14-letter words containing i, m, b, e, d
- dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
- dummy variable — a variable appearing in a mathematical expression that can be replaced by any arbitrary variable, not occurring in the expression, without affecting the value of the whole
- dysequilibrium — Alternative form of disequilibrium.
- empire-builder — a person who seeks extra power for its own sake, esp by increasing the number of his subordinates or staff
- feeblemindedly — Alt form feeble-mindedly.
- fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
- 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.
- 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.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- indeterminable — not determinable; incapable of being ascertained.
- indeterminably — In an indeterminable manner.
- liberal-minded — espousing liberal views and policies
- lord baltimore — David, born 1938, U.S. microbiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
- man-made fibre — a type of fibre that is made artificially, such as polyester or rayon, rather than occurring naturally, like cotton or wool
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
- master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
- merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
- methyl bromide — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Br, used chiefly as a solvent, refrigerant, and fumigant and in organic synthesis.
- middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
- mirabile dictu — wonderful to relate; amazing to say
- mistletoe bird — a small Australian flower-pecker, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, that feeds on mistletoe berries
- mistranscribed — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- mixed blessing — something that, although generally favorable or advantageous, has one or more unfavorable or disadvantageous features.
- mobile command — the Canadian army and other land forces
- moon blindness — a disease of horses in which the eyes suffer from recurring attacks of inflammation, eventually resulting in opacity and blindness.
- morbid obesity — a state of obesity in which the body mass index is between 40 and 49.9 kg/m2
- morbidity rate — a measure of the relative incidence of a particular disease in a specific locality
- mound builders — a member of any of the early American Indian peoples who built the burial mounds, fortifications, and other earthworks found in the Midwest and the Southwest
- mourning bride — a plant, Scabiosa atropurpurea, native to Europe, cultivated for its purple, reddish, or white flowers.
- multibarrelled — (of a gun) having more than one barrel
- multichambered — comprising or involving several chambers
- non-admissible — that may be allowed or conceded; allowable: an admissible plan.
- ordinal number — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
- plumbous oxide — litharge.
- re-embroidered — embellished with beads, tiny pearls, ribbon, etc. sewn on, usually by hand: said as of lace for bridal gowns
- redisbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- silver bromide — a yellowish, water-insoluble powder, AgBr, which darkens on exposure to light, produced by the reaction of silver nitrate with a bromide: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions.
- single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
- slide trombone — a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
- sodium bromide — a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble solid, NaBr, used chiefly in photography as a developer, and in medicine as a sedative.