17-letter words containing o, l, d, e, n, b
- downwardly-mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- drive-by download — an incidence of an unwanted program being automatically downloaded to a computer, often without the user's knowledge
- drop one's bundle — several objects or a quantity of material gathered or bound together: a bundle of hay.
- 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.
- henry cabot lodge — Henry Cabot, 1850–1924, U.S. public servant and author: senator 1893–1924.
- hold one's breath — If you say that someone is holding their breath, you mean that they are waiting anxiously or excitedly for something to happen.
- 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.
- knowledgeableness — The state, quality, or measure of being knowledgeable; wisdom.
- 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.
- least upper bound — an upper bound that is less than or equal to all the upper bounds of a particular set. 3 is the least upper bound of the set consisting of 1, 2, 3. Abbr.: lub.
- 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
- medulla oblongata — the lowest or hindmost part of the brain, continuous with the spinal cord.
- mind-body problem — the problem of explaining the relation of the mind to the body.
- never looked back — If you say that someone did something and then never looked back, you mean that they were very successful from that time on.
- non-biodegradable — capable of decaying through the action of living organisms: biodegradable paper; biodegradable detergent.
- nonunderstandable — Not understandable.
- 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
- on the barrelhead — upon being presented for sale; at the time of delivery
- 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
- 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.
- second balkan war — Balkan War (def 2).
- 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
- strawberry blonde — woman: with reddish fair hair
- 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.
- urban development — the development or improvement of an urban area by building
- 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