14-letter words containing b, i, c, o, n, a
- botanic garden — a place in which plants are grown, studied, and exhibited
- bowling crease — a line marked at the wicket, over which a bowler must not advance fully before delivering the ball
- brachydiagonal — the shorter lateral axis of a rhombic prism
- brachypinakoid — the side parallel to the shorter horizontal axis in a crystal
- branch officer — (in the British navy since 1949) any officer who holds warrant
- branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
- breech-loading — (of a firearm) loaded at the breech
- britannia coin — any of four British gold coins introduced in 1987 for investment purposes; their denominations are £100, £50, £25, and £10
- bronchial tube — Your bronchial tubes are the two tubes which connect your windpipe to your lungs.
- bronchiectasis — chronic dilation of the bronchi or bronchial tubes, which often become infected
- bronchodilator — any drug or other agent that causes dilation of the bronchial tubes by relaxing bronchial muscle: used, esp in the form of aerosol sprays, for the relief of asthma
- bronchorrhagia — hemorrhage from the bronchial tubes.
- bronchospastic — of or relating to bronchospasms
- bubonic plague — Bubonic plague is a serious infectious disease spread by rats. It killed many people during the Middle Ages.
- by acclamation — by an overwhelming majority without a ballot
- by implication — If you say that something is the case by implication, you mean that a statement, event, or situation implies that it is the case.
- cadmium bronze — an alloy of copper with about 1 percent cadmium.
- canadian bacon — cured, smoked pork taken from the loin in a boneless strip and having a hamlike flavor
- carbon dioxide — Carbon dioxide is a gas. It is produced by animals and people breathing out, and by chemical reactions.
- carbon trading — Carbon trading is the practice of buying and selling the right to produce carbon dioxide emissions, so that people, countries or companies who use a lot of fuel and electricity can buy rights from those that do not use so much.
- carpet bombing — Carpet bombing is heavy bombing from aircraft, with the intention of hitting as many places as possible in a particular area.
- carpet bowling — a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet, at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
- carrion beetle — any beetle of the family Silphidae that track carrion by a keen sense of smell
- cartilage bone — any bone that develops within cartilage rather than in a fibrous tissue membrane
- casino banking — an approach to banking which risks losing investors' money in the quest for maximizing profits
- chopping board — A chopping board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
- coinage bronze — an alloy of 95 percent copper, 4 percent tin, and 1 percent zinc.
- collaborations — Plural form of collaboration.
- colombian gold — a potent marijuana grown in South America.
- colon bacillus — coliform bacillus.
- 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
- combinableness — The quality or state of being combinable.
- combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
- commissionable — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- compassionable — exciting or deserving pity
- compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- complimentable — Archaic. a gift; present.
- concealability — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- conceivability — capable of being conceived; imaginable.
- concelebration — the celebration of a Eucharist or Mass by two or more members of the clergy.
- confabulations — Plural form of confabulation.
- confirmability — the quality of being confirmable
- conformability — Conformableness.
- conglobulation — the act of conglobing
- connectability — to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind: to connect the two cities by a bridge; Communication satellites connect the local stations into a network.
- conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- consubstantial — (esp of the three persons of the Trinity) regarded as identical in substance or essence though different in aspect