14-letter words containing a, b, r, c, d
- bread poultice — a poultice made from breadcrumbs
- breech-loading — (of a firearm) loaded at the breech
- broad-spectrum — effective against a wide variety of diseases or microorganisms
- bronchodilator — any drug or other agent that causes dilation of the bronchial tubes by relaxing bronchial muscle: used, esp in the form of aerosol sprays, for the relief of asthma
- broom cupboard — a small cupboard or closet for storing brooms, mops, etc
- bucket brigade — a line of persons passing buckets of water along in trying to put out a fire
- cadmium bronze — an alloy of copper with about 1 percent cadmium.
- cambridge blue — a lightish blue colour
- cambridge lisp — A flavour of Lisp using BCPL. Sources owned by Fitznorman partners.
- cambridgeshire — a county of E England, in East Anglia: includes the former counties of the Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and lies largely in the Fens: Peterborough became an independent unitary authority in 1998. Administrative centre: Cambridge. Pop (excluding Peterborough): 571 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Peterborough): 3068 sq km (184 sq miles)
- carbon dioxide — Carbon dioxide is a gas. It is produced by animals and people breathing out, and by chemical reactions.
- carbon trading — Carbon trading is the practice of buying and selling the right to produce carbon dioxide emissions, so that people, countries or companies who use a lot of fuel and electricity can buy rights from those that do not use so much.
- cardboard city — an area of a city in which homeless people sleep rough, often in cardboard boxes
- cartridge belt — a belt with pockets for cartridge clips or loops for cartridges
- cattle breeder — a person who breeds and raises cattle
- celebratedness — the quality or condition of being celebrated
- chaparral bird — roadrunner.
- chartered bank — a privately owned bank that has been incorporated by Parliament to operate in the commercial banking system
- chartered club — a private club licensed to serve alcohol to members
- chopping board — A chopping board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- ciudad bolivar — a port in E Venezuela, on the Orinoco River: accessible to ocean-going vessels. Pop: 344 000 (2005 est)
- ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
- clapper bridge — a primitive type of bridge in which planks or slabs of stone rest on piles of stones
- combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
- comprehendable — Misspelling of comprehensible.
- containerboard — a form of paperboard, either corrugated or solid, that is used to make containers
- contrabandists — Plural form of contrabandist.
- contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.
- corporate bond — a bond issued by a corporation in order to increase its capital
- court cupboard — a wooden stand with two or three tiers, used in the 16th and 17th centuries to display pewter, silver, etc
- crash and burn — to fail; be unsuccessful
- credence table — a small sideboard, originally one at which food was tasted for poison before serving
- credit balance — the amount of money that a client of a financial institution has in his or her account, in securities, etc
- creditableness — The state or quality of being creditable.
- cribbage board — a board, with pegs and holes, used for scoring at cribbage
- crow blackbird — any of several North American grackles, especially purple grackles of the genus Quiscalus.
- cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
- cyberchondriac — A hypochondriac who researches his/her potential medical condition on the Internet.
- cyberdemocracy — Democracy as facilitated by the Internet or cyberspace.
- deadly embrace — deadlock
- decarboxylases — Plural form of decarboxylase.
- describability — The quality of being describable.
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- discharge tube — gas tube.
- discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance
- disrespectable — not respectable.
- draw the crabs — to attract unwelcome attention