14-letter words containing d, e, m, o, b
- double blossom — a disease of blackberries and dewberries, characterized by witches'-brooms and flower malformations, caused by a fungus, Cercosporella rubi.
- double drummer — a type of cicada
- 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.
- 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.
- fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- 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.
- garden webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
- hobbledehoydom — the condition of being a hobbledehoy
- homeward bound — going home
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- imponderabilia — Those things that are imponderable.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- lemonade berry — a sumac, Rhus integrifolia, of southern California, having hairy, dark-red fruits used to make a beverage resembling lemonade.
- lombard street — a street in London, England: a financial center.
- lord baltimore — David, born 1938, U.S. microbiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
- make one's bed — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- 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.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- marble orchard — cemetery.
- marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
- master bedroom — a principal bedroom in a house or apartment, usually the largest, typically occupied by the person or persons who head the household.
- matteo bojardo — Matteo Maria [mah-tey-oh muh-ree-uh;; Italian maht-te-aw mah-ree-ah] /mɑˈteɪ oʊ məˈri ə;; Italian mɑtˈtɛ ɔ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), Boiardo, Matteo Maria.
- methyl bromide — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Br, used chiefly as a solvent, refrigerant, and fumigant and in organic synthesis.
- middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
- mistletoe bird — a small Australian flower-pecker, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, that feeds on mistletoe berries
- mobile command — the Canadian army and other land forces
- molded breadth — the extreme breadth of the framing of a vessel, excluding the thickness of the plating or planking.
- moon blindness — a disease of horses in which the eyes suffer from recurring attacks of inflammation, eventually resulting in opacity and blindness.
- morbid obesity — a state of obesity in which the body mass index is between 40 and 49.9 kg/m2
- morbidity rate — a measure of the relative incidence of a particular disease in a specific locality
- mother hubbard — a full, loose gown, usually fitted at the shoulders, worn by women.
- mound builders — a member of any of the early American Indian peoples who built the burial mounds, fortifications, and other earthworks found in the Midwest and the Southwest
- mourning bride — a plant, Scabiosa atropurpurea, native to Europe, cultivated for its purple, reddish, or white flowers.
- non-admissible — that may be allowed or conceded; allowable: an admissible plan.
- northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
- ordinal number — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
- overburdensome — excessively burdensome.
- plumbous oxide — litharge.
- pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
- random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
- re-embroidered — embellished with beads, tiny pearls, ribbon, etc. sewn on, usually by hand: said as of lace for bridal gowns
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
- second baseman — the player whose position is second base.
- second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.