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14-letter words containing b, a, r, e, c, o

  • indirect labor — labor performed, as by maintenance and clerical workers, that is not considered in computing costs per unit of production.
  • indiscoverable — not discoverable.
  • interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
  • irreconcilable — incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible: irreconcilable differences.
  • irreconcilably — incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible: irreconcilable differences.
  • irreproachable — free from blame; not able to be reproached or censured.
  • irreproachably — In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
  • irrevocability — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
  • jacob's ladder — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. caeruleum (or P. van-bruntiae), having blue, cup-shaped flowers and paired leaflets in a ladderlike arrangement.
  • labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
  • lake maracaibo — a lake in NW Venezuela, linked with the Gulf of Venezuela by a dredged channel: centre of the Venezuelan and South American oil industry. Area: about 13 000 sq km (500 sq miles)
  • lead carbonate — a white crystalline compound, PbCO 3 , toxic when inhaled, insoluble in water and alcohol: used as an exterior paint pigment.
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • local variable — (programming)   A variable with lexical scope, i.e. one which only exists in some particular part of the source code, typically within a block or a function or procedure body. This contrasts with a global variable, which is defined throughout the whole program. Code is easier to understand and modify when the scope of variables is as small as possible because it is easier to see how the variable is set and used. Code containing global variables is harder to modify because its behaviour may depend on and affect other sections of code that refer to that variable.
  • logic variable — (programming)   A variable in a logic programming language which is initially undefined ("unbound") but may get bound to a value or another logic variable during unification of the containing clause with the current goal. The value to which it is bound may contain other variables which may themselves be bound or unbound. For example, when unifying the clause sad(X) :- computer(X, ibmpc). with the goal sad(billgates). the variable X will become bound to the atom "billgates" yielding the new subgoal "computer(billgates, ibmpc)".
  • marble orchard — cemetery.
  • metabolic rate — the rate at which living organisms expend energy or convert energy into food
  • molecular beam — a stream of molecules freed from a substance, usually a salt, by evaporation and then passed through a narrow slit for focusing, for investigating the properties of nuclei, atoms, and molecules.
  • news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
  • nitrobacterium — Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate.
  • non-recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
  • noncelebration — the failure to enjoy or take part in a celebration
  • nonobstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
  • nonpredictable — Not predictable.
  • nonrecombinant — not involved in or produced by genetic recombination
  • nonrecoverable — unable to be claimed back; damaged or lost forever
  • normal balance — The normal balance of an account is the side of the account that is positive or increasing.
  • object program — a computer program translated from the equivalent source program into machine language by the compiler or assembler
  • olfactory lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.
  • omega-c baryon — a neutral baryon having a mass 5292 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 6.4 X 10 -14 seconds.
  • orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
  • over-abundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
  • paddock-basher — a vehicle suited to driving on rough terrain
  • paperback book — a book with covers made of flexible card, sold relatively cheaply
  • particle board — any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.
  • payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
  • periodic table — a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.
  • phenylcarbinol — benzyl alcohol.
  • pre-bachelor's — an unmarried man.
  • prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
  • prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
  • press cupboard — a cupboard of the 16th and 17th centuries having an overhanging top above a recessed cabinet, beneath which is a section of drawers or cabinets.
  • probable cause — reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime, or, in a civil case, that grounds for the action existed: used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution.
  • processability — capable of being processed.
  • protectability — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
  • puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
  • record cabinet — a piece of furniture like a cupboard, designed to hold or display vinyl records stacked on their side
  • record library — a collection of records belonging to an individual or an organization, for people to borrow usually without payment
  • record-breaker — A record-breaker is someone or something that beats the previous best result in a sport or other activity.
  • recoverability — able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.
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