bits can be clocked out of the single data line by successive pulses on the CAS\ line while RAS\ is active. A column address is only required for the first bit. This mode is now unfashionable but can be found on some older 64 kilobit and 256 kilobit chips.
  • non-debilitating — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
  • non-extraditable — capable of being extradited; subject to extradition: an extraditable person.
  • non-reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • nonbiodegradable — Not biodegradable.
  • on the breadline — impoverished; living at subsistence level
  • ordinary jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
  • organized labour — labour carried out by workers in trade unions, or the workers themselves
  • outboard profile — an exterior side elevation of a vessel, showing all deck structures, rigging, fittings, etc.
  • pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).
  • publication date — the date on which a book or periodical is or is planned to be published.
  • razor-billed auk — a black and white auk, Alca torda, of the American and European coasts of the northern North Atlantic, having a compressed black bill encircled by a white band.
  • redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.
  • ribonucleic acid — RNA.
  • robin goodfellow — Puck (def 1).
  • shoot-to-disable — of or relating to shooting by soldiers or police that is intended to disable rather than kill
  • slubberdegullion — a slovenly or worthless person
  • sodium bisulfate — a colorless crystalline compound, NaHSO 4 , soluble in water: used in dyeing, in the manufacture of cement, paper, soap, and an acid-type cleaner.
  • sodium bisulfite — Sodium bisulfite is a crystalline compound used as an antioxidant and stabilizing agent.
  • sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
  • thalidomide baby — a baby that has physical abnormalities due to the drug thalidomide being taken by the mother while the baby was still a developing fetus
  • the body politic — the people of a nation or the nation itself considered as a political entity; the state
  • thrilled to bits — If someone is thrilled, they are extremely pleased about something.
  • tool builder kit — (tool)   (TBK) A product from IPSYS which allows users to develop CASE tools appropriate to any software engineering methodology.
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