14-letter words containing b, u, r, n, d
- disencumbering — Present participle of disencumber.
- disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance
- distributional — an act or instance of distributing.
- do a number on — a numeral or group of numerals.
- do a slow burn — If someone does a slow burn, their angry feelings grow slowly but steadily.
- double harness — harness for a pair of horses.
- double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
- dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
- dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
- exchequer bond — a type of short-term government bond
- f distribution — a continuous distribution obtained from the ratio of two chi-square distributions and used esp to test the equality of the variances of two normally distributed variances
- fiduciary bond — a bond filed by a fiduciary administering an estate as surety.
- forward buying — the purchase of merchandise in quantities exceeding demand
- founder member — A founder member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
- 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.
- frequency band — band2 (def 9).
- front side bus — (hardware) (FSB) The bus via which a processor communicates with its RAM and chipset; one half of the Dual Independent Bus (the other half being the backside bus). The L2 cache is usually on the FSB, unless it is on the same chip as the processor [example?]. In PCI systems, the PCI bus runs at half the FSB speed. Altering the FSB speed and the multiplier ratio are the two main ways of overclocking processors.
- garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
- groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
- handbrake turn — a turn sharply reversing the direction of a vehicle by speedily applying the handbrake while turning the steering wheel
- homeward bound — going home
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
- indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- jerry-building — the act of building (houses, flats, etc) badly using cheap materials
- kentucky derby — a horse race for three-year-olds, run annually since 1875, on the first Saturday in May, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.: the first race in the Triple Crown.
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy
- 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
- mourning bride — a plant, Scabiosa atropurpurea, native to Europe, cultivated for its purple, reddish, or white flowers.
- nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
- 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.
- neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
- neubrandenburg — a city in Mecklenburg–West Pomerania, in NE Germany.
- non-repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- non-subsidiary — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
- nudibranchiate — nudibranch.
- on the rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
- 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-abundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overburdensome — excessively burdensome.
- prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.