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14-letter words containing b, u, n, d, l

  • double-dealing — duplicity; treachery; deception.
  • double-dipping — the act or practice of receiving more than one income or collecting double benefits from the same employer or organization.
  • double-jointed — (of particular people or animals) having unusually flexible joints that can bend in unusual ways or to abnormally great extent.
  • double-tongued — deceitful; hypocritical.
  • dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
  • dumbfoundingly — In a dumbfounding manner.
  • flying dustbin — petard (def 3).
  • french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
  • go a bundle on — to be extremely fond of
  • golden jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
  • holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
  • image-building — improving the brand image or public image of something or someone by good public relations, advertising, etc
  • inclusion body — a particle that takes a characteristic stain, found in a virus-infected cell.
  • indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
  • indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
  • indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
  • indian buffalo — a member of the cattle tribe, Bubalus bubalis, of swampy regions of S Asia, having widely spreading back-curving horns. Domesticated forms are used as draught animals
  • indubitability — that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable.
  • infundibulated — Funnel-shaped.
  • jerry-building — the act of building (houses, flats, etc) badly using cheap materials
  • lady bountiful — a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
  • land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
  • laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
  • left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
  • libidinousness — full of sexual lust; lustful; lewd; lascivious.
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • mandibulohyoid — (anatomy) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch.
  • moulding board — a board on which dough is kneaded
  • mound builders — a member of any of the early American Indian peoples who built the burial mounds, fortifications, and other earthworks found in the Midwest and the Southwest
  • municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • natural bridge — a natural limestone bridge in western Virginia. 215 feet (66 meters) high; 90 feet (27 meters) span.
  • nibelungenlied — a Middle High German epic of c1200, related to the Scandinavian Volsunga Saga and telling of the life of Siegfried, his marriage to Kriemhild, his wooing of Brunhild on behalf of Gunther, his murder by Hagen, and the revenge of Kriemhild.
  • non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
  • non-diffusible — capable of being diffused.
  • non-repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
  • northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
  • nuts and bolts — the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job.
  • 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).
  • penalty double — business double.
  • platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
  • prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
  • provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
  • quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • 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.
  • roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
  • 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.
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