14-letter words containing f, b
- moveable feast — a religious festival that occurs on a different date each year
- muni bond fund — municipal bond fund.
- myofibroblasts — Plural form of myofibroblast.
- neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- nfld & lab — Newfoundland and Labrador
- no fixed abode — If someone has no fixed abode, they are homeless.
- 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
- nonfinite verb — a verb form that does not indicate person or number; in English, the infinitive and participles.
- nonfissionable — not able to undergo fission
- nonforfeitable — a fine; penalty.
- noninflammable — Not catching fire easily; not flammable.
- north branford — a town in S Connecticut.
- observer force — a force deployed to an area of conflict to observe proceedings
- of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
- 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.
- on the back of — If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it.
- out of the box — a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
- perfect number — a positive number that is equal to the sum of all positive integers that are submultiples of it, as 6, which is equal to the sum of 1, 2, and 3.
- 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.
- post-breakfast — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
- prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- press briefing — a meeting called by an organization, government, etc, to inform the press of something
- 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
- purkinje fiber — any of the specialized cardiac muscle fibers forming a network in the ventricular walls that conduct electric impulses responsible for the contractions of the ventricles.
- queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
- rat-bite fever — either of two relapsing febrile diseases, widely distributed geographically, caused by infection with Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minor and transmitted by rats.
- rectifiability — the quality or state of being rectifiable
- reference book — a book containing useful facts or specially organized information, as an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, yearbook, etc.
- 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.
- restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
- right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
- robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- saint boniface — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- 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.
- seebeck effect — thermoelectric effect.
- 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.