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14-letter words containing s, a, b, l, o

  • probable cause — reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime, or, in a civil case, that grounds for the action existed: used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution.
  • processability — capable of being processed.
  • pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
  • rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
  • rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • reasonableness — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • removable disk — removable hard disk
  • repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
  • retinoblastoma — Pathology. an inheritable tumor of the eye.
  • 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
  • sabbath school — Sunday school.
  • sable antelope — a large antelope, Hippotragus niger, of Africa, with long, saberlike horns and, in the male, a black coat: an endangered species.
  • sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
  • sb will go far — If you say that someone will go far, you mean that they will be very successful in their career.
  • school library — a library within a school where teachers and students have access to books and other resources
  • self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
  • semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • shabby-looking — appearing old and in bad condition
  • shoulder blade — the scapula.
  • shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
  • 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
  • soba (noodles) — Japanese noodles containing buckwheat flour
  • social climber — a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
  • solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
  • soluble tablet — A soluble tablet is a tablet that is designed to be dissolved in water before it is swallowed.
  • somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • somoza debayle — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1925–80, Nicaraguan army officer, businessman, and political leader: president 1967–72, 1974–79 (brother of Luis Somoza Debayle).
  • squash-blossom — indicating or pertaining to a design or configuration resembling the flower of the squash plant, especially as found in jewelry made by various American Indians.
  • st. marylebone — former metropolitan borough of London: since 1965, part of Westminster
  • starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
  • starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
  • stealth bomber — a type of US military aircraft using advanced technology to render it virtually undetectable to sight, radar, or infrared sensors
  • streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
  • stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
  • sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
  • subcutaneously — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
  • subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
  • substitutional — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
  • superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
  • 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.
  • talk about sth — You can say talk about before mentioning a particular expression or situation, when you mean that something is a very striking or clear example of that expression or situation.
  • terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
  • the joe blakes — the DT's
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