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14-letter words containing b, r, e, a, d

  • lemonade berry — a sumac, Rhus integrifolia, of southern California, having hairy, dark-red fruits used to make a beverage resembling lemonade.
  • leopard's-bane — any composite plant of the genus Doronicum, of Europe and Asia, having alternate, usually clasping leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
  • liberal-minded — espousing liberal views and policies
  • liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy
  • lombard street — a street in London, England: a financial center.
  • lord baltimore — David, born 1938, U.S. microbiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
  • lower sideband — the frequency band below the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
  • madame darblay — Charles, 1726–1814, English organist, composer, and music historian.
  • magdeburg laws — the local laws of the city of Magdeburg, which were adopted by many European cities in the middle ages
  • make-and-break — noting or pertaining to a device, operated by an electric current, for automatically opening or closing a circuit once it has been closed or opened by a mechanical springlike device, as in a doorbell.
  • man-made fibre — a type of fibre that is made artificially, such as polyester or rayon, rather than occurring naturally, like cotton or wool
  • 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.
  • marble orchard — cemetery.
  • marmalade bush — a shrub, Streptosolen jamesonii, of the nightshade family, native to South America, bearing showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers, grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
  • marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
  • master bedroom — a principal bedroom in a house or apartment, usually the largest, typically occupied by the person or persons who head the household.
  • master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
  • matteo bojardo — Matteo Maria [mah-tey-oh muh-ree-uh;; Italian maht-te-aw mah-ree-ah] /mɑˈteɪ oʊ məˈri ə;; Italian mɑtˈtɛ ɔ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), Boiardo, Matteo Maria.
  • merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
  • mirabile dictu — wonderful to relate; amazing to say
  • mistranscribed — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
  • molded breadth — the extreme breadth of the framing of a vessel, excluding the thickness of the plating or planking.
  • morbidity rate — a measure of the relative incidence of a particular disease in a specific locality
  • mother hubbard — a full, loose gown, usually fitted at the shoulders, worn by women.
  • multibarrelled — (of a gun) having more than one barrel
  • multichambered — comprising or involving several chambers
  • natural bridge — a natural limestone bridge in western Virginia. 215 feet (66 meters) high; 90 feet (27 meters) span.
  • nebuchadnezzar — Also, Nebuchadrezzar [neb-uh-kuh d-rez-er, neb-yoo-] /ˌnɛb ə kədˈrɛz ər, ˌnɛb yʊ-/ (Show IPA). a king of Babylonia, 604?–561? b.c., and conqueror of Jerusalem. II Kings 24, 25.
  • needle bearing — an antifriction roller bearing in which long rollers of very small diameter fill the race without a cage to provide spacers between them
  • neubrandenburg — a city in Mecklenburg–West Pomerania, in NE Germany.
  • news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
  • non-deliberate — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
  • non-repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
  • nonpredictable — Not predictable.
  • northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
  • nudibranchiate — nudibranch.
  • orbital sander — a sander that uses a section of sandpaper clamped to a metal pad that moves at high speed in a very narrow orbit, driven by an electric motor.
  • ordinal number — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
  • over and above — above in place or position: the roof over one's head.
  • over sb's head — If someone does something over another person's head, they do it without asking them or discussing it with them, especially when they should do so because the other person is in a position of authority.
  • over-abundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
  • paddock-basher — a vehicle suited to driving on rough terrain
  • pardonableness — the quality or state of being pardonable
  • particle board — any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.
  • partridgeberry — a North American trailing plant, Mitchella repens, of the madder family, having roundish evergreen leaves, fragrant white flowers, and scarlet berries.
  • pas de bourree — a short running step.
  • pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
  • payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
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