16-letter words containing l, a, c, e, b
- unpredictability — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- valet de chambre — valet (def 1).
- vegetable cellar — a usually underground storage room where fresh vegetables can be stored at normally cool temperatures for later use.
- vegetable slicer — a device with a sharp blade for slicing vegetables finely;
- verbal adjective — an adjective derived from a verb, as, in English, smiling in smiling eyes, or, in Greek, batós “going,” “moving,” derived from baínen “to go,” “to move.”.
- vertebral column — spinal column.
- vocabulary entry — (in dictionaries) a word, phrase, abbreviation, symbol, affix, name, etc., listed with its definition or explanation in alphabetical order or listed for identification after the word from which it is derived or to which it is related.
- vulcanized fiber — a leatherlike substance made by compression of layers of paper or cloth that have been treated with acids or zinc chloride, used chiefly for electric insulation.
- well-baby clinic — a health-service clinic for preventive monitoring, health education and advice for parents of babies
- wheelbarrow race — a race in which one member of each team of two walks on his or her hands while the legs are held up by the partner.
- wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around