14-letter words containing o, l, d, b, a, t
- intraabdominal — Within the cavity of the abdomen.
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- labyrinthodont — any member of several orders of small to large lizardlike terrestrial and freshwater amphibians, some ancestral to land vertebrates, forming the extinct subclass Labyrinthodonta that flourished from the Devonian through the Triassic periods, characterized by a solid, flattened skull and conical teeth.
- lady bountiful — a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
- lead carbonate — a white crystalline compound, PbCO 3 , toxic when inhaled, insoluble in water and alcohol: used as an exterior paint pigment.
- 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.
- lombard street — a street in London, England: a financial center.
- lord baltimore — David, born 1938, U.S. microbiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
- mandelbrot set — (mathematics, graphics) (After its discoverer, Benoit Mandelbrot) The set of all complex numbers c such that | z[N] | < 2 for arbitrarily large values of N, where z[0] = 0 z[n+1] = z[n]^2 + c The Mandelbrot set is usually displayed as an Argand diagram, giving each point a colour which depends on the largest N for which | z[N] | < 2, up to some maximum N which is used for the points in the set (for which N is infinite). These points are traditionally coloured black. The Mandelbrot set is the best known example of a fractal - it includes smaller versions of itself which can be explored to arbitrary levels of detail.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- molded breadth — the extreme breadth of the framing of a vessel, excluding the thickness of the plating or planking.
- non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
- non-deliberate — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- non-indictable — liable to being indicted, as a person.
- nonestablished — without the official support of the government
- nonpredictable — Not predictable.
- northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
- nuts and bolts — the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job.
- obedient plant — false dragonhead.
- orbital sander — a sander that uses a section of sandpaper clamped to a metal pad that moves at high speed in a very narrow orbit, driven by an electric motor.
- particle board — any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.
- penalty double — business double.
- periodic table — a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.
- platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
- plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
- quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
- radiation belt — Van Allen belt.
- redeliberation — careful consideration before decision.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- road stability — the extent to which a motor vehicle is stable and does not skid, esp at high speeds, or on sharp bends or wet roads
- rob the cradle — a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- rolled tobacco — loose tobacco that is rolled into cigarettes
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
- tabes dorsalis — syphilis of the spinal cord and its appendages, characterized by shooting pains and other sensory disturbances, and, in the later stages, by paralysis.
- takeout double — informatory double.
- to sweat blood — If you say that someone sweats blood trying to do something, you are emphasizing that they try very hard to do it.
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
- vegetable-gold — Also called vegetable gold. a crocus, Crocus sativus, having showy purple flowers.