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14-letter words containing d, e, b, u

  • 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.
  • do a number on — a numeral or group of numerals.
  • domestic abuse — physical or mental abuse towards a member of one's own household
  • double bassoon — a bassoon an octave lower in pitch than the ordinary bassoon: the largest and deepest-toned instrument of the oboe class; contrabassoon.
  • double bedroom — a large bedroom
  • double blossom — a disease of blackberries and dewberries, characterized by witches'-brooms and flower malformations, caused by a fungus, Cercosporella rubi.
  • 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 deckers — (jargon)   Married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
  • double density — floppy disk
  • double digging — a method of digging ground in a series of trenches two spits deep, mixing the soil of the bottom spit with manure, and then transferring the soil from the top spit of one trench to the top spit of the preceding one
  • double dresser — a dresser having two long drawers across its width for most of its height.
  • double dribble — an infraction, resulting in loss of possession of the ball, occurring either when a player uses both hands simultaneously when dribbling or when a player interrupts a dribble by holding the ball momentarily in one or both hands.
  • double drummer — a type of cicada
  • 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 glazing — glazing consisting of two thicknesses of glass with a dead air space between them.
  • 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 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.
  • draw-out table — draw table.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • go a bundle on — to be extremely fond of
  • golden jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
  • groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
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