14-letter words containing b, o, n, d, c
- cross bridging — bridging composed of crisscross pieces of wood.
- cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
- custodian bank — A custodian bank is a bank that holds customer assets in safety.
- cyberchondriac — A hypochondriac who researches his/her potential medical condition on the Internet.
- 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
- decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
- decompoundable — able to be broken down into its component parts
- diabolicalness — The state or quality of being diabolical.
- disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
- 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.
- 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 spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- 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.
- exchequer bond — a type of short-term government bond
- fiduciary bond — a bond filed by a fiduciary administering an estate as surety.
- food combining — a dietary approach that advocates the eating of specific foods at specific times and restricts which types of foods can be eaten together.
- 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.
- 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.
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- hydroxybenzoic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to hydroxybenzoic acid or its derivatives.
- inclusion body — a particle that takes a characteristic stain, found in a virus-infected cell.
- inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- indian tobacco — a common American plant, Lobelia inflata, of the lobelia family, having small, blue flowers and inflated capsules.
- indirect labor — labor performed, as by maintenance and clerical workers, that is not considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- know backwards — to understand completely
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- landing beacon — a radio transmitter that emits a landing beam
- lead carbonate — a white crystalline compound, PbCO 3 , toxic when inhaled, insoluble in water and alcohol: used as an exterior paint pigment.
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- load balancing — (operating system, parallel) Techniques which aim to spread tasks among the processors in a parallel processor to avoid some processors being idle while others have tasks queueing for execution. Load balancing may be performed either by heavily loaded processors (with many tasks in their queues) sending tasks to other processors; by idle processors requesting work from others; by some centralised task distribution mechanism; or some combination of these. Some systems allow tasks to be moved after they have started executing ("task migration") others do not. It is important that the overhead of executing the load balancing algorithm does not contribute significantly to the overall processing or communications load. Distributed scheduling algorithms may be static, dynamic or preemptive. Static algorithms allocate processes to processors at run time while taking no account of current network load. Dynamic algorithms are more flexible, though more computationally expensive, and give some consideration to the network load before allocating the new process to a processor. Preemptive algorithms are more expensive and flexible still, and may migrate running processes from one host to another if deemed beneficial. Research to date indicates that dynamic algorithms yield significant performance benefits, but that further (though lesser) gains may be had through the addition of process migration facilities.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- mobile command — the Canadian army and other land forces
- municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
- news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
- non-contraband — anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported.
- non-corrodible — to eat or wear away gradually as if by gnawing, especially by chemical action.
- non-indictable — liable to being indicted, as a person.
- noncondensable — lacking the ability to be condensed
- nonpredictable — Not predictable.
- over-abundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- record cabinet — a piece of furniture like a cupboard, designed to hold or display vinyl records stacked on their side
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.