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14-letter words containing d, i, s, b, a

  • mistranscribed — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
  • non-admissible — that may be allowed or conceded; allowable: an admissible plan.
  • non-subsidiary — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
  • 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.
  • pedestal basin — a wash-hand basin supported by a pedestal
  • persian blinds — persiennes
  • preestablished — to establish beforehand.
  • pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
  • quadrisyllabic — a word or poetic meter with four syllables
  • quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
  • radiobroadcast — a broadcast by radio.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • removable disk — removable hard disk
  • road stability — the extent to which a motor vehicle is stable and does not skid, esp at high speeds, or on sharp bends or wet roads
  • saint benedict — Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
  • san bernardino — a city in S California.
  • sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
  • sanibel island — an island in the Gulf of Mexico off the SW coast of Florida. 16 sq. mi. (41.5 sq. km).
  • scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
  • scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
  • scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
  • secretary bird — a large, long-legged, raptorial bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, of Africa, that feeds on reptiles.
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • 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.
  • sidi-bel-abbes — a city in NW Algeria.
  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • skin and bones — a condition or state of extreme thinness, usually the result of malnutrition; emaciation: Anorexia had reduced her to skin and bones.
  • skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
  • sounding board — a thin, resonant plate of wood forming part of a musical instrument, and so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tone.
  • spiral binding — a binding, as for a notebook or booklet, in which the pages are fastened together by a spiral of wire or plastic that coils through a series of holes punched along one side of each page and the front and back covers.
  • spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.
  • springboarding — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
  • subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • substantivized — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
  • sugar diabetes — diabetes mellitus
  • syllable-timed — having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time.
  • tabes dorsalis — syphilis of the spinal cord and its appendages, characterized by shooting pains and other sensory disturbances, and, in the later stages, by paralysis.
  • the beatitudes — the pronouncements in the Sermon on the Mount, which begin “Blessed are the poor in spirit”: Matt. 5:3-12
  • trade barriers — any regulation or policy that restricts international trade, especially tariffs, quotas, etc.
  • tubuai islands — a chain of small islands extending about 1400 km (850 miles) in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia; discovered by Captain Cook in 1777; annexed by France in 1880. Pop: 1979 (2002). Area: 173 sq km (67 sq miles)
  • un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • undiminishable — unable to be diminished
  • undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
  • undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
  • unsubordinated — noting or designating a debt obligation whose holder is placed in precedence below secured and general creditors: subordinated debentures.
  • upper sideband — the frequency band above the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
  • urban district — a minor administrative division in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, with local self-government by a district council, but lacking the charter of a borough.
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