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14-letter words containing b, e, r, n

  • 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.
  • cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
  • cumbersomeness — The state of being cumbersome.
  • cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
  • cyberchondriac — A hypochondriac who researches his/her potential medical condition on the Internet.
  • cybernetically — using cybernetics
  • 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.
  • cyclobarbitone — a barbiturate derivative drug used as a sedative and hypnotic
  • cylinder block — the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine
  • daniel websterDaniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
  • debenture bond — a corporate bond unsecured by any mortgage, dependent on the credit of the issuer.
  • debt of honour — a debt that is morally but not legally binding, such as one contracted in gambling
  • debt repayment — the action of repaying debts, or a single payment made to wards paying off a debt
  • defibrillating — Present participle of defibrillate.
  • defibrillation — the application of an electric current to the heart to restore normal rhythmic contractions after the onset of atrial or ventricular fibrillation
  • deliberateness — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
  • demonstratable — Alternative form of demonstrable.
  • denumerability — the quality of being countable
  • deplorableness — The state or quality of being deplorable.
  • deurbanization — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
  • differentiable — capable of being differentiated.
  • dinitrobenzene — any of three isomeric benzene derivatives having the formula C 6 H 4 NO 2 , made by nitration of benzene or nitrobenzene, the most important of which is the meta form: used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes.
  • 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
  • do a number on — a numeral or group of numerals.
  • 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.
  • double harness — harness for a pair of horses.
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • drainage basin — the area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area. Compare watershed (def 2).
  • draw a bead on — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
  • dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
  • drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
  • driving barrel — (in a weight-driven clock) the drum turned by the descent of the weight, which drives the clock mechanism.
  • dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
  • dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
  • effort bargain — a bargain in which the reward to an employee is based on the effort that the employee puts in
  • elder brethren — the senior members of the governing body of Trinity House
  • embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
  • embarrassments — Plural form of embarrassment.
  • energy balance — An energy balance is a consideration of the energy input, output, and consumption or generation in a process or stage.
  • energy obesity — the practice of being wasteful of energy in the form of electricity, fossil fuels, etc, in one's day-to-day life
  • enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
  • engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
  • enterobacteria — (microbiology) Plural form of enterobacterium.
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