14-letter words containing t, s, a, m, b
- campylobacters — Plural form of campylobacter.
- chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
- christmas bush — any of various trees or shrubs flowering at Christmas and used for decoration
- 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.
- christmasberry — toyon.
- compatibilists — Plural form of compatibilist.
- compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- compostability — The quality of being compostable.
- demobilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of demobilization.
- demonstratable — Alternative form of demonstrable.
- disambiguating — Present participle of disambiguate.
- disambiguation — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
- 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.
- disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
- domestic abuse — physical or mental abuse towards a member of one's own household
- dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
- embarrassments — Plural form of embarrassment.
- establishments — Plural form of establishment.
- fallen timbers — a battle site on the Maumee River, near present-day Maumee, Ohio, where a confederation of Indian tribes (Northwest Indian Confederation) was defeated by Gen. Anthony Wayne (1794): state park.
- gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
- hamilton basso — Hamilton, 1904–64, U.S. journalist and novelist.
- harbour master — an official in charge of a harbour
- hemimetabolism — incomplete metamorphosis.
- hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
- holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
- holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
- immobilisation — Alternative spelling of immobilization.
- implausibility — not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- inimitableness — The quality of being inimitable.
- 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
- james breasted — James Henry, 1865–1935, U.S. archaeologist and historian of ancient Egypt.
- lamb's lettuce — corn salad.
- lamentableness — The state or characteristic of being lamentable.
- libertarianism — a person who advocates liberty, especially with regard to thought or conduct.
- lombard street — a street in London, England: a financial center.
- macrobiologist — One who studies macrobiology.
- make a stab at — to make an attempt at
- mandelbrot set — (mathematics, graphics) (After its discoverer, Benoit Mandelbrot) The set of all complex numbers c such that | z[N] | < 2 for arbitrarily large values of N, where z[0] = 0 z[n+1] = z[n]^2 + c The Mandelbrot set is usually displayed as an Argand diagram, giving each point a colour which depends on the largest N for which | z[N] | < 2, up to some maximum N which is used for the points in the set (for which N is infinite). These points are traditionally coloured black. The Mandelbrot set is the best known example of a fractal - it includes smaller versions of itself which can be explored to arbitrary levels of detail.
- marketableness — The state or quality of being marketable.
- master bedroom — a principal bedroom in a house or apartment, usually the largest, typically occupied by the person or persons who head the household.
- master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
- master butcher — a butcher who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it