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14-letter words containing b, a, c, i, l

  • breech-loading — (of a firearm) loaded at the breech
  • bronchial tube — Your bronchial tubes are the two tubes which connect your windpipe to your lungs.
  • 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
  • bubonic plague — Bubonic plague is a serious infectious disease spread by rats. It killed many people during the Middle Ages.
  • bug-compatible — Said of a design or revision that has been badly compromised by a requirement to be compatible with fossils or misfeatures in other programs or (especially) previous releases of itself. "MS-DOS 2.0 used \ as a path separator to be bug-compatible with some cretin's choice of / as an option character in 1.0."
  • business class — Business class seating on an aeroplane costs less than first class but more than economy class.
  • by acclamation — by an overwhelming majority without a ballot
  • by implication — If you say that something is the case by implication, you mean that a statement, event, or situation implies that it is the case.
  • cabalistically — In a cabalistic manner.
  • cable trunking — Cable trunking is an enclosure usually with a rectangular cross section, and with one removable or hinged side, that is used to protect cables and provide space for other electrical equipment.
  • calamine brass — an alloy of zinc carbonate and copper, formerly used to imitate gold.
  • cambridge blue — a lightish blue colour
  • cambridge lisp — A flavour of Lisp using BCPL. Sources owned by Fitznorman partners.
  • capillary tube — a glass tube with a fine bore and thick walls, used in thermometers, etc
  • capital budget — a budget for major capital or investment expenditures
  • 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
  • cartridge belt — a belt with pockets for cartridge clips or loops for cartridges
  • celestial body — an object visible in the sky, such as a planet
  • chaparral bird — roadrunner.
  • charitableness — (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
  • chemical abuse — the habitual use of a mood-altering drug, alcoholic beverage, etc.
  • christmas club — a savings account in a bank in which regular deposits are made, usually throughout one year, as to provide funds for Christmas shopping.
  • circumambulate — to walk around (something)
  • circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
  • ciudad bolivar — a port in E Venezuela, on the Orinoco River: accessible to ocean-going vessels. Pop: 344 000 (2005 est)
  • clapper bridge — a primitive type of bridge in which planks or slabs of stone rest on piles of stones
  • claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
  • claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
  • climb the wall — If you say that you are climbing the walls, you are emphasizing that you feel very frustrated, nervous, or anxious.
  • climbing frame — A climbing frame is a structure that has been made for children to climb and play on. It consists of metal or wooden bars joined together.
  • cocktail table — a low table as for serving refreshments, esp. one in a living room
  • collaborations — Plural form of collaboration.
  • collapsibility — (uncountable) The condition of being collapsible (or collapsable).
  • colombian gold — a potent marijuana grown in South America.
  • colon bacillus — coliform bacillus.
  • 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.
  • combinableness — The quality or state of being combinable.
  • comfortability — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
  • comma bacillus — a comma-shaped bacterium, Vibrio comma, that causes cholera in man: family Spirillaceae
  • commissionable — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
  • compactibility — capable of being compacted: compactible rubbish.
  • compassionable — exciting or deserving pity
  • compatibilists — Plural form of compatibilist.
  • compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.
  • compensability — eligibility for compensation
  • complimentable — Archaic. a gift; present.
  • compostability — The quality of being compostable.
  • computerizable — able to be computerized
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