14-letter words containing b, c, e
- disencumbering — Present participle of disencumber.
- disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance
- disrespectable — not respectable.
- dissector tube — a form of television camera tube in which an electron image produced by a photoemitting surface is focused in the plane of an aperture and deflected past the aperture to achieve scanning.
- do one's block — to become angry
- docking bridge — a raised platform running from one side to the other of a ship toward the stern, used by officers for supervising docking operations.
- dodecasyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to 12 syllables.
- dodecasyllable — a word or line of verse containing 12 syllables.
- domestic abuse — physical or mental abuse towards a member of one's own household
- double coconut — a tall, stout, fan palm, Lodoicea maldivica, of the Seychelles Islands, having nuts that are the largest seeds of any plant, often weighing 50 pounds (22.6 kg): populations are declining.
- double deckers — (jargon) Married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- double-crosser — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- draw the crabs — to attract unwelcome attention
- drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
- dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
- dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
- elected member — person voted in as a member
- electrobiology — (physics, biology) The study of the production and use of electricity by biological organisms.
- emblematically — In an emblematic manner.
- energy balance — An energy balance is a consideration of the energy input, output, and consumption or generation in a process or stage.
- enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
- ensemble piece — a play involving no individual star but several actors whose roles are of equal importance
- enterobacteria — (microbiology) Plural form of enterobacterium.
- equilibristics — Any of various circus skills involving balance or equilibrium, such as juggling, tightrope walking, or riding a unicycle.
- erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
- ethnobotanical — Of or pertaining to ethnobotany.
- 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
- exacerbatingly — In an exacerbating way; so as to aggravate or make worse.
- excess baggage — luggage exceeding weight allowance
- exchequer bond — a type of short-term government bond
- exercise bench — (in a gymnasium) a low table, which may be inclined, used for various exercises
- exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
- extractability — (uncountable) The condition of being extractable.
- extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
- eyeball search — (jargon) (Or vgrep) To look for something in a mass of code or data with one's own native optical sensors, as opposed to using some sort of pattern matching software like grep or any other automated search tool. Compare vdiff, desk check.
- eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
- fabian society — a socialist organization founded in England in 1884, favoring the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means.
- family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
- farmers branch — a city in NE Texas.
- fermentescible — capable of causing fermentation
- fibrocartilage — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
- fichtelgebirge — a mountain range in E central Germany, near the Czech border. Highest peak, Schneeberg, 3447 feet (1051 meters).
- fifth republic — the republic established in France in 1958, the successor to the Fourth Republic.
- filing cabinet — office: tall set of drawers
- first republic — the republic established in France in 1792 and replaced by the First Empire in 1804.
- flowering crab — any of several species and varieties of crab apple trees with small fruits and abundant spring flowers ranging from white to reddish purple
- forbidden city — a walled section of Peking, built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
- force of habit — behavior occurring without thought and by virtue of constant repetition; habit.
- forcible entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock