14-letter words containing b, r, i, c
- serviceability — capable of or being of service; useful.
- shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
- simaroubaceous — belonging to the Simaroubaceae, the quassia family of plants.
- sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
- social climber — a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
- spanish arabic — the Arabic language as used in Spain during the period of Moorish domination and influence, c900–1500. Abbreviation: SpAr.
- special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
- spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
- spring balance — a device in which an object to be weighed is attached to the end of a helical spring, the extension of which indicates the weight of the object on a calibrated scale
- starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
- 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.
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
- submetacentric — referring to chromosomes which have one long arm and one short arm
- submicroscopic — too small to be seen through a microscope.
- subscribership — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- 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.
- suicide bomber — A suicide bomber is a terrorist who carries out a bomb attack, knowing that he or she will be killed in the explosion.
- superincumbent — lying or resting on something else.
- 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)
- third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
- thromboembolic — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- ticket barrier — gate in train station
- timber cruiser — cruiser (def 6).
- to sb's credit — If something is to someone's credit, they deserve praise for it.
- trafficability — the condition of soil or terrain with regard to its being traveled over, as by people, vehicles, or machinery.
- trichobacteria — filamentous bacteria
- trituberculate — (of a structure such as a tooth or bone) with three tubercles
- trituberculism — the condition of being trituberculate
- trombiculiasis — the condition of being infested with chiggers.
- tumbler switch — electrical control
- turbo-electric — noting, pertaining to, or utilizing machinery that includes a generator driven by a turbine: turbo-electric engine; turbo-electric propulsion.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turnip cabbage — kohlrabi.
- umbilical cord — Anatomy. a cord or funicle connecting the embryo or fetus with the placenta of the mother and transporting nourishment from the mother and wastes from the fetus.
- unbureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
- uncriticizable — to censure or find fault with.
- undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- undersubscribe — to subscribe for less of than is available, expected, or required: The concert series is undersubscribed and may be cancelled.
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- unrecognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- unrecognizably — in an unrecognizable or unidentifiable manner
- unreconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
- unreconcilably — in an unreconcilable manner