14-letter words containing a, b, u
- countably many — countable
- counter-gambit — a countermove
- counterbalance — To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
- court cupboard — a wooden stand with two or three tiers, used in the 16th and 17th centuries to display pewter, silver, etc
- cranberry bush — a North American caprifoliaceous shrub or small tree, Viburnum trilobum, producing acid red fruit
- crash and burn — to fail; be unsuccessful
- cruciverbalism — the compilation of crosswords
- cruciverbalist — a crossword puzzle enthusiast
- cuban sandwich — a hero sandwich, especially with ham, pork, cheese, and pickles, often grilled.
- cubic capacity — the volume of cylinder of an engine
- cubic zirconia — a synthetic crystalline compound of zirconium oxide, fashioned to resemble diamonds, etc.
- cubital furrow — (in certain insects) a crease, between the cubital and anal veins, along which the wing folds.
- cucurbitaceous — belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of plants.
- cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
- custodian bank — A custodian bank is a bank that holds customer assets in safety.
- cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
- cybersquatting — Cybersquatting involves buying an Internet domain name that might be wanted by another person, business, or organization with the intention of selling it to them and making a profit.
- cyclobutadiene — (organic compound) The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C4H4 that is the smallest annulene.
- daughterboards — Plural form of daughterboard.
- de haut en bas — with haughtiness; condescendingly
- debutante ball — a formal ball at which young women of upper-class background are presented to society
- decompoundable — able to be broken down into its component parts
- denumerability — the quality of being countable
- deurbanization — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- diffuse nebula — nebula (def 1a).
- 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.”.
- disattribution — an act or process of invalidating the attribution of something, for example of a work of art to a particular artist
- discharge tube — gas tube.
- discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance
- disequilibrate — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
- distributaries — Plural form of distributary.
- distributional — an act or instance of distributing.
- do a number on — a numeral or group of numerals.
- do a slow burn — If someone does a slow burn, their angry feelings grow slowly but steadily.
- domestic abuse — physical or mental abuse towards a member of one's own household
- double bassoon — a bassoon an octave lower in pitch than the ordinary bassoon: the largest and deepest-toned instrument of the oboe class; contrabassoon.
- double feature — a motion-picture program consisting of two films shown one after the other for the price of a single ticket.
- double glazing — glazing consisting of two thicknesses of glass with a dead air space between them.
- double harness — harness for a pair of horses.
- double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
- double measure — A double measure is a drink that is twice the normal measure.
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- double-dealing — duplicity; treachery; deception.
- doubly serrate — biserrate
- draughts board — A draughts board is a square board for playing draughts, with 64 equal-sized, black and white squares.
- draw-out table — draw table.