14-letter words containing d, b, e
- double measure — A double measure is a drink that is twice the normal measure.
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- double wedding — a wedding in which two couples marry
- double-crosser — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- 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.
- doubly serrate — biserrate
- down the tubes — a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- drainage basin — the area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area. Compare watershed (def 2).
- draw a bead on — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- draw the crabs — to attract unwelcome attention
- draw-out table — draw table.
- draw-top table — a table that can be extended by sliding one or more additional leaves into place
- dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
- drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
- driving barrel — (in a weight-driven clock) the drum turned by the descent of the weight, which drives the clock mechanism.
- dropper bottle — A dropper bottle is a container from which medicine is administered using a device that lets the medicine out in drops.
- 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.
- dummy variable — a variable appearing in a mathematical expression that can be replaced by any arbitrary variable, not occurring in the expression, without affecting the value of the whole
- 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.
- dysequilibrium — Alternative form of disequilibrium.
- edging lobelia — a trailing lobelia, Lobelia erinus, of southern Africa, having loose clusters of blue flowers.
- elder brethren — the senior members of the governing body of Trinity House
- elected member — person voted in as a member
- empire-builder — a person who seeks extra power for its own sake, esp by increasing the number of his subordinates or staff
- exchequer bond — a type of short-term government bond
- expansion bend — a loop in a pipe conveying hot fluid that provides flexibility which takes up thermal expansion and thus reduces temperature-induced stress in the pipe to an acceptable level
- fairy bluebird — any fruit-eating passerine bird of the genus Irena, of the East Indies, the males of the several species being characteristically black below and purple-blue above.
- featherbedding — the practice of requiring an employer to hire unnecessary employees, to assign unnecessary work, or to limit production according to a union rule or safety statute: Featherbedding forced the railroads to employ firemen on diesel locomotives.
- featherbrained — Alternative spelling of feather-brained.
- feeblemindedly — Alt form feeble-mindedly.
- feeding bottle — infant's feeding receptacle
- fibrinopeptide — (protein) A polypeptide fragment, cleaved from fibrinogen by thrombin, that combines to form fibrin during blood-clotting.
- fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- fiddler beetle — a black scarab beetle, Eupoecila australasiae, having markings resembling a violin.
- fit to be tied — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- flabberghasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabberghast.
- flat-bed press — a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.
- food labelling — the practice of providing nutritional information on labels on food packaging
- football field — ground where soccer is played
- forbidden city — a walled section of Peking, built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- 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.
- fraise du bois — a wild strawberry.
- fredericksburg — a city in NE Virginia, on the Rappahannock River: scene of a Confederate victory 1862.
- free as a bird — really free