14-letter words containing o, f, b, e

king of beasts — the lion.
labour of love — If you do something as a labour of love, you do it because you really want to and not because of any reward you might get for it, even though it involves hard work.
land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
leaf-nosed bat — any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.
left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
line of battle — a line formed by troops or ships for delivering or receiving an attack.
lobelia family — the plant family Lobeliaceae (sometimes considered a subfamily, Lobelioideae, of the Campanulaceae, or bellflower family), typified by usually herbaceous plants having milky sap, simple alternate leaves, irregular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the cardinal flower, Indian tobacco, and lobelia.
moveable feast — a religious festival that occurs on a different date each year
neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
no fixed abode — If someone has no fixed abode, they are homeless.
non-beneficial — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
non-diffusible — capable of being diffused.
non-refillable — (of a container of some kind) not capable of being used again by having more of something put inside
nonfinite verb — a verb form that does not indicate person or number; in English, the infinitive and participles.
nonfissionable — not able to undergo fission
nonforfeitable — a fine; penalty.
noninflammable — Not catching fire easily; not flammable.
observer force — a force deployed to an area of conflict to observe proceedings
of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
olfactory lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.
on sb's behalf — If you do something on someone's behalf, you do it for that person as their representative.
on the back of — If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it.
out of the box — a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
performability — the quality of being performable
placebo effect — a reaction to a placebo manifested by a lessening of symptoms or the production of anticipated side effects.
post-breakfast — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
public officer — a person appointed or elected to a governmental post.
queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
reference book — a book containing useful facts or specially organized information, as an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, yearbook, etc.
restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
saint boniface — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
self-oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
self-obsession — the state of being interested in oneself, one's happiness, motivations and interests to the exclusion of other things
snowflake baby — a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
surfer's knobs — a tumorlike nodule below a surfer's knee or on the upper area of the foot, caused by pressure on the skin and tissue exerted by the surfboard.
susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
table football — a game based on soccer, played on a table with sets of miniature human figures mounted on rods allowing them to be tilted or spun to strike the ball
the better off — those with more money
thermoformable — having the ability to be shaped using heat and pressure
tower of babel — an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.
transfer orbit — the flight path of a space vehicle moving from a nearly circular orbit to one with different parameters.
turbulent flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid varies irregularly.
unforeknowable — not foreknowable

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