14-letter words containing y, e, b, o
- double density — floppy disk
- doubly serrate — biserrate
- electrobiology — (physics, biology) The study of the production and use of electricity by biological organisms.
- energy obesity — the practice of being wasteful of energy in the form of electricity, fossil fuels, etc, in one's day-to-day life
- enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
- erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
- exploitability — The state or condition of being exploitable.
- extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
- eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
- fabian society — a socialist organization founded in England in 1884, favoring the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means.
- fonthill abbey — a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire: rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
- forbidden city — a walled section of Peking, built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
- forcible entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
- foreseeability — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
- golden goodbye — A golden goodbye is the same as a golden handshake.
- governing body — board, regulatory authority
- gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
- hebetudinosity — mental dullness; insipidity
- hobbledehoydom — the condition of being a hobbledehoy
- hobbledehoyish — of or like a hobbledehoy
- honeycomb work — stalactite work.
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- hydroxybenzene — phenol (def 1).
- hydroxybenzoic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to hydroxybenzoic acid or its derivatives.
- hyperbolically — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
- impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- intolerability — not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
- irreconcilably — incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible: irreconcilable differences.
- irremovability — The quality or state of being irremovable.
- irreproachably — In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
- irrevocability — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- lay sb to rest — If you say that someone who has died is laid to rest, you mean that they are buried.
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- lemonade berry — a sumac, Rhus integrifolia, of southern California, having hairy, dark-red fruits used to make a beverage resembling lemonade.
- leukocytoblast — the precursor cell to a mature leukocyte
- liberty bodice — a sleeveless vest-like undergarment made from thick cotton and covering the upper part of the body, formerly worn esp by young children
- lobelia family — the plant family Lobeliaceae (sometimes considered a subfamily, Lobelioideae, of the Campanulaceae, or bellflower family), typified by usually herbaceous plants having milky sap, simple alternate leaves, irregular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the cardinal flower, Indian tobacco, and lobelia.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- marine biology — science of sea life
- megakaryoblast — a cell that gives rise to a megakaryocyte.
- melton mowbray — a town in central England, in Leicestershire: pork pies and Stilton cheese. Pop: 25 554 (2001)
- methoxybenzene — anisole.
- methyl bromide — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Br, used chiefly as a solvent, refrigerant, and fumigant and in organic synthesis.