14-letter words containing d, e, b, t, s
- hair's-breadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
- hand's-breadth — handbreadth
- hebetudinosity — mental dullness; insipidity
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- hybrid testing — (testing) A combination of top-down testing with bottom-up testing of prioritised or available components.
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
- indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
- indiscerptible — not discerptible; indivisible.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- james breasted — James Henry, 1865–1935, U.S. archaeologist and historian of ancient Egypt.
- keep sb posted — update regularly
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- leaf-nosed bat — any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.
- lee's birthday — Jan. 19, Robert E. Lee's birthday, a legal holiday in several Southern states
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
- lombard street — a street in London, England: a financial center.
- mandelbrot set — (mathematics, graphics) (After its discoverer, Benoit Mandelbrot) The set of all complex numbers c such that | z[N] | < 2 for arbitrarily large values of N, where z[0] = 0 z[n+1] = z[n]^2 + c The Mandelbrot set is usually displayed as an Argand diagram, giving each point a colour which depends on the largest N for which | z[N] | < 2, up to some maximum N which is used for the points in the set (for which N is infinite). These points are traditionally coloured black. The Mandelbrot set is the best known example of a fractal - it includes smaller versions of itself which can be explored to arbitrary levels of detail.
- master bedroom — a principal bedroom in a house or apartment, usually the largest, typically occupied by the person or persons who head the household.
- master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
- mistletoe bird — a small Australian flower-pecker, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, that feeds on mistletoe berries
- mistranscribed — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- morbid obesity — a state of obesity in which the body mass index is between 40 and 49.9 kg/m2
- news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
- non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
- nonestablished — without the official support of the government
- orbital sander — a sander that uses a section of sandpaper clamped to a metal pad that moves at high speed in a very narrow orbit, driven by an electric motor.
- outer hebrides — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
- pedestal basin — a wash-hand basin supported by a pedestal
- pedestal table — a table supported upon a central shaft, or upon several shafts along its centerline, each resting upon a spreading foot or feet.
- preestablished — to establish beforehand.
- 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.
- restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
- 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.
- 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.
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- secretary bird — a large, long-legged, raptorial bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, of Africa, that feeds on reptiles.
- 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