14-letter words containing f, b, l
- lobelia family — the plant family Lobeliaceae (sometimes considered a subfamily, Lobelioideae, of the Campanulaceae, or bellflower family), typified by usually herbaceous plants having milky sap, simple alternate leaves, irregular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the cardinal flower, Indian tobacco, and lobelia.
- manufacturable — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- microfibrillar — Of or pertaining to microfibrils.
- moveable feast — a religious festival that occurs on a different date each year
- myofibroblasts — Plural form of myofibroblast.
- nfld & lab — Newfoundland and Labrador
- non-beneficial — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
- non-diffusible — capable of being diffused.
- non-refillable — (of a container of some kind) not capable of being used again by having more of something put inside
- nonfissionable — not able to undergo fission
- nonforfeitable — a fine; penalty.
- noninflammable — Not catching fire easily; not flammable.
- olfactory bulb — the enlarged terminal part of each olfactory lobe from which the olfactory nerve originates.
- olfactory lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.
- on sb's behalf — If you do something on someone's behalf, you do it for that person as their representative.
- perfectibilism — the belief in the perfectibility of human nature
- perfectibilist — (predominantly in relation to the Illuminati) a person who believes that a given thing, usually human nature, is perfectible
- perfectibility — capable of becoming or of being made perfect; improvable.
- performability — the quality of being performable
- placebo effect — a reaction to a placebo manifested by a lessening of symptoms or the production of anticipated side effects.
- public affairs — (used with a plural verb) matters of general interest or concern, especially those dealing with current social or political issues.
- public officer — a person appointed or elected to a governmental post.
- public welfare — state aid to the poor
- rectifiability — the quality or state of being rectifiable
- reflexive verb — A reflexive verb is a transitive verb whose subject and object always refer to the same person or thing, so the object is always a reflexive pronoun. An example is 'to enjoy yourself', as in 'Did you enjoy yourself?'.
- refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
- sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- sb will go far — If you say that someone will go far, you mean that they will be very successful in their career.
- self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
- self-abasement — humiliation of oneself, especially as a result of guilt, shame, or the like.
- self-described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- self-oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- self-obsession — the state of being interested in oneself, one's happiness, motivations and interests to the exclusion of other things
- self-publicist — someone who is skilled at promoting him or herself
- self-published — published independently by the author: self-published books.
- self-stability — the state or quality of being stable.
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- snowflake baby — a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
- sufferableness — the quality or condition of being sufferable
- susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
- table football — a game based on soccer, played on a table with sets of miniature human figures mounted on rods allowing them to be tilted or spun to strike the ball
- take sb's life — If someone takes another person's life, they kill them. If someone takes their own life, they kill themselves.
- thermoformable — having the ability to be shaped using heat and pressure
- total football — an attacking style of play, popularized by the Dutch national team of the 1970s, in which there are no fixed positions and every outfield player can join in the attack
- touch football — an informal variety of football in which the touching, usually with both hands, of a ball-carrier by a member of the opposing team results in a down.
- tower of babel — an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.
- trafficability — the condition of soil or terrain with regard to its being traveled over, as by people, vehicles, or machinery.
- turbulent flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid varies irregularly.
- unclassifiable — that cannot be categorized
- unflappability — not easily upset or confused, especially in a crisis; imperturbable.