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14-letter words containing b, s, d

  • radiobroadcast — a broadcast by radio.
  • random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
  • 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
  • restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
  • rewardableness — the quality or state of being rewardable
  • ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
  • 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
  • roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
  • rumbledethumps — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
  • saddle blanket — a saddle-shaped pad, as of felt or sheepskin, placed beneath the saddle to prevent it from irritating the horse's skin.
  • saint benedict — Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
  • 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.
  • sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
  • sanibel island — an island in the Gulf of Mexico off the SW coast of Florida. 16 sq. mi. (41.5 sq. km).
  • saut de basque — a jump in which the dancer turns in the air while keeping the foot of one leg drawn up to the knee of the other.
  • scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
  • scoresby sound — a heavily indented arm of the Norwegian Sea in E Greenland.
  • scrambled eggs — scrambled eggs are eggs that are mixed together and then cooked in butter.
  • scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
  • scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
  • second baseman — the player whose position is second base.
  • second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
  • secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
  • secretary bird — a large, long-legged, raptorial bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, of Africa, that feeds on reptiles.
  • self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
  • self-described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
  • self-published — published independently by the author: self-published books.
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • shit disturber — a person who enjoys causing controversy or upsetting people
  • shoulder blade — the scapula.
  • shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
  • sidi-bel-abbes — a city in NW Algeria.
  • silver bromide — a yellowish, water-insoluble powder, AgBr, which darkens on exposure to light, produced by the reaction of silver nitrate with a bromide: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions.
  • single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • skin and bones — a condition or state of extreme thinness, usually the result of malnutrition; emaciation: Anorexia had reduced her to skin and bones.
  • skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
  • slash and burn — Slash and burn is a method of farming that involves clearing land by destroying and burning all the trees and plants on it, farming there for a short time, and then moving on to clear a new piece of land.
  • slash-and-burn — of a method of agriculture used in the tropics, in which forest vegetation is felled and burned, the land is cropped for a few years, then the forest is allowed to reinvade.
  • slide trombone — a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
  • smash-and-grab — A smash-and-grab is a robbery in which a person breaks a shop window, takes the things that are on display there, and runs away with them.
  • snow blindness — the usually temporary dimming of the sight caused by the glare of reflected sunlight on snow.
  • soba (noodles) — Japanese noodles containing buckwheat flour
  • sobersidedness — the state or quality of being solemn or sobersided
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