13-letter words containing b, e, n, c
- chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
- cherry brandy — a red liqueur made of brandy flavoured with cherries
- chickenburger — A hot sandwich made of a patty of chicken in a bun, often with other ingredients.
- child benefit — In Britain, child benefit is an amount of money paid weekly by the state to families for each of their children.
- child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
- chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
- china cabinet — a cabinet in which china is stored when not in use
- chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
- chinese boxes — a nest of boxes, each of which fits into the next larger box
- chlorobenzene — a colourless volatile flammable insoluble liquid with an almond-like odour, made from chlorine and benzene and used as a solvent and in the preparation of many organic compounds, esp phenol and DDT. Formula: C6H5Cl
- cinnamon bear — a reddish-brown variety of the American black bear
- circumambient — surrounding
- citizens band — a two-way radio service (Citizens Radio Service) licensed by the FCC to a U.S. citizen for short-distance personal or business communications between fixed or mobile stations. Abbreviation: CB.
- clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
- clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
- cleavableness — the quality of being cleavable
- cleveland bay — one of the oldest British breeds of clean-legged, light draught farm and carriage horse, originating from Yorkshire
- climbing fern — any of several chiefly tropical, vinelike ferns of the genus Lygodium, having climbing or trailing stems.
- climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
- clinker-built — (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
- cobelligerent — a country fighting in a war on the side of another country
- cobol fingers — (jargon) /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
- cocaine habit — an addiction to cocaine
- cockney bream — a young snapper fish
- college-bound — intending to go to college
- cologne brown — Vandyke brown.
- colonel blimp — an elderly, pompous British reactionary, especially an army officer or government official.
- combativeness — The state of being combative.
- commensurable — having a common factor
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- companionable — If you describe a person as companionable, you mean they are friendly and pleasant to be with.
- concelebrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concelebrate.
- concept album — an album that has a unifying theme or that tells a single story
- concertgebouw — a concert hall in Amsterdam, inaugurated in 1888: the Concertgebouw Orchestra established in 1888, has been independent of the hall since World War II
- concupiscible — characterized or driven by sexual desire
- conditionable — able to be conditioned
- confiscatable — confiscable
- congratulable — worthy of congratulation
- congress boot — a high shoe with an elastic insert in each side
- conjecturable — Able to be conjectured upon.
- console table — a table with one or more curved legs of bracket-like construction, designed to stand against a wall
- constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
- constrainable — able to be constrained
- constructible — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
- contabescence — (of an anther) the condition of being unable to produce pollen
- contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contribute to — to have a share in bringing about (a result); be partly responsible for
- controllables — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- conveyor belt — A conveyor belt or a conveyor is a continuously-moving strip of rubber or metal which is used in factories for moving objects along so that they can be dealt with as quickly as possible.
- core business — the business activity that is main source of a company's profits and success, usually the activity that the company was originally set up to carry out