14-letter words containing b, e, r, n, s
- bronchiectasis — chronic dilation of the bronchi or bronchial tubes, which often become infected
- brown stem rot — a disease of soybeans, characterized by brown discoloration and decay of internal tissues of the stem and leaf, caused by a fungus, Cephalosporium gregatum.
- brown thrasher — a common large songbird, Toxostoma rufum, of the eastern U.S., having reddish-brown plumage.
- brownie points — a credit toward advancement or good standing gained especially by currying favor.
- brunswick stew — a stew originally made with squirrel and onions, and now usually with rabbit or chicken and corn, okra, onions, tomatoes, lima beans, etc.
- brushed cotton — cotton fabric that is brushed to remove excess lint and fibres to leave a soft, smooth finish
- builder's knot — clove hitch
- burschenschaft — a students' fraternity, originally one concerned with Christian ideals, patriotism, etc
- bush carpenter — a rough-and-ready unskilled workman
- bush, vannevar — Vannevar Bush
- business hours — Business hours are the hours of the day in which a shop or a company is open for business.
- business reply — a form of mail, as a postcard, letter, or envelope, usually sent as an enclosure, and which can be mailed back by respondents without their having to pay postage.
- businessperson — Businesspeople are people who work in business.
- by the numbers — in prescribed sequence of movements and accompanied by a count
- calamine brass — an alloy of zinc carbonate and copper, formerly used to imitate gold.
- carbon process — a photographic process for producing positive prints by exposing sensitized carbon tissue to light passing through a negative. Washing removes the unexposed gelatine leaving the pigmented image in the exposed insoluble gelatine
- castelo branco — Humberto de Alencar [oon-ber-too di ah-len-kahr] /ũˈbɛr tʊ dɪ ɑ lɛ̃ˈkɑr/ (Show IPA), 1900–67, Brazilian general and statesman: president 1964–67.
- celebratedness — the quality or condition of being celebrated
- charitableness — (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
- chicken breast — pigeon breast
- chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
- circumbendibus — a circumlocution
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- colorblindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
- coma berenices — a faint constellation in the N hemisphere between Ursa Major and Boötes containing the Coma Cluster a cluster of approximately 1000 galaxies, at a mean distance of 300 million light years
- comparableness — The state or quality of being comparable; comparability.
- comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- congressmember — a member of a congress, especially of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- countersubject — (in a fugue) the theme in one voice that accompanies the statement of the subject in another
- cranberry bush — a North American caprifoliaceous shrub or small tree, Viburnum trilobum, producing acid red fruit
- creditableness — The state or quality of being creditable.
- cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
- crunch numbers — to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise.
- cumbersomeness — The state of being cumbersome.
- cybersquatting — Cybersquatting involves buying an Internet domain name that might be wanted by another person, business, or organization with the intention of selling it to them and making a profit.
- daniel webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- deliberateness — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- demonstratable — Alternative form of demonstrable.
- deplorableness — The state or quality of being deplorable.
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- discernibility — The state or quality of being discernible.
- disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
- disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
- disencumbering — Present participle of disencumber.
- disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance
- double harness — harness for a pair of horses.
- drainage basin — the area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area. Compare watershed (def 2).
- dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.