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14-letter words containing d, o, b, e, r

  • 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).
  • 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).
  • over and above — above in place or position: the roof over one's head.
  • over sb's head — If someone does something over another person's head, they do it without asking them or discussing it with them, especially when they should do so because the other person is in a position of authority.
  • over-abundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
  • overbejewelled — wearing an excessive amount of jewellery, or excessively decorated
  • overburdensome — excessively burdensome.
  • oversubscribed — If something such as an event or a service is oversubscribed, too many people apply to attend the event or use the service.
  • paddock-basher — a vehicle suited to driving on rough terrain
  • pardonableness — the quality or state of being pardonable
  • particle board — any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.
  • pas de bourree — a short running step.
  • payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
  • pedal keyboard — pedal (def 3a).
  • periodic table — a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.
  • pontoon bridge — a bridge supported by pontoons.
  • porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
  • possible world — (in modal logic) a semantic device formalizing the notion of what the world might have been like. A statement is necessarily true if and only if it is true in every possible world
  • press cupboard — a cupboard of the 16th and 17th centuries having an overhanging top above a recessed cabinet, beneath which is a section of drawers or cabinets.
  • progress board — a department of an organization, company, etc, that oversees and ensures progress, advance or development
  • provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
  • pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
  • pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
  • quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
  • radiation belt — Van Allen belt.
  • rainbow bridge — a natural stone bridge in S Utah: a national monument. 290 feet (88 meters) high; 275 feet (84 meters) span.
  • rainbow darter — a stout darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, inhabiting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages, the spawning male of which has the sides marked with oblique blue bars with red interspaces.
  • 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
  • record cabinet — a piece of furniture like a cupboard, designed to hold or display vinyl records stacked on their side
  • record library — a collection of records belonging to an individual or an organization, for people to borrow usually without payment
  • record-breaker — A record-breaker is someone or something that beats the previous best result in a sport or other activity.
  • red blood cell — Physiology. one of the cells of the blood, which in mammals are enucleate disks concave on both sides, contain hemoglobin, and carry oxygen to the cells and tissues and carbon dioxide back to the respiratory organs. Abbreviation: RBC.
  • red chokeberry — See under chokeberry (def 1).
  • redeliberation — careful consideration before decision.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • redistribution — a distribution performed again or anew.
  • removable disk — removable hard disk
  • required-cobol — A minimal subset of COBOL developed in 1961. It was later dropped entirely.
  • restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
  • ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
  • ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
  • right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
  • rob the cradle — a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
  • rolled tobacco — loose tobacco that is rolled into cigarettes
  • roller bandage — a long bandage rolled into a cylinder
  • round the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
  • roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
  • roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
  • san bernardino — a city in S California.
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