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14-letter words containing t, a, b, e, d

  • non-indictable — liable to being indicted, as a person.
  • nonestablished — without the official support of the government
  • nonpredictable — Not predictable.
  • northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
  • nudibranchiate — nudibranch.
  • obedient plant — false dragonhead.
  • open to debate — If you say that a matter is open to debate, you mean that people have different opinions about it, or it has not yet been firmly decided.
  • orbital sander — a sander that uses a section of sandpaper clamped to a metal pad that moves at high speed in a very narrow orbit, driven by an electric motor.
  • painted beauty — a butterfly, Vanessa virginiensis, having brownish-black and orange wings, the hind wings each having two eyespots.
  • particle board — any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.
  • partridgeberry — a North American trailing plant, Mitchella repens, of the madder family, having roundish evergreen leaves, fragrant white flowers, and scarlet berries.
  • pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
  • pedestal basin — a wash-hand basin supported by a pedestal
  • pedestal table — a table supported upon a central shaft, or upon several shafts along its centerline, each resting upon a spreading foot or feet.
  • penalty double — business double.
  • periodic table — a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.
  • pitched battle — a battle in which the orderly arrangement of armed forces and the location have been predetermined.
  • prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
  • predictability — consistent repetition of a state, course of action, behavior, or the like, making it possible to know in advance what to expect: The predictability of their daily lives was both comforting and boring.
  • preestablished — to establish beforehand.
  • quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
  • radiation belt — Van Allen belt.
  • rainbow darter — a stout darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, inhabiting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages, the spawning male of which has the sides marked with oblique blue bars with red interspaces.
  • record cabinet — a piece of furniture like a cupboard, designed to hold or display vinyl records stacked on their side
  • redeliberation — careful consideration before decision.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
  • rob the cradle — a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
  • rolled tobacco — loose tobacco that is rolled into cigarettes
  • roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
  • roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
  • saddle blanket — a saddle-shaped pad, as of felt or sheepskin, placed beneath the saddle to prevent it from irritating the horse's skin.
  • saint benedict — Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
  • 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.
  • scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
  • scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
  • secretary bird — a large, long-legged, raptorial bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, of Africa, that feeds on reptiles.
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.
  • 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
  • sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
  • syllable-timed — having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time.
  • 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.
  • takeout double — informatory double.
  • tandem bicycle — a bicycle for two or more persons, having seats and corresponding sets of pedals arranged in tandem, especially popular in the 19th century.
  • tax-deductible — noting an item the value or cost of which is deductible from the gross amount on which a tax is calculated.
  • tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
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