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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.
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