16-letter words containing e, d, i, n, b
- diethyl carbinol — a colorless, liquid isomer of amyl alcohol, (CH3CH2)2CHOH, used in drugs and as a solvent
- dimension lumber — building lumber cut to standard or specified sizes.
- dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
- direction number — the component of a vector along a given line; any number proportional to the direction cosines of a given line.
- disagreeableness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being disagreeable.
- disembarrassment — Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.
- disequilibration — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
- disestablishment — to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
- dishonorableness — The property of being dishonorable.
- disreputableness — The state or quality of being disreputable or disgraceful; disreputability.
- division algebra — a linear algebra in which each element of the vector space has a multiplicative inverse.
- do business with — trade or deal with
- dorr's rebellion — an insurrection in Rhode Island (1842) that grew out of dissatisfaction with the existing state constitution, which restricted suffrage to landholders or their eldest sons.
- double centering — a method of extending a survey line by taking the average of two foresights, one with the telescope direct and one with it inverted, made each time by transiting the telescope after a backsight.
- double indemnity — a clause in a life-insurance or accident-insurance policy providing for payment of twice the face value of the policy in the event of accidental death.
- double pneumonia — pneumonia affecting both lungs.
- double precision — using twice the normal amount of storage, as two words rather than one, to represent a number.
- double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
- double-clutching — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
- drinking problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
- eastern kingbird — any of several American tyrant flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus, especially T. tyrannus (eastern kingbird) of North America, known for their pugnacious disposition toward predators.
- eastern whipbird — an Australian whipbird, Psophodes olivaceus
- edinburgh prolog — Prolog dialect which eventually developed into the standard, as opposed to Marseille Prolog. (The difference is largely syntax.) Clocksin & Mellish describe Edinburgh Prolog. Version: C-Prolog.
- embarkation card — an official document that allows travellers to leave a country by boarding a ship or plane
- endocannabinoids — Plural form of endocannabinoid.
- equidistribution — An equal distribution.
- feeblemindedness — Quality of being feeble-minded; weak intellect.
- fisherman's bend — a knot made by taking a round turn on the object to which the rope is to be fastened, passing the end of the rope around the standing part and under the round turn, and securing the end.
- forbid the banns — to raise an objection to a marriage announced in this way
- forced vibration — Forced vibration is a type of vibration in which a force is repeatedly applied to a mechanical system.
- gingerbread palm — doom palm.
- gingerbread plum — a tree, Neocarya macrophylla, of western Africa, bearing a large, edible, starchy fruit.
- gingerbread tree — a W African tree, Parinari macrophyllum, with large mealy edible fruits (gingerbread plums): family Chrysobalanaceae
- grin and bear it — to suffer trouble or hardship without complaint
- hanging wardrobe — a wardrobe containing a rail with a large amount of space underneath, so that clothes can be hung on hangers placed onto the rail
- herringbone bond — a brickwork bond in which the exposed brickwork is bonded to the heart of the wall by concealed courses of bricks laid diagonally to the faces of the wall in a herringbone pattern, with the end of each brick butting against the side of the adjoining brick; a form of raking bond.
- honeymoon bridge — any of several varieties of bridge for two players.
- horseback riding — activity: riding a horse
- hyaloid membrane — the delicate, pellucid, and nearly structureless membrane enclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.
- hydration number — the number of molecules of water with which an ion can combine in an aqueous solution of given concentration.
- hydrogen bromide — a colorless gas, HBr, having a pungent odor: the anhydride of hydrobromic acid.
- incorporated bar — (in some states) a system of bar associations to which all lawyers are required to belong.
- indefatigability — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
- indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
- indian breadroot — breadroot.
- indigestibleness — The quality of being indigestible.
- indiscernibility — The state or characteristic of being indiscernible; inability to be observed.
- indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
- indisputableness — The property of being indisputable.
- indissolubleness — The quality of being indissoluble.