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14-letter words containing d, b, e

  • body corporate — a group of persons incorporated to carry out a specific enterprise
  • body mechanics — body exercises that are intended to improve one's posture, stamina, poise, etc.
  • bomber command — a former unit of the Royal Air Force dedicated to tactical and strategic bombing, esp during WWII
  • bonded-whiskey — something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
  • book knowledge — theory
  • border disease — a congenital infectious disease of sheep and goats caused by a Togavirus and characterized by abortion, infertility, and deformity of lambs
  • border dispute — a disagreement between countries about where the border between them should be drawn
  • border terrier — a small rough-coated breed of terrier that originated in the Borders
  • borders region — a former local government region in S Scotland, formed in 1975 from Berwick, Peebles, Roxburgh, Selkirk, and part of Midlothian; replaced in 1996 by Scottish Borders council area
  • bored to death — very weary and lack stimulation
  • born yesterday — brought forth by birth.
  • bosworth field — the site, two miles south of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, of the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (August 1485). Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned king as Henry VII
  • botanic garden — a place in which plants are grown, studied, and exhibited
  • bottom-feeding — the activities of a bottom feeder.
  • boulder canyon — a canyon of the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada, above Boulder Dam.
  • bound moisture — Bound moisture is liquid in a solid, which exerts a vapor pressure that is less than the pure liquid would do at the same temperature.
  • bound variable — (in the functional calculus) a variable occurring in a quantifier and in a sentential function within the scope of the quantifier.
  • boundary fence — a fence between properties
  • boundary layer — the layer of fluid closest to the surface of a solid past which the fluid flows: it has a lower rate of flow than the bulk of the fluid because of its adhesion to the solid
  • boundary rider — an employee on a sheep or cattle station whose job is to maintain fences in good repair and to prevent stock from straying
  • boundary value — boundary value analysis
  • boundary-stone — a stone marking a boundary, sometimes giving information such as the initials of the local authority in whose jurisdiction the boundary is
  • bow and scrape — to behave in an excessively deferential or obsequious way
  • boxed comments — (programming)   Comments that occupy several lines by themselves; so called because in assembler and C code they are often surrounded by a box in a style similar to this: /************************************************* * * This is a boxed comment in C style * *************************************************/ Common variants of this style omit the asterisks in column 2 or add a matching row of asterisks closing the right side of the box. The sparest variant omits all but the comment delimiters themselves; the "box" is implied. Opposite of winged comments.
  • bradford score — a measure of the amount of time during which an employee is absent from work, based on assigning a number of points according to the frequency and length of absences
  • bradley effect — the distortion of opinion polls caused by the reluctance of respondents to admit to a preference that is regarded as socially unacceptable
  • branched chain — an open chain of atoms with one or more side chains attached to it
  • brandy snifter — snifter (def 1).
  • bras d'or lake — an arm of the Atlantic Ocean in the center Cape Breton Island, in Nova Scotia, Canada. 360 sq. mi. (930 sq. km).
  • brazing solder — an alloy of copper and zinc for joining two metal surfaces by melting the alloy so that it forms a thin layer between the surfaces
  • bread poultice — a poultice made from breadcrumbs
  • break the mold — If you say that someone breaks the mold, you mean that they do completely different things from what has been done before or from what is usually done.
  • breakfast food — any prepared cereal for breakfast
  • breast-feeding — to nurse (a baby) at the breast; suckle.
  • breathe a word — to say something or anything
  • breech-loading — (of a firearm) loaded at the breech
  • breeding stock — animals specifically kept to breed from
  • brewer's droop — an inability to get an erection because of excessive alcohol consumption
  • bridge circuit — any of several networks, such as a Wheatstone bridge, consisting of two branches across which a measuring device is connected. The resistance, capacitance, etc, of one component can be determined from the known values of the others when the voltage in each branch is balanced
  • bridge fluting — (on the stem of a drinking glass) flutes or facets continuing onto the underside of the bowl.
  • bridge passage — bridge1 (def 7).
  • bridge-builder — a person who attempts to connect or reconcile opposing parties
  • broad-spectrum — effective against a wide variety of diseases or microorganisms
  • broken-hearted — Someone who is broken-hearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
  • brood parasite — a young bird hatched and reared by birds of a different species as a result of brood parasitism.
  • brown bullhead — a freshwater catfish, Ictalurus nebulosus, of eastern North America, having an olive to brown body with dark markings on the sides.
  • brownie guider — the adult leader of a pack of Brownie Guides
  • brushed cotton — cotton fabric that is brushed to remove excess lint and fibres to leave a soft, smooth finish
  • bucket brigade — a line of persons passing buckets of water along in trying to put out a fire
  • budget account — an account with a department store, etc, enabling a customer to make monthly payments to cover his or her past and future purchases
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