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14-letter words containing b, e, d, c

  • cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
  • cyberchondriac — A hypochondriac who researches his/her potential medical condition on the Internet.
  • cyberdemocracy — Democracy as facilitated by the Internet or cyberspace.
  • cyclobutadiene — (organic compound) The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C4H4 that is the smallest annulene.
  • cylinder block — the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine
  • deadly embrace — deadlock
  • deathbed scene — a depiction in art or literature of events that take place at somebody's deathbed
  • debt collector — a person that collects debts on behalf of creditors
  • decarboxylases — Plural form of decarboxylase.
  • decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
  • declassifiable — Suitable to be declassified.
  • decompoundable — able to be broken down into its component parts
  • defensive back — a defender positioned off the line of scrimmage for the purpose of covering pass receivers and tackling runners who elude linemen and linebackers.
  • delectableness — The state or quality of being delectable.
  • describability — The quality of being describable.
  • despicableness — The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness.
  • diabolicalness — The state or quality of being diabolical.
  • discernability — The state of being discernable.
  • discernibility — The state or quality of being discernible.
  • discerpibility — the quality of being able to be discerped
  • discharge tube — gas tube.
  • discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
  • discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
  • disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
  • discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
  • discovery club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members who are 12 or 13 years of age.
  • disencumbering — Present participle of disencumber.
  • disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance
  • disrespectable — not respectable.
  • dissector tube — a form of television camera tube in which an electron image produced by a photoemitting surface is focused in the plane of an aperture and deflected past the aperture to achieve scanning.
  • do one's block — to become angry
  • docking bridge — a raised platform running from one side to the other of a ship toward the stern, used by officers for supervising docking operations.
  • dodecasyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to 12 syllables.
  • dodecasyllable — a word or line of verse containing 12 syllables.
  • domestic abuse — physical or mental abuse towards a member of one's own household
  • double coconut — a tall, stout, fan palm, Lodoicea maldivica, of the Seychelles Islands, having nuts that are the largest seeds of any plant, often weighing 50 pounds (22.6 kg): populations are declining.
  • double deckers — (jargon)   Married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • double-crosser — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
  • draw the crabs — to attract unwelcome attention
  • drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
  • dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
  • dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
  • elected member — person voted in as a member
  • exchequer bond — a type of short-term government bond
  • forbidden city — a walled section of Peking, built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
  • fredericksburg — a city in NE Virginia, on the Rappahannock River: scene of a Confederate victory 1862.
  • freeboard deck — (on a cargo vessel) the uppermost deck officially considered to be watertight: used as the level from which the Plimsoll marks are measured.
  • 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.
  • frequency band — band2 (def 9).
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