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

  • economic blockade — an embargo on trade with a country, esp one which prohibits receipt of exports from that country, with the intention of disrupting the country's economy
  • goldbeater's skin — the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used by goldbeaters to lay between the leaves of the metal while they beat it into gold leaf.
  • greenland halibut — a flatfish, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, similar and related to the halibut
  • headline-grabbing — A headline-grabbing statement or activity is one that is intended to attract a lot of attention, especially from the media.
  • hornblende schist — a variety of schist containing needles of hornblende that lie in parallel planes.
  • imitation doublet — a doublet formed entirely of glass.
  • in double figures — An amount or number that is in single figures is between zero and nine. An amount or number that is in double figures is between ten and ninety-nine. You can also say, for example, that an amount or number is in three figures when it is between one hundred and nine hundred and ninety-nine.
  • in double harness — in a harness for two animals pulling the same carriage, plow, etc.
  • indecipherability — Quality of being indecipherable.
  • indefatigableness — The state of being indefatigable.
  • indescribableness — The quality of being indescribable.
  • indestructibility — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
  • indispensableness — The characteristic of being indispensable; indispensability.
  • indistinguishable — not distinguishable.
  • interdental brush — a small brush that is used to clean between the teeth
  • invincible armada — Armada.
  • invisible mending — any form of repair, esp to clothing, in which the aim is to make the finished repair work undetectable
  • juvenile diabetes — any of several disorders characterized by increased urine production.
  • lambda expression — (mathematics)   A term in the lambda-calculus denoting an unnamed function (a "lambda abstraction"), a variable or a constant. The pure lambda-calculus has only functions and no constants.
  • learned borrowing — a word or other linguistic form borrowed from a classical language into a modern language.
  • learning-disabled — pertaining to or having a learning disability: a learning-disabled child.
  • liberal education — an education based primarily on the liberal arts, emphasizing the development of intellectual abilities as opposed to the acquisition of professional skills.
  • loose-leaf binder — a hard cover with metal rings inside which is used to hold loose pieces of paper
  • medical librarian — a person who works in a library of medical information kept for reference in a teaching hospital
  • mental disability — a general or specific intellectual handicap, resulting directly or indirectly from injury to the brain or from abnormal neurological development
  • millennium bridge — a steel bridge for pedestrians over the River Thames linking the City of London at St Paul's Cathedral with the Tate Modern Gallery at Bankside: it has a span of 325 m (1056 ft)
  • mind-body problem — the problem of explaining the relation of the mind to the body.
  • misunderstandable — Capable of being misunderstood.
  • non-biodegradable — capable of decaying through the action of living organisms: biodegradable paper; biodegradable detergent.
  • not bat an eyelid — When something surprising or shocking happens, if someone doesn't bat an eyelid in British English, or doesn't bat an eye in American English, they remain calm and do not show any reaction.
  • old contemptibles — the British expeditionary force to France in 1914
  • pillar-and-breast — room-and-pillar.
  • rhode island bent — a European pasture grass, Agrostis tenuis, naturalized in North America, having red flower clusters.
  • sable island pony — a variety of wild pony found on Sable Island, Nova Scotia
  • salt-rising bread — a kind of bread leavened with a fermented mixture of salted milk, cornmeal, flour, sugar, and soda.
  • sandro botticelli — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
  • sinbad the sailor — a merchant in The Arabian Nights who makes seven adventurous voyages
  • split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
  • surrender to bail — to present oneself at court at the appointed time after having been on bail
  • temporomandibular — of, relating to, or situated near the hinge joint formed by the lower jaw and the temporal bone of the skull.
  • tibetan highlands — Tibet, Plateau of.
  • tuberculin-tested — (of milk) produced by cows that have been certified as free of tuberculosis
  • understandability — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • undistinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • unlisted building — a building that is not amongst those buildings officially recognized as having special historical or architectural interest and therefore protected from demolition or alteration
  • unpredictableness — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
  • visible radiation — electromagnetic radiation that causes the sensation of sight; light. It has wavelengths between about 380 and 780 nanometres
  • voidable contract — a contract or agreement that is capable of being made of no legal effect or made void
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