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

  • irreproachably — In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
  • irreproducible — unable to be reproduced or recreated.
  • irresuscitable — incapable of being resuscitated
  • irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
  • irrevocability — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
  • jacob's ladder — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. caeruleum (or P. van-bruntiae), having blue, cup-shaped flowers and paired leaflets in a ladderlike arrangement.
  • kentucky derby — a horse race for three-year-olds, run annually since 1875, on the first Saturday in May, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.: the first race in the Triple Crown.
  • khmer republic — a former official name of Cambodia.
  • knickerbockers — Also, knickerbockers [nik-er-bok-erz] /ˈnɪk ərˌbɒk ərz/ (Show IPA). loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
  • labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
  • lake maracaibo — a lake in NW Venezuela, linked with the Gulf of Venezuela by a dredged channel: centre of the Venezuelan and South American oil industry. Area: about 13 000 sq km (500 sq miles)
  • lead carbonate — a white crystalline compound, PbCO 3 , toxic when inhaled, insoluble in water and alcohol: used as an exterior paint pigment.
  • leafcutter bee — any of various solitary bees of the genus Megachile that nest in soil or rotten wood, constructing the cells in which they lay their eggs from pieces of leaf
  • left-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
  • lethal chamber — a room or enclosure where animals may be killed by exposure to a poison gas.
  • liberty bodice — a sleeveless vest-like undergarment made from thick cotton and covering the upper part of the body, formerly worn esp by young children
  • library ticket — a ticket admitting a person access to a library, esp a reference library
  • licence number — an identifying number on a licence or licence plate that identifies it with the owner
  • license number — The license number of a car or other road vehicle is the series of letters and numbers that are shown at the front and back of it.
  • limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • local variable — (programming)   A variable with lexical scope, i.e. one which only exists in some particular part of the source code, typically within a block or a function or procedure body. This contrasts with a global variable, which is defined throughout the whole program. Code is easier to understand and modify when the scope of variables is as small as possible because it is easier to see how the variable is set and used. Code containing global variables is harder to modify because its behaviour may depend on and affect other sections of code that refer to that variable.
  • logic variable — (programming)   A variable in a logic programming language which is initially undefined ("unbound") but may get bound to a value or another logic variable during unification of the containing clause with the current goal. The value to which it is bound may contain other variables which may themselves be bound or unbound. For example, when unifying the clause sad(X) :- computer(X, ibmpc). with the goal sad(billgates). the variable X will become bound to the atom "billgates" yielding the new subgoal "computer(billgates, ibmpc)".
  • manufacturable — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • marble orchard — cemetery.
  • master butcher — a butcher who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
  • merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
  • metabolic rate — the rate at which living organisms expend energy or convert energy into food
  • microbreweries — Plural form of microbrewery.
  • microcelebrity — a celebrity whose fame is relatively narrow in scope and likely to be transient
  • micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
  • mirabile dictu — wonderful to relate; amazing to say
  • misremembrance — An incorrect remembrance; something remembered wrongly.
  • mistranscribed — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
  • molecular beam — a stream of molecules freed from a substance, usually a salt, by evaporation and then passed through a narrow slit for focusing, for investigating the properties of nuclei, atoms, and molecules.
  • multichambered — comprising or involving several chambers
  • nebuchadnezzar — Also, Nebuchadrezzar [neb-uh-kuh d-rez-er, neb-yoo-] /ˌnɛb ə kədˈrɛz ər, ˌnɛb yʊ-/ (Show IPA). a king of Babylonia, 604?–561? b.c., and conqueror of Jerusalem. II Kings 24, 25.
  • news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
  • nexpert object — An expert system.
  • nitrobacterium — Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate.
  • non-corrodible — to eat or wear away gradually as if by gnawing, especially by chemical action.
  • non-recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
  • noncelebration — the failure to enjoy or take part in a celebration
  • nonconvertible — Not convertible; that cannot be exchanged for an equivalent.
  • nonobstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
  • nonobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
  • nonpredictable — Not predictable.
  • nonrecombinant — not involved in or produced by genetic recombination
  • nonrecoverable — unable to be claimed back; damaged or lost forever
  • normal balance — The normal balance of an account is the side of the account that is positive or increasing.
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