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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.
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