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

  • defibrillation — the application of an electric current to the heart to restore normal rhythmic contractions after the onset of atrial or ventricular fibrillation
  • 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
  • despicableness — The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness.
  • diabolicalness — The state or quality of being diabolical.
  • diagonalisable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalised
  • diagonalizable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalized
  • differentiable — capable of being differentiated.
  • diffuse nebula — nebula (def 1a).
  • digestibleness — The quality of being digestible.
  • disbelievingly — In a disbelieving manner; in a manner that is difficult to believe.
  • discernability — The state of being discernable.
  • discernibility — The state or quality of being discernible.
  • disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
  • disembowelling — (chiefly, British) present participle of disembowel.
  • disembowelment — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
  • dispensability — capable of being dispensed with or done without; not necessary or essential.
  • disposableness — Disposability.
  • distensibility — Capability of swelling or stretching.
  • divinylbenzene — a clear liquid, C 10 H 10 , easily polymerized, used in the manufacture of rubbers, drying oils, ion-exchange resins, and polyesters.
  • dogbane family — the plant family Apocynaceae, characterized by shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants having milky and often poisonous juice, simple opposite leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit usually in dry pods, and including the dogbane, oleander, periwinkle, and plumeria.
  • double density — floppy disk
  • double digging — a method of digging ground in a series of trenches two spits deep, mixing the soil of the bottom spit with manure, and then transferring the soil from the top spit of one trench to the top spit of the preceding one
  • double glazing — glazing consisting of two thicknesses of glass with a dead air space between them.
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • double wedding — a wedding in which two couples marry
  • double-dealing — duplicity; treachery; deception.
  • double-dipping — the act or practice of receiving more than one income or collecting double benefits from the same employer or organization.
  • 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.
  • driving barrel — (in a weight-driven clock) the drum turned by the descent of the weight, which drives the clock mechanism.
  • 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.
  • edging lobelia — a trailing lobelia, Lobelia erinus, of southern Africa, having loose clusters of blue flowers.
  • feeblemindedly — Alt form feeble-mindedly.
  • feeding bottle — infant's feeding receptacle
  • food labelling — the practice of providing nutritional information on labels on food packaging
  • formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
  • gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
  • golden jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
  • 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.
  • i'll be darned — You can say I'll be darned to show that you are very surprised about 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.
  • 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.
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