14-letter words containing b, a, c, t, e
- citizens' band — Citizens' Band is a range of radio frequencies which the general public is allowed to use to send messages to each other and is used especially by truck drivers in their vehicles. The abbreviation CB is often used.
- claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
- climb the wall — If you say that you are climbing the walls, you are emphasizing that you feel very frustrated, nervous, or anxious.
- clothes basket — a basket for storing and transporting clothes that need washing, or have been washed
- cocktail table — a low table as for serving refreshments, esp. one in a living room
- cognate object — a noun functioning as the object of a verb to which it is etymologically related, as in think a thought or sing a song
- combat fatigue — a psychoneurotic condition characterized by anxiety, irritability, depression, etc., often occurring after prolonged combat in warfare
- combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
- commentary box — the place where the commentators on a sporting event sit
- compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- complimentable — Archaic. a gift; present.
- computerizable — able to be computerized
- computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
- concealability — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- conceivability — capable of being conceived; imaginable.
- concelebration — the celebration of a Eucharist or Mass by two or more members of the clergy.
- connectability — to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind: to connect the two cities by a bridge; Communication satellites connect the local stations into a network.
- conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- contact number — a person's telephone number
- containerboard — a form of paperboard, either corrugated or solid, that is used to make containers
- contemplatable — That can be contemplated.
- contestability — The property of being contestable or debatable.
- contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.
- corner cabinet — a cabinet, usually triangular in design so as to fit into a corner of a room.
- corporate bond — a bond issued by a corporation in order to increase its capital
- correctability — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
- costovertebral — (anatomy) Connecting a rib with the body of a vertebra.
- 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 tree — highbush cranberry.
- 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.
- cruciverbalist — a crossword puzzle enthusiast
- crystallizable — That can be crystallized.
- cucurbitaceous — belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of plants.
- cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
- cybernetically — using cybernetics
- 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.
- cyclobarbitone — a barbiturate derivative drug used as a sedative and hypnotic
- cyclobutadiene — (organic compound) The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C4H4 that is the smallest annulene.
- deathbed scene — a depiction in art or literature of events that take place at somebody's deathbed
- decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
- delectableness — The state or quality of being delectable.
- describability — The quality of being describable.
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- discharge tube — gas tube.