14-letter words containing b, c, i
- tumbler switch — electrical control
- turbo-electric — noting, pertaining to, or utilizing machinery that includes a generator driven by a turbine: turbo-electric engine; turbo-electric propulsion.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turnip cabbage — kohlrabi.
- umbilical cord — Anatomy. a cord or funicle connecting the embryo or fetus with the placenta of the mother and transporting nourishment from the mother and wastes from the fetus.
- unbureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
- unclassifiable — that cannot be categorized
- uncommunicable — incommunicable.
- unconscionable — not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.
- unconscionably — not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.
- uncriticizable — to censure or find fault with.
- uncultivatable — unsuitable for cultivation
- undecidability — the quality of being undecidable
- undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- undersubscribe — to subscribe for less of than is available, expected, or required: The concert series is undersubscribed and may be cancelled.
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- unrecognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- unrecognizably — in an unrecognizable or unidentifiable manner
- unreconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
- unreconcilably — in an unreconcilable manner
- unreproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- untouchability — the quality or condition of being an untouchable, ascribed in the Vedic tradition to persons of low caste or to persons excluded from the caste system.
- urban district — a minor administrative division in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, with local self-government by a district council, but lacking the charter of a borough.
- urbanistically — of or relating to urbanism.
- variable costs — Variable costs are costs that vary depending on how much of a product is made.
- variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
- velasco ibarra — José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1979, Ecuadorean political leader: president 1934–35, 1944–47, 1952–56, 1960–61, 1968–72.
- vibropac block — a precast concrete building block
- vickers number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Vickers test) in which the sample is indented under a known pressure by the point of a diamond and the surface area of the indentation is divided into the amount of pressure applied.
- viewing public — people who watch television, considered collectively
- virginia beach — a town in SE Virginia.
- visible speech — the representation in graphic or pictorial form of characteristics of speech, as by means of sound spectrograms.
- vitrescibility — the ability to be vitrified
- well described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- well-described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- wild buckwheat — umbrella plant (def 3).
- witches'-besom — witches'-broom.
- witches'-broom — an abnormal, brushlike growth of small thin branches on woody plants, caused especially by fungi, viruses, and mistletoes.
- witchetty grub — the large white larva of any of several species of moth and beetle of Australia, especially of the moth genus Cossus, occurring in decaying wood and traditionally used as food by Aborigines.
- with bad grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- writer's block — a usually temporary condition in which a writer finds it impossible to proceed with the writing of a novel, play, or other work.
- xenobiological — Of or pertaining to xenobiology.
- xenophobically — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
- yttrocolumbite — Yttrotantalite.
- zebra crossing — a street crossing marked with white stripes.
- zero balancing — a therapy involving the manipulation of the patient's skeletal structure in order to restore the balance of energy, relieve pain, and maintain well-being
- zingiberaceous — belonging to the Zingiberaceae, the ginger family of plants.
- zinziberaceous — zingiberaceous.
- zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus