15-letter words containing e, d, i, n, b
- delabialization — the result or process of delabializing.
- demolition bomb — a bomb containing a relatively large charge, used especially to destroy structures.
- demonstrability — The quality of being demonstrable.
- deoxyhemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
- describableness — The quality of being describable.
- destabilisation — Alternative spelling of destabilization.
- destabilization — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
- determinability — the quality of being determinable
- detribalisation — Alternative form of detribalization.
- detribalization — to cause to lose tribal allegiances and customs, chiefly through contact with another culture.
- developing bath — an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
- diamond jubilee — A diamond jubilee is the sixtieth anniversary of an important event.
- dichlorobenzene — any of a group of three insoluble isomeric chemical compounds used in solvents, insecticides, and dyes
- dimethylbenzene — xylene.
- discernibleness — The state or quality of being discernible.
- discount broker — an agent who discounts commercial paper.
- disembarrassing — Present participle of disembarrass.
- disestablishing — Present participle of disestablish.
- dispensableness — The quality of being dispensable.
- display cabinet — a cabinet in a shop, museum, etc, that displays items
- distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- do the business — to achieve what is required
- dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
- double genitive — a possessive construction consisting of a prepositional phrase with of containing a substantive in the possessive case, as of father's in He is a friend of father's.
- double in brass — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- double integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of two variables and that requires two applications of the integration process to evaluate.
- double knitting — a widely used medium thickness of knitting wool
- double negation — the principle that a statement is equivalent to the denial of its negation, as it is not the case that John is not here meaning John is here
- double negative — a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation.
- double printing — the exposure of the same positive photographic emulsion to two or more negatives, resulting in the superimposition of multiple images after development
- double stopping — playing two notes or parts simultaneously on a string instrument
- dropping bottle — a bottle with correlated lengthwise grooves in the neck and in the stopper, permitting a controlled flow of the liquid contents in the form of drops.
- edition binding — a decorative binding for books, often of leather or simulated leather.
- elastic rebound — a theory of earthquakes that envisages gradual deformation of the fault zone without fault slippage until friction is overcome, when the fault suddenly slips to produce the earthquake
- embalming fluid — a liquid used to treat a dead body, which contains preservatives to retard putrefaction
- endocannabinoid — An endogenous cannabinoid, that is one produced by the body.
- endocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of dead members of one's own social group, often associated with spiritual beliefs.
- english bulldog — bulldog (sense 1)
- examining board — an organization that sets and corrects exams
- feather banding — decorative banding of veneer or inlay having the grain laid diagonally to the grain of the principal surface.
- field ambulance — a mobile medical unit that accepts casualties from forward units, treating the lightly wounded and stabilizing the condition of the seriously wounded before evacuating them to a hospital
- fish and brewis — a Newfoundland dish of cooked salt cod and soaked hard bread
- fob destination — FOB destination is a shipping term indicating that ownership of goods passes at delivery to their destination, and the seller has total responsibility until then.
- forbidden fruit — the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, tasted by Adam and Eve against God's prohibition. Gen. 2:17; 3:3.
- founding member — A founding member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
- gambier islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean, in French Polynesia. Chief settlement: Rikitéa. Pop: 1097 (2002). Area: 30 sq km (11 sq miles)
- get sb into bed — To get someone into bed means to persuade them to have sex with you.
- gilbert islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific: with Banaba, the Phoenix Islands, and three of the Line Islands they constitute the independent state of Kiribati; until 1975 they formed part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands; achieved full independence in 1979. Pop: 82 902 (2005). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)
- gingerbread man — biscuit in the shape of a man
- golden boy/girl — If you refer to a man as a golden boy or a woman as a golden girl, you mean that they are especially popular and successful.