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14-letter words containing e, n, a, b, l, d

  • daniel websterDaniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
  • dead-ball line — a line not more than 22 metres behind the goal line at each end of the field beyond which the ball is out of play
  • debutante ball — a formal ball at which young women of upper-class background are presented to society
  • decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
  • decompoundable — able to be broken down into its component parts
  • defibrillating — Present participle of defibrillate.
  • defibrillation — the application of an electric current to the heart to restore normal rhythmic contractions after the onset of atrial or ventricular fibrillation
  • dehabilitation — (sociology) The process of social estrangement and progressive loosening of social bonds between an individual and his family and society as a result of long-term residence in an institution.
  • delectableness — The state or quality of being delectable.
  • deliberateness — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
  • demobilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of demobilization.
  • demobilization — to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
  • demonstratable — Alternative form of demonstrable.
  • denumerability — the quality of being countable
  • dependableness — Dependability.
  • deplorableness — The state or quality of being deplorable.
  • despicableness — The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness.
  • detestableness — The state or quality of being detestable.
  • diabolicalness — The state or quality of being diabolical.
  • diagonalisable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalised
  • diagonalizable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalized
  • differentiable — capable of being differentiated.
  • diffuse nebula — nebula (def 1a).
  • discernability — The state of being discernable.
  • disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
  • dispensability — capable of being dispensed with or done without; not necessary or essential.
  • disposableness — Disposability.
  • dogbane family — the plant family Apocynaceae, characterized by shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants having milky and often poisonous juice, simple opposite leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit usually in dry pods, and including the dogbane, oleander, periwinkle, and plumeria.
  • double bassoon — a bassoon an octave lower in pitch than the ordinary bassoon: the largest and deepest-toned instrument of the oboe class; contrabassoon.
  • double glazing — glazing consisting of two thicknesses of glass with a dead air space between them.
  • double harness — harness for a pair of horses.
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • double-dealing — duplicity; treachery; deception.
  • dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
  • driving barrel — (in a weight-driven clock) the drum turned by the descent of the weight, which drives the clock mechanism.
  • edging lobelia — a trailing lobelia, Lobelia erinus, of southern Africa, having loose clusters of blue flowers.
  • food labelling — the practice of providing nutritional information on labels on food packaging
  • formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
  • gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
  • garden warbler — any of several small brownish-grey European songbirds of the genus Sylvia (warblers), esp S. borin, common in woods and hedges: in some parts of Europe they are esteemed as a delicacy
  • go a bundle on — to be extremely fond of
  • golden warbler — yellow warbler.
  • heidelberg man — the primitive human being reconstructed from the Heidelberg jaw.
  • i'll be damned — Some people say 'I'll be damned!' when they are expressing surprise at something.
  • i'll be darned — You can say I'll be darned to show that you are very surprised about something.
  • image-building — improving the brand image or public image of something or someone by good public relations, advertising, etc
  • imponderabilia — Those things that are imponderable.
  • inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
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