14-letter words containing b, r, e, a, d
- fraise du bois — a wild strawberry.
- free as a bird — really free
- freeboard deck — (on a cargo vessel) the uppermost deck officially considered to be watertight: used as the level from which the Plimsoll marks are measured.
- frequency band — band2 (def 9).
- garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
- garden warbler — any of several small brownish-grey European songbirds of the genus Sylvia (warblers), esp S. borin, common in woods and hedges: in some parts of Europe they are esteemed as a delicacy
- garden webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
- girls' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for girls, founded in 1893, with the aim of promoting self-discipline and self-respect
- golden warbler — yellow warbler.
- groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
- grow the beard — (of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
- haberdasheries — Plural form of haberdashery.
- hair's breadth — A hair's breadth is a very small degree or amount.
- hair's-breadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- hand's-breadth — handbreadth
- handbrake turn — a turn sharply reversing the direction of a vehicle by speedily applying the handbrake while turning the steering wheel
- heidelberg jaw — a human lower jaw of early middle Pleistocene age found in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany.
- heidelberg man — the primitive human being reconstructed from the Heidelberg jaw.
- hereditability — heritable.
- homeward bound — going home
- hooded warbler — a wood warbler, Wilsonia citrina, of the U.S., olive-green above, yellow below, and having a black head and throat with a yellow face.
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- hybrid warfare — a military strategy in which conventional warfare is integrated with tactics such as covert operations and cyberattacks
- i'll be darned — You can say I'll be darned to show that you are very surprised about something.
- imponderabilia — Those things that are imponderable.
- inboard brakes — Inboard brakes are brakes located close to the center of the vehicle rather than at the wheel hub.
- inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- indecipherable — not decipherable; illegible.
- indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
- indeliberately — done without care; special planning or deliberation; unintentional.
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indeterminable — not determinable; incapable of being ascertained.
- indeterminably — In an indeterminable manner.
- indirect labor — labor performed, as by maintenance and clerical workers, that is not considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- jacob's ladder — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. caeruleum (or P. van-bruntiae), having blue, cup-shaped flowers and paired leaflets in a ladderlike arrangement.
- james breasted — James Henry, 1865–1935, U.S. archaeologist and historian of ancient Egypt.
- 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
- lead carbonate — a white crystalline compound, PbCO 3 , toxic when inhaled, insoluble in water and alcohol: used as an exterior paint pigment.
- leavened bread — bread that contains a raising agent, such as yeast
- lee's birthday — Jan. 19, Robert E. Lee's birthday, a legal holiday in several Southern states