14-letter words containing d, e, b, u, t
- deurbanization — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- discharge tube — gas tube.
- discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- disequilibrate — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
- dissector tube — a form of television camera tube in which an electron image produced by a photoemitting surface is focused in the plane of an aperture and deflected past the aperture to achieve scanning.
- distributaries — Plural form of distributary.
- distributively — serving to distribute, assign, allot, or divide; characterized by or pertaining to distribution.
- domestic abuse — physical or mental abuse towards a member of one's own household
- double coconut — a tall, stout, fan palm, Lodoicea maldivica, of the Seychelles Islands, having nuts that are the largest seeds of any plant, often weighing 50 pounds (22.6 kg): populations are declining.
- double density — floppy disk
- double entente — a double meaning; ambiguity.
- double feature — a motion-picture program consisting of two films shown one after the other for the price of a single ticket.
- 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.
- draw-out table — draw table.
- 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
- 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.
- handbrake turn — a turn sharply reversing the direction of a vehicle by speedily applying the handbrake while turning the steering wheel
- hebetudinosity — mental dullness; insipidity
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
- indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
- infundibulated — Funnel-shaped.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- irreducibility — (uncountable) The quality or degree of being irreducible.
- 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
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
- mirabile dictu — wonderful to relate; amazing to say
- mother hubbard — a full, loose gown, usually fitted at the shoulders, worn by women.
- multibarrelled — (of a gun) having more than one barrel
- multichambered — comprising or involving several chambers
- natural bridge — a natural limestone bridge in western Virginia. 215 feet (66 meters) high; 90 feet (27 meters) span.
- nip in the bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
- northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
- nudibranchiate — nudibranch.
- objet de vertu — an object of virtu
- on the rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
- 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).
- painted beauty — a butterfly, Vanessa virginiensis, having brownish-black and orange wings, the hind wings each having two eyespots.
- penalty double — business double.
- 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
- redisbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.