14-letter words containing i, b, l, e
- 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.
- gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
- hague tribunal — the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.
- heidelberg jaw — a human lower jaw of early middle Pleistocene age found in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany.
- 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.
- hereditability — heritable.
- hermit warbler — a common wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis) of W North America, with a yellow-and-black head, a gray back, and white underparts
- heteroflexible — (of a person) predominantly heterosexual but not exclusively so
- hit the bottle — a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
- hobbledehoyish — of or like a hobbledehoy
- holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- huckleberrying — the activity of gathering huckleberries
- husein ibn-ali — 1856–1931, 1st king of Hejaz 1916–24.
- hybrid vehicle — A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle using two different forms of power, such as an electric motor and an internal combustion engine, or an electric motor with a battery and fuel cells for energy storage.
- hyperbarically — in a hyperbaric manner
- hyperbatically — in a hyperbatic manner
- hyperbolically — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperexcitable — an excessive reaction to stimuli.
- hyperirritable — extreme irritability.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
- i bet/i'll bet — You use I bet or I'll bet in reply to a statement to show that you agree with it or that you expected it to be true, usually when you are annoyed or amused by it.
- 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.
- ibm compatible — (computer) A computer which can use hardware and software designed for the IBM PC (or, less often, IBM mainframes). This was once a key phrase in marketing a new PC clone but now in 1998 is rarely used, the non-IBM wintel personal computer manufacturers such as Compaq, Dell and Gateway 2000 and OS vendor Microsoft having taken control of the market, marginalising IBM.
- image-building — improving the brand image or public image of something or someone by good public relations, advertising, etc
- impassableness — The quality of being impassable.
- impeachability — The state or condition of being impeachable.
- imperial beach — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- impermeability — not permeable; impassable.
- imperviability — the quality of being imperviable
- implacableness — The quality of being implacable.
- imponderabilia — Those things that are imponderable.
- impossibleness — Quality of being impossible.
- impregnability — strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable: an impregnable fort.
- impressibility — The quality of being impressible.
- impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
- impulse buying — the buying of retail merchandise prompted by a whim on seeing the product displayed
- in one's blood — If a quality or talent is in your blood, it is part of your nature, and other members of your family have it too.
- in the balance — a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
- inalienability — not transferable to another or not capable of being taken away or denied; not alienable: inalienable rights, freedoms, and liberties; an inalienable territory; inalienable principles and values.
- inalterability — Inalterableness.