14-letter words containing b, r, a, c, t, e
- recoverability — able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.
- rectifiability — the quality or state of being rectifiable
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- rehoboth beach — a town in SE Delaware: beach resort.
- relocatability — constructed so as to be movable; portable, prefabricated, or modular: relocatable classroom units.
- replaceability — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- respectability — the state or quality of being respectable.
- respectabilize — to make respectable
- retractability — to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
- rictal bristle — a bristlelike feather growing from the base of a bird's bill.
- rob the cradle — a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- rolled tobacco — loose tobacco that is rolled into cigarettes
- sabermetrician — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- salary bracket — a given range or bracket of salaries within which the amount of pay earned by someone falls
- scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- secretary bird — a large, long-legged, raptorial bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, of Africa, that feeds on reptiles.
- serbo-croatian — a Slavic language spoken in Serbia and Croatia, usually written with Cyrillic letters in Serbia but with Roman letters in Croatia.
- serviceability — capable of or being of service; useful.
- sheva brachoth — the seven blessings said during the marriage service and repeated at the celebration thereafter
- slave bracelet — a braceletlike, ornamental circlet or chain worn around the ankle.
- sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
- square bracket — bracket (def 3).
- starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
- stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
- streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- stretchability — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- subarborescent — below or under trees
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subject matter — the substance of a discussion, book, writing, etc., as distinguished from its form or style.
- submetacentric — referring to chromosomes which have one long arm and one short arm
- subsecretariat — an administrative department that assists and is subordinate to a secretariat.
- subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
- tall buttercup — a Eurasian buttercup, Ranunculus acris, naturalized in North American fields and meadows, having a tall stem and shiny yellow flowers.
- tatar republic — a constituent republic of W Russia, around the confluence of the Volga and Kama Rivers. Capital: Kazan. Pop: 3 779 800 (2002). Area: 68 000 sq km (26 250 sq miles)
- ten-acre block — a block of subdivided farming land, usually within commuting distance of a city, that provides a semirural way of life
- the upper back — the part of the back between the shoulders
- thorough brace — either of two strong braces or bands of leather supporting the body of a coach or other vehicle and connecting the front and back springs.
- ticket barrier — gate in train station
- to break cover — If you break cover, you leave a place where you have been hiding or sheltering from attack, usually in order to run to another place.
- treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
- trichobacteria — filamentous bacteria
- trituberculate — (of a structure such as a tooth or bone) with three tubercles
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turnip cabbage — kohlrabi.
- unarmed combat — the action of fighting without weapons