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14-letter words containing b, e, a, u

  • bush carpenter — a rough-and-ready unskilled workman
  • bush telegraph — a means of communication between primitive peoples over large areas, as by drum beats
  • bush, vannevar — Vannevar Bush
  • business agent — a representative of a labor union local, who investigates working conditions, negotiates contracts, etc.
  • business angel — A business angel is a person who gives financial support to a commercial venture and receives a share of any profits from it, but who does not expect to be involved in its management.
  • business class — Business class seating on an aeroplane costs less than first class but more than economy class.
  • bust one's ass — Informal. to burst. to go bankrupt. to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort: She was determined to make straight A's or bust.
  • butler's table — a small table, usually used as a coffee table, with a removable or fixed butler's tray for a top.
  • butyl aldehyde — butyraldehyde
  • buyer's market — When there is a buyer's market for a particular product, there are more of the products for sale than there are people who want to buy them, so buyers have a lot of choice and can make prices come down.
  • buyers' market — a market in which goods and services are plentiful and prices relatively low.
  • buying manager — The buying manager of a store is a senior employee whose job is to manage the purchase and delivery of products and supplies, maintaining stock levels.
  • cable trunking — Cable trunking is an enclosure usually with a rectangular cross section, and with one removable or hinged side, that is used to protect cables and provide space for other electrical equipment.
  • cadmium bronze — an alloy of copper with about 1 percent cadmium.
  • cambridge blue — a lightish blue colour
  • camera obscura — a darkened chamber or small building in which images of outside objects are projected onto a flat surface by a convex lens in an aperture
  • camouflageable — able to be camouflaged
  • 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 capture — the capture of atmospheric carbon dioxide, esp as a technique to prevent climate change
  • 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.
  • charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
  • chartered club — a private club licensed to serve alcohol to members
  • chemical abuse — the habitual use of a mood-altering drug, alcoholic beverage, etc.
  • cholera morbus — gastroenteritis
  • cigarette burn — a burn created by a cigarette
  • cigarette butt — A cigarette butt or a cigarette end is the part of a cigarette that you throw away when you have finished smoking it.
  • circumambulate — to walk around (something)
  • circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
  • ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
  • claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
  • columbia river — a river in SW Canada and the NW United States, flowing S and W from SE British Columbia through Washington along the boundary between Washington and Oregon and into the Pacific. 1214 miles (1955 km) long.
  • combat fatigue — a psychoneurotic condition characterized by anxiety, irritability, depression, etc., often occurring after prolonged combat in warfare
  • computerizable — able to be computerized
  • computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
  • conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
  • constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
  • contact number — a person's telephone number
  • 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 bush — a North American caprifoliaceous shrub or small tree, Viburnum trilobum, producing acid red fruit
  • cruciverbalism — the compilation of crosswords
  • cruciverbalist — a crossword puzzle enthusiast
  • cucurbitaceous — belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of plants.
  • cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
  • cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
  • 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.
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