14-letter words containing b, c, e, l
- cambridge blue — a lightish blue colour
- cambridge lisp — A flavour of Lisp using BCPL. Sources owned by Fitznorman partners.
- camouflageable — able to be camouflaged
- campylobacters — Plural form of campylobacter.
- can't help but — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- 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
- carbon neutral — A carbon neutral lifestyle, company, or activity does not cause an increase in the overall amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
- carbon-neutral — pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral; a carbon-neutral brewery.
- 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
- carrara marble — a white or blue-gray marble quarried at Carrara, Italy.
- carrion beetle — any beetle of the family Silphidae that track carrion by a keen sense of smell
- carry the ball — to assume responsibility; take command
- 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
- castelo branco — Humberto de Alencar [oon-ber-too di ah-len-kahr] /ũˈbɛr tʊ dɪ ɑ lɛ̃ˈkɑr/ (Show IPA), 1900–67, Brazilian general and statesman: president 1964–67.
- cattle breeder — a person who breeds and raises cattle
- celebratedness — the quality or condition of being celebrated
- celery cabbage — Chinese cabbage.
- celestial body — an object visible in the sky, such as a planet
- cerebral palsy — Cerebral palsy is a condition caused by damage to a baby's brain before or during its birth, which makes its limbs and muscles permanently weak.
- changeableness — The condition of being changeable.
- charitableness — (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
- charles albert — 1798–1849, king of Sardinia-Piedmont (1831–49) during the Risorgimento: abdicated after the failure of his revolt against Austria
- charles talbot — Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, 1660–1718, British statesman: prime minister 1714.
- charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
- charm bracelet — a bracelet that has small ornaments fixed to it
- chartered club — a private club licensed to serve alcohol to members
- chemical abuse — the habitual use of a mood-altering drug, alcoholic beverage, etc.
- cherry blossom — the blossom of any of various spring-blooming cherries, prized for their beauty
- childbed fever — puerperal fever.
- cholera morbus — gastroenteritis
- church visible — the entire body of Christian believers on earth.
- circumambulate — to walk around (something)
- circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
- clabber cheese — cottage cheese.
- clapper bridge — a primitive type of bridge in which planks or slabs of stone rest on piles of stones
- 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.
- 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.
- climbing perch — any of a genus (Anabas) of freshwater gouramies of Southeast Asia and Africa that can live out of water briefly and travel short distances over land
- clincher-built — clinker-built (def 2).
- clothes basket — a basket for storing and transporting clothes that need washing, or have been washed
- cobbler's pegs — a common Australian weed, Bidens pilosa, with spiky peglike awns
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- cocktail table — a low table as for serving refreshments, esp. one in a living room
- colby (cheese) — a variety of cheese similar to Cheddar but softer, moister, and more porous
- collectibility — The quality of being collectible.
- collecting box — a box for the temporary storage of examples or specimens
- collection box — A collection box is a box or tin that is used to collect money for charity.