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14-letter words containing e, m, b

  • embarrassments — Plural form of embarrassment.
  • embellishingly — in an embellishing manner
  • embellishments — A decorative detail or feature added to something to make it more attractive.
  • emblematically — In an emblematic manner.
  • empire-builder — a person who seeks extra power for its own sake, esp by increasing the number of his subordinates or staff
  • ensemble piece — a play involving no individual star but several actors whose roles are of equal importance
  • establishments — Plural form of establishment.
  • exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
  • extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
  • fallen timbers — a battle site on the Maumee River, near present-day Maumee, Ohio, where a confederation of Indian tribes (Northwest Indian Confederation) was defeated by Gen. Anthony Wayne (1794): state park.
  • family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
  • farmers branch — a city in NE Texas.
  • feeblemindedly — Alt form feeble-mindedly.
  • fermentescible — capable of causing fermentation
  • fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
  • fighter-bomber — an aircraft that combines the functions of a fighter and a bomber.
  • 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.
  • gabriel marcel — Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1887–1973, French philosopher, dramatist, and critic.
  • gallamine blue — a type of mordant dye
  • gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
  • gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
  • 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.
  • globe amaranth — a plant, Gomphrena globosa, native to the Old World tropics, having dense heads of variously colored flowers that retain their color when cut.
  • google bombing — an effort to move a website to the top of search-engine results for a particular word or phrase, by creating a large number of links that contain this search text.
  • google-bombing — an effort to move a website to the top of search-engine results for a particular word or phrase, by creating a large number of links that contain this search text.
  • great zimbabwe — Formerly Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia. a republic in S Africa: a former British colony and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1980. 150,330 sq. mi. (389,362 sq. km). Capital: Harare.
  • half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
  • harbour master — an official in charge of a harbour
  • harriet tubmanHarriet (Araminta) 1820?–1913, U.S. abolitionist: escaped slave and leader of the Underground Railroad; served as a Union scout during Civil War.
  • health problem — ailment or disorder
  • hebrew-aramaic — a mixture of Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic
  • heidelberg man — the primitive human being reconstructed from the Heidelberg jaw.
  • helium balloon — a balloon that is filled with helium and rises up into the air if not held
  • hemimetabolism — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
  • henry bessemerSir Henry, 1813–98, English engineer: inventor of the Bessemer process.
  • hepburn system — a widely used system of Romanization of Japanese devised by James Curtis Hepburn (1815–1911).
  • hermit warbler — a common wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis) of W North America, with a yellow-and-black head, a gray back, and white underparts
  • hobbledehoydom — the condition of being a hobbledehoy
  • holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
  • holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
  • homeward bound — going home
  • honeycomb work — stalactite work.
  • hors de combat — disabled or injured
  • humpback whale — a large whalebone whale of the genus Megaptera having long narrow flippers, and noted for its habit of arching deeply as it dives: once abundant in coastal waters, it is now rare but its numbers are increasing.
  • hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
  • hyperpermeable — Having higher than normal permeability.
  • hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
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