14-letter words containing b, r, a, t, l, e
- irrevocability — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- irritabilities — Plural form of irritability.
- labor movement — labor unions collectively: The labor movement supported the bill.
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- lambeth degree — an honorary degree conferred by the archbishop of Canterbury in divinity, arts, law, medicine, or music.
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- lay sb to rest — If you say that someone who has died is laid to rest, you mean that they are buried.
- lead carbonate — a white crystalline compound, PbCO 3 , toxic when inhaled, insoluble in water and alcohol: used as an exterior paint pigment.
- leaf butterfly — any of various butterflies of the genus Kallima, of southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia, having wings that resemble dead leaves.
- leafcutter bee — any of various solitary bees of the genus Megachile that nest in soil or rotten wood, constructing the cells in which they lay their eggs from pieces of leaf
- learn by heart — memorize
- lee's birthday — Jan. 19, Robert E. Lee's birthday, a legal holiday in several Southern states
- left-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
- lethal chamber — a room or enclosure where animals may be killed by exposure to a poison gas.
- liberalisation — (British) alternative spelling of liberalization.
- liberalization — (US) The process or act of making more liberal.
- libertarianism — a person who advocates liberty, especially with regard to thought or conduct.
- liberty bailey — Liberty Hyde, 1858–1954, U.S. botanist, horticulturist, and writer.
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
- library ticket — a ticket admitting a person access to a library, esp a reference library
- lombard street — a street in London, England: a financial center.
- lord baltimore — David, born 1938, U.S. microbiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
- mandelbrot set — (mathematics, graphics) (After its discoverer, Benoit Mandelbrot) The set of all complex numbers c such that | z[N] | < 2 for arbitrarily large values of N, where z[0] = 0 z[n+1] = z[n]^2 + c The Mandelbrot set is usually displayed as an Argand diagram, giving each point a colour which depends on the largest N for which | z[N] | < 2, up to some maximum N which is used for the points in the set (for which N is infinite). These points are traditionally coloured black. The Mandelbrot set is the best known example of a fractal - it includes smaller versions of itself which can be explored to arbitrary levels of detail.
- manufacturable — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- marketableness — The state or quality of being marketable.
- master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
- megakaryoblast — a cell that gives rise to a megakaryocyte.
- melton mowbray — a town in central England, in Leicestershire: pork pies and Stilton cheese. Pop: 25 554 (2001)
- memorabilities — Plural form of memorability.
- metabolic rate — the rate at which living organisms expend energy or convert energy into food
- mirabile dictu — wonderful to relate; amazing to say
- molded breadth — the extreme breadth of the framing of a vessel, excluding the thickness of the plating or planking.
- morale booster — You can refer to something that makes people feel more confident and cheerful as a morale booster.
- morse alphabet — the set of symbols used to represent letters in Morse code
- multibarrelled — (of a gun) having more than one barrel
- multichambered — comprising or involving several chambers
- myrtle warbler — a common North American wood warbler, Dendroica coronata, having yellow spots on the rump, crown, and sides, including a white-throated eastern subspecies (myrtle warbler) and a yellow-throated western subspecies (Audubon's warbler)
- natural bridge — a natural limestone bridge in western Virginia. 215 feet (66 meters) high; 90 feet (27 meters) span.
- natural number — a positive integer or zero.
- natural rubber — rubber1 (def 1).
- nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
- neuroblastomas — Plural form of neuroblastoma.
- non-deliberate — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- non-reportable — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- non-returnable — not returnable.
- noncelebration — the failure to enjoy or take part in a celebration
- nonforfeitable — a fine; penalty.
- noninheritable — Not inheritable.
- nonobstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- nonpredictable — Not predictable.