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14-letter words containing s, t, u, d, b

  • laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
  • master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
  • non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
  • nuts and bolts — the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job.
  • outer hebrides — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
  • redisbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • redistribution — a distribution performed again or anew.
  • redistributive — favoring, supporting, or practicing income redistribution: the redistributive effects of public spending.
  • roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
  • rumbledethumps — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
  • saut de basque — a jump in which the dancer turns in the air while keeping the foot of one leg drawn up to the knee of the other.
  • scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
  • shit disturber — a person who enjoys causing controversy or upsetting people
  • statutory body — a body set up by the government to consider evidence and make judgements in some field of activity
  • subdevelopment — a development within a larger or more important development
  • subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • substantivized — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
  • sugar diabetes — diabetes mellitus
  • suspender belt — garter belt.
  • sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
  • t distribution — Student's t distribution.
  • the beatitudes — the pronouncements in the Sermon on the Mount, which begin “Blessed are the poor in spirit”: Matt. 5:3-12
  • thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
  • to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
  • trisubstituted — pertaining to a molecule containing three substituents.
  • troubleshooted — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • tubuai islands — a chain of small islands extending about 1400 km (850 miles) in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia; discovered by Captain Cook in 1777; annexed by France in 1880. Pop: 1979 (2002). Area: 173 sq km (67 sq miles)
  • umbrella stand — an upright rack or stand for umbrellas
  • un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
  • understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • understandably — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • unsubordinated — noting or designating a debt obligation whose holder is placed in precedence below secured and general creditors: subordinated debentures.
  • urban district — a minor administrative division in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, with local self-government by a district council, but lacking the charter of a borough.
  • Ústí nad labem — a port in the Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: textile and chemical industries. Pop: 95 000 (2005 est)
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