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14-letter words containing a, b, e, t, o, r

  • 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.
  • charles talbotCharles, Duke of Shrewsbury, 1660–1718, British statesman: prime minister 1714.
  • charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
  • claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
  • 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
  • computerizable — able to be computerized
  • computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
  • concelebration — the celebration of a Eucharist or Mass by two or more members of the clergy.
  • 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
  • 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
  • correctability — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
  • costovertebral — (anatomy) Connecting a rib with the body of a vertebra.
  • counter-gambit — a countermove
  • counterbalance — To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
  • cucurbitaceous — belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of plants.
  • cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
  • cyclobarbitone — a barbiturate derivative drug used as a sedative and hypnotic
  • daughterboards — Plural form of daughterboard.
  • defibrillation — the application of an electric current to the heart to restore normal rhythmic contractions after the onset of atrial or ventricular fibrillation
  • defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
  • demonstratable — Alternative form of demonstrable.
  • deurbanization — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
  • discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
  • disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
  • double feature — a motion-picture program consisting of two films shown one after the other for the price of a single ticket.
  • doubly serrate — biserrate
  • draw-out table — draw table.
  • draw-top table — a table that can be extended by sliding one or more additional leaves into place
  • dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
  • effort bargain — a bargain in which the reward to an employee is based on the effort that the employee puts in
  • enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
  • enterobacteria — (microbiology) Plural form of enterobacterium.
  • erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
  • extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
  • fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
  • fibrocartilage — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
  • force of habit — behavior occurring without thought and by virtue of constant repetition; habit.
  • foreseeability — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
  • free vibration — the vibration of a structure that occurs at its natural frequency, as opposed to a forced vibration
  • gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
  • ghetto blaster — a large, powerful portable radio, especially as carried and played by a pedestrian or used outdoors in an urban area.
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