14-letter words containing b, e, c, l, o
- ethnobotanical — Of or pertaining to ethnobotany.
- exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
- eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
- fibrocartilage — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
- 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
- forcible entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
- french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
- goose barnacle — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- hyperbolically — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- ibm compatible — (computer) A computer which can use hardware and software designed for the IBM PC (or, less often, IBM mainframes). This was once a key phrase in marketing a new PC clone but now in 1998 is rarely used, the non-IBM wintel personal computer manufacturers such as Compaq, Dell and Gateway 2000 and OS vendor Microsoft having taken control of the market, marginalising IBM.
- inapproachable — not approachable.
- incommunicable — incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
- incompressible — not capable of being compressed.
- inconscionable — Obsolete form of unconscionable.
- inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- incontrollable — uncontrollable.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- indirect labor — labor performed, as by maintenance and clerical workers, that is not considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
- into the black — into a profitable condition financially
- introspectible — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- irreconcilable — incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible: irreconcilable differences.
- irreconcilably — incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible: irreconcilable differences.
- irreproachable — free from blame; not able to be reproached or censured.
- irreproachably — In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
- irreproducible — unable to be reproduced or recreated.
- irrevocability — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- jacob's ladder — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. caeruleum (or P. van-bruntiae), having blue, cup-shaped flowers and paired leaflets in a ladderlike arrangement.
- jacobite glass — an English drinking glass of the late 17th or early 18th century, engraved with Jacobite mottoes and symbols.
- john constable — John, 1776–1837, English painter.
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- lake maracaibo — a lake in NW Venezuela, linked with the Gulf of Venezuela by a dredged channel: centre of the Venezuelan and South American oil industry. Area: about 13 000 sq km (500 sq miles)
- landing beacon — a radio transmitter that emits a landing beam
- lead carbonate — a white crystalline compound, PbCO 3 , toxic when inhaled, insoluble in water and alcohol: used as an exterior paint pigment.
- leukocytoblast — the precursor cell to a mature leukocyte
- liberty bodice — a sleeveless vest-like undergarment made from thick cotton and covering the upper part of the body, formerly worn esp by young children
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- linoleum block — a piece of thick, soft, cork linoleum often mounted on a block of wood, incised or carved in relief with a design, pattern, or pictorial motif, and used in making prints.
- local variable — (programming) A variable with lexical scope, i.e. one which only exists in some particular part of the source code, typically within a block or a function or procedure body. This contrasts with a global variable, which is defined throughout the whole program. Code is easier to understand and modify when the scope of variables is as small as possible because it is easier to see how the variable is set and used. Code containing global variables is harder to modify because its behaviour may depend on and affect other sections of code that refer to that variable.
- logic variable — (programming) A variable in a logic programming language which is initially undefined ("unbound") but may get bound to a value or another logic variable during unification of the containing clause with the current goal. The value to which it is bound may contain other variables which may themselves be bound or unbound. For example, when unifying the clause sad(X) :- computer(X, ibmpc). with the goal sad(billgates). the variable X will become bound to the atom "billgates" yielding the new subgoal "computer(billgates, ibmpc)".
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- marble orchard — cemetery.
- metabolic heat — animal heat.
- metabolic rate — the rate at which living organisms expend energy or convert energy into food
- microcelebrity — a celebrity whose fame is relatively narrow in scope and likely to be transient
- micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
- mobile canteen — a truck or lorry with kitchen facilities that can be used on site, such as on a film set, construction site, as a soup kitchen, etc