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14-letter words containing l, e, i, b, n, t

  • dehabilitation — (sociology) The process of social estrangement and progressive loosening of social bonds between an individual and his family and society as a result of long-term residence in an institution.
  • deliberateness — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
  • demobilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of demobilization.
  • demobilization — to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
  • denumerability — the quality of being countable
  • differentiable — capable of being differentiated.
  • digestibleness — The quality of being digestible.
  • discernability — The state of being discernable.
  • discernibility — The state or quality of being discernible.
  • disembowelment — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
  • dispensability — capable of being dispensed with or done without; not necessary or essential.
  • distensibility — Capability of swelling or stretching.
  • double density — floppy disk
  • double-jointed — (of particular people or animals) having unusually flexible joints that can bend in unusual ways or to abnormally great extent.
  • dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
  • embellishments — A decorative detail or feature added to something to make it more attractive.
  • enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
  • engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
  • establishments — Plural form of establishment.
  • ethnobotanical — Of or pertaining to ethnobotany.
  • exacerbatingly — In an exacerbating way; so as to aggravate or make worse.
  • expansion bolt — a bolt that expands on tightening, enabling it to be secured into an unthreaded hole
  • extensibleness — The quality of being extensible.
  • extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
  • fallen timbers — a battle site on the Maumee River, near present-day Maumee, Ohio, where a confederation of Indian tribes (Northwest Indian Confederation) was defeated by Gen. Anthony Wayne (1794): state park.
  • fallopian tube — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
  • feeding bottle — infant's feeding receptacle
  • fermentescible — capable of causing fermentation
  • filing cabinet — office: tall set of drawers
  • finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
  • flabbergasting — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
  • flexible joint — A flexible joint is a coupling which can transmit torque between two shafts which are not aligned.
  • fonthill abbey — a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire: rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
  • forcible entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
  • gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
  • gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
  • gilbert pattenGilbert ("Burt L. Standish") 1866–1945, U.S. writer of adventure stories.
  • 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.
  • hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
  • impregnability — strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable: an impregnable fort.
  • 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.
  • incapabilities — not capable.
  • incontrollable — uncontrollable.
  • indefinability — The quality of being indefinable.
  • indeliberately — done without care; special planning or deliberation; unintentional.
  • indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
  • indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
  • indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
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