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14-letter words containing b, r, i, d

  • 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).
  • outer hebrides — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
  • oversubscribed — If something such as an event or a service is oversubscribed, too many people apply to attend the event or use the service.
  • 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.
  • payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
  • periodic table — a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.
  • persian blinds — persiennes
  • pituitary body — (formerly) the pituitary gland.
  • planning board — development group
  • plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
  • pontoon bridge — a bridge supported by pontoons.
  • possible world — (in modal logic) a semantic device formalizing the notion of what the world might have been like. A statement is necessarily true if and only if it is true in every possible world
  • predictability — consistent repetition of a state, course of action, behavior, or the like, making it possible to know in advance what to expect: The predictability of their daily lives was both comforting and boring.
  • preestablished — to establish beforehand.
  • productibility — the ability to produce
  • provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
  • pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
  • quadrisyllabic — a word or poetic meter with four syllables
  • quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
  • quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
  • radiation belt — Van Allen belt.
  • radiobroadcast — a broadcast by radio.
  • railway bridge — a bridge built to carry a railway over a road, river, etc
  • rainbow bridge — a natural stone bridge in S Utah: a national monument. 290 feet (88 meters) high; 275 feet (84 meters) span.
  • rainbow darter — a stout darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, inhabiting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages, the spawning male of which has the sides marked with oblique blue bars with red interspaces.
  • re-embroidered — embellished with beads, tiny pearls, ribbon, etc. sewn on, usually by hand: said as of lace for bridal gowns
  • record cabinet — a piece of furniture like a cupboard, designed to hold or display vinyl records stacked on their side
  • record library — a collection of records belonging to an individual or an organization, for people to borrow usually without payment
  • redeliberation — careful consideration before decision.
  • redisbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • redistribution — a distribution performed again or anew.
  • redistributive — favoring, supporting, or practicing income redistribution: the redistributive effects of public spending.
  • removable disk — removable hard disk
  • required-cobol — A minimal subset of COBOL developed in 1961. It was later dropped entirely.
  • restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
  • ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
  • ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
  • right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
  • road stability — the extent to which a motor vehicle is stable and does not skid, esp at high speeds, or on sharp bends or wet roads
  • rodrigo borgia — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.
  • san bernardino — a city in S California.
  • sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
  • scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
  • scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
  • scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
  • secretary bird — a large, long-legged, raptorial bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, of Africa, that feeds on reptiles.
  • self-described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
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