14-letter words containing a, c, e, b, u
- chartered club — a private club licensed to serve alcohol to members
- chemical abuse — the habitual use of a mood-altering drug, alcoholic beverage, etc.
- cholera morbus — gastroenteritis
- cigarette burn — a burn created by a cigarette
- cigarette butt — A cigarette butt or a cigarette end is the part of a cigarette that you throw away when you have finished smoking it.
- circumambulate — to walk around (something)
- circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
- ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
- claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
- columbia river — a river in SW Canada and the NW United States, flowing S and W from SE British Columbia through Washington along the boundary between Washington and Oregon and into the Pacific. 1214 miles (1955 km) long.
- combat fatigue — a psychoneurotic condition characterized by anxiety, irritability, depression, etc., often occurring after prolonged combat in warfare
- computerizable — able to be computerized
- computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
- conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- contact number — a person's telephone number
- 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.
- cranberry bush — a North American caprifoliaceous shrub or small tree, Viburnum trilobum, producing acid red fruit
- cruciverbalism — the compilation of crosswords
- cruciverbalist — a crossword puzzle enthusiast
- 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
- 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.
- decompoundable — able to be broken down into its component parts
- 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
- domestic abuse — physical or mental abuse towards a member of one's own household
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
- euphorbiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, a family of plants typically having capsular fruits: includes the spurges, the castor oil and cassava plants, cascarilla, and poinsettia
- family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
- frequency band — band2 (def 9).
- general public — people in general
- herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- humpback whale — a large whalebone whale of the genus Megaptera having long narrow flippers, and noted for its habit of arching deeply as it dives: once abundant in coastal waters, it is now rare but its numbers are increasing.
- incommunicable — incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
- inculpableness — The quality of being inculpable; blamelessness.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- ineluctability — The state or condition of being ineluctable.
- irresuscitable — incapable of being resuscitated
- irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
- james buchanan — James, 1791–1868, 15th president of the U.S. 1857–61.
- lamb's lettuce — corn salad.