14-letter words containing s, a, b, u, l
- breakfast club — a service that provides a breakfast for children who arrive early at school
- bremsstrahlung — the radiation produced when an electrically charged particle, esp an electron, is slowed down by the electric field of an atomic nucleus or an atomic ion
- bulk transport — the transport of large quantities of goods or commodities in lorries, ships, or by rail
- bush telegraph — a means of communication between primitive peoples over large areas, as by drum beats
- business angel — A business angel is a person who gives financial support to a commercial venture and receives a share of any profits from it, but who does not expect to be involved in its management.
- business class — Business class seating on an aeroplane costs less than first class but more than economy class.
- butler's table — a small table, usually used as a coffee table, with a removable or fixed butler's tray for a top.
- chemical abuse — the habitual use of a mood-altering drug, alcoholic beverage, etc.
- cholera morbus — gastroenteritis
- christmas club — a savings account in a bank in which regular deposits are made, usually throughout one year, as to provide funds for Christmas shopping.
- claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
- claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
- claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
- colon bacillus — coliform bacillus.
- comma bacillus — a comma-shaped bacterium, Vibrio comma, that causes cholera in man: family Spirillaceae
- confabulations — Plural form of confabulation.
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- constabulatory — (obsolete) A constabulary.
- consubstantial — (esp of the three persons of the Trinity) regarded as identical in substance or essence though different in aspect
- cruciverbalism — the compilation of crosswords
- cruciverbalist — a crossword puzzle enthusiast
- diffuse nebula — nebula (def 1a).
- discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- disequilibrate — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
- distributional — an act or instance of distributing.
- do a slow burn — If someone does a slow burn, their angry feelings grow slowly but steadily.
- double bassoon — a bassoon an octave lower in pitch than the ordinary bassoon: the largest and deepest-toned instrument of the oboe class; contrabassoon.
- double harness — harness for a pair of horses.
- double measure — A double measure is a drink that is twice the normal measure.
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- doubly serrate — biserrate
- exhaustibility — The property of being exhaustible.
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- favourableness — The state or condition of being favourable.
- gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
- glauber's salt — the decahydrate form of sodium sulfate, a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 SO 4 ·10H 2 O, used chiefly in textile dyeing and as a cathartic.
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
- holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
- honourableness — Alternative spelling of honorableness.
- husein ibn-ali — 1856–1931, 1st king of Hejaz 1916–24.
- implausibility — not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.
- inculpableness — The quality of being inculpable; blamelessness.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- inscrutability — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- insurmountably — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance