14-letter words containing a, b, e, n
- carbon-neutral — pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral; a carbon-neutral brewery.
- carbonate rock — Carbonate rock is a sedimentary rock which is composed mainly of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃).
- carpet bombing — Carpet bombing is heavy bombing from aircraft, with the intention of hitting as many places as possible in a particular area.
- carpet bowling — a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet, at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
- carrion beetle — any beetle of the family Silphidae that track carrion by a keen sense of smell
- cartilage bone — any bone that develops within cartilage rather than in a fibrous tissue membrane
- castelo branco — Humberto de Alencar [oon-ber-too di ah-len-kahr] /ũˈbɛr tʊ dɪ ɑ lɛ̃ˈkɑr/ (Show IPA), 1900–67, Brazilian general and statesman: president 1964–67.
- celebratedness — the quality or condition of being celebrated
- changeableness — The condition of being changeable.
- charitableness — (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
- charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
- chartered bank — a privately owned bank that has been incorporated by Parliament to operate in the commercial banking system
- chicken breast — pigeon breast
- chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
- chinese banana — a large southern Chinese plant, Musa acuminata, of the banana family, having blue-green leaves, yellowish-white flowers with reddish-brown bracts, and fragrant, edible, curved fruit from 4 to 5 inches (10 to 13 cm) long, often borne in clusters of 200.
- cigarette burn — a burn created by a cigarette
- circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
- 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.
- ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
- climbing frame — A climbing frame is a structure that has been made for children to climb and play on. It consists of metal or wooden bars joined together.
- cognate object — a noun functioning as the object of a verb to which it is etymologically related, as in think a thought or sing a song
- coinage bronze — an alloy of 95 percent copper, 4 percent tin, and 1 percent zinc.
- coma berenices — a faint constellation in the N hemisphere between Ursa Major and Boötes containing the Coma Cluster a cluster of approximately 1000 galaxies, at a mean distance of 300 million light years
- combinableness — The quality or state of being combinable.
- combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
- commentary box — the place where the commentators on a sporting event sit
- commissionable — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- comparableness — The state or quality of being comparable; comparability.
- compassionable — exciting or deserving pity
- compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- complimentable — Archaic. a gift; present.
- comprehendable — Misspelling of comprehensible.
- concealability — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- conceivability — capable of being conceived; imaginable.
- concelebration — the celebration of a Eucharist or Mass by two or more members of the clergy.
- connectability — to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind: to connect the two cities by a bridge; Communication satellites connect the local stations into a network.
- conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- contact number — a person's telephone number
- containerboard — a form of paperboard, either corrugated or solid, that is used to make containers
- contemplatable — That can be contemplated.
- contestability — The property of being contestable or debatable.
- contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.
- corner cabinet — a cabinet, usually triangular in design so as to fit into a corner of a room.
- corporate bond — a bond issued by a corporation in order to increase its capital
- countable noun — A countable noun is the same as a count noun.
- counter-gambit — a countermove
- counterbalance — To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
- cracker bonbon — a thin, crisp biscuit.