14-letter words containing b, e, c, a, r
- phenylcarbinol — benzyl alcohol.
- piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
- plenum-chamber — a system of mechanical ventilation in which fresh air is forced into the spaces to be ventilated from a chamber (plenum chamber) at a pressure slightly higher than atmospheric pressure, so as to expel foul air.
- pre-bachelor's — an unmarried man.
- predictability — consistent repetition of a state, course of action, behavior, or the like, making it possible to know in advance what to expect: The predictability of their daily lives was both comforting and boring.
- 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.
- pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
- 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.
- public gallery — the gallery in a chamber of Parliament reserved for members of the public who wish to listen to the proceedings
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- public welfare — state aid to the poor
- puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
- purbeck marble — a fossil-rich limestone that takes a high polish: used for building, etc
- quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- rabies vaccine — substance that inoculates against rabies
- racing bicycle — a bicycle designed for cycling on roads or taking part in road cycling races
- raspberry cane — a long thin stalk on which raspberries grow
- receivableness — the fact or condition of being receivable; receivability
- 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.
- rectifiability — the quality or state of being rectifiable
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- rehoboth beach — a town in SE Delaware: beach resort.
- relocatability — constructed so as to be movable; portable, prefabricated, or modular: relocatable classroom units.
- replaceability — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- respectability — the state or quality of being respectable.
- respectabilize — to make respectable
- retractability — to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
- rhombic aerial — a directional travelling-wave aerial, usually horizontal, consisting of two conductors each forming a pair of adjacent sides of a rhombus
- rictal bristle — a bristlelike feather growing from the base of a bird's bill.
- rob the cradle — a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- rolled tobacco — loose tobacco that is rolled into cigarettes
- sabermetrician — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
- salary bracket — a given range or bracket of salaries within which the amount of pay earned by someone falls
- scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scheme library — (library) (SLIB) A portable Scheme library providing compatibiliy and utility functions for all standard Scheme implementations. Version 2c5 supports Bigloo, Chez, ELK, GAMBIT, MacScheme, MITScheme, PocketScheme, RScheme, Scheme->C, Scheme48, SCM, SCSH, T3.1, UMB-Scheme, and VSCM.
- scrambled eggs — scrambled eggs are eggs that are mixed together and then cooked in butter.
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- screen blanker — screen saver
- second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.