14-letter words containing s, i, d, b, e
- borders region — a former local government region in S Scotland, formed in 1975 from Berwick, Peebles, Roxburgh, Selkirk, and part of Midlothian; replaced in 1996 by Scottish Borders council area
- bosworth field — the site, two miles south of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, of the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (August 1485). Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned king as Henry VII
- bound moisture — Bound moisture is liquid in a solid, which exerts a vapor pressure that is less than the pure liquid would do at the same temperature.
- brandy snifter — snifter (def 1).
- brazing solder — an alloy of copper and zinc for joining two metal surfaces by melting the alloy so that it forms a thin layer between the surfaces
- breast-feeding — to nurse (a baby) at the breast; suckle.
- breeding stock — animals specifically kept to breed from
- bridge passage — bridge1 (def 7).
- brood parasite — a young bird hatched and reared by birds of a different species as a result of brood parasitism.
- builder's knot — clove hitch
- cambridge lisp — A flavour of Lisp using BCPL. Sources owned by Fitznorman partners.
- cambridgeshire — a county of E England, in East Anglia: includes the former counties of the Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and lies largely in the Fens: Peterborough became an independent unitary authority in 1998. Administrative centre: Cambridge. Pop (excluding Peterborough): 571 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Peterborough): 3068 sq km (184 sq miles)
- celestial body — an object visible in the sky, such as a planet
- circumbendibus — a circumlocution
- citizens' band — Citizens' Band is a range of radio frequencies which the general public is allowed to use to send messages to each other and is used especially by truck drivers in their vehicles. The abbreviation CB is often used.
- colorblindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
- creditableness — The state or quality of being creditable.
- cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
- daisy fleabane — a North American composite plant, Erigeron annuus, having hairy stems and numerous, small, daisylike flowers with narrow white rays.
- daniel webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- death benefits — Death benefits are the amount of money that an insurance policy will pay upon the death of the person whose life is being insured.
- decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
- declassifiable — Suitable to be declassified.
- defensive back — a defender positioned off the line of scrimmage for the purpose of covering pass receivers and tackling runners who elude linemen and linebackers.
- defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
- deliberateness — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- demobilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of demobilization.
- describability — The quality of being describable.
- despicableness — The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness.
- diabolicalness — The state or quality of being diabolical.
- diagonalisable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalised
- diffuse nebula — nebula (def 1a).
- digestibleness — The quality of being digestible.
- disassemblable — That can be disassembled.
- disbelievingly — In a disbelieving manner; in a manner that is difficult to believe.
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- discernibility — The state or quality of being discernible.
- discerpibility — the quality of being able to be discerped
- discharge tube — gas tube.
- discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- discovery club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members who are 12 or 13 years of age.
- disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
- disembarrassed — Simple past tense and past participle of disembarrass.
- disembowelling — (chiefly, British) present participle of disembowel.
- disembowelment — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- disencumbering — Present participle of disencumber.
- disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance