14-letter words containing b, r, o, c
- controvertibly — In a controvertible manner.
- convertibility — The quality of being convertible.
- corner cabinet — a cabinet, usually triangular in design so as to fit into a corner of a room.
- corporate bond — a bond issued by a corporation in order to increase its capital
- correctability — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
- corroborations — Plural form of corroboration.
- corruptibility — that can or might be corrupted.
- costovertebral — (anatomy) Connecting a rib with the body of a vertebra.
- counter-boulle — contre-partie.
- counter-gambit — a countermove
- counterbalance — To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
- countersubject — (in a fugue) the theme in one voice that accompanies the statement of the subject in another
- county borough — (in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974 and in Wales from 1996) a borough administered independently of any higher tier of local government
- court cupboard — a wooden stand with two or three tiers, used in the 16th and 17th centuries to display pewter, silver, etc
- court-bouillon — a stock made from root vegetables, water, and wine or vinegar, used primarily for poaching fish
- covered bridge — a bridge that is enclosed by a roof and walls.
- cracker bonbon — a thin, crisp biscuit.
- craniocerebral — relating to both the cranium and the cerebrum
- cribbage board — a board, with pegs and holes, used for scoring at cribbage
- crocodile bird — an African courser, Pluvianus aegyptius, that lives close to rivers and is thought to feed on insects parasitic on crocodiles
- croquembouches — Plural form of croquembouche.
- 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
- crossbolt lock — a lock controlling two bolts moving in opposite directions, as to the top and bottom of a doorframe.
- crow blackbird — any of several North American grackles, especially purple grackles of the genus Quiscalus.
- cryobiological — of or relating to cryobiology
- cubic zirconia — a synthetic crystalline compound of zirconium oxide, fashioned to resemble diamonds, etc.
- cubital furrow — (in certain insects) a crease, between the cubital and anal veins, along which the wing folds.
- cucurbitaceous — belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of plants.
- cumbersomeness — The state of being cumbersome.
- customs broker — a person whose job is to assist businesses in clearing imported or exported goods through customs
- cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
- cyberchondriac — A hypochondriac who researches his/her potential medical condition on the Internet.
- cyberdemocracy — Democracy as facilitated by the Internet or cyberspace.
- cyberterrorism — the illegal use of computers and the internet to achieve some goal
- cyclobarbitone — a barbiturate derivative drug used as a sedative and hypnotic
- cylinder block — the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine
- debt collector — a person that collects debts on behalf of creditors
- decarboxylases — Plural form of decarboxylase.
- discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- discovery club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members who are 12 or 13 years of age.
- dissector tube — a form of television camera tube in which an electron image produced by a photoemitting surface is focused in the plane of an aperture and deflected past the aperture to achieve scanning.
- 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 deckers — (jargon) Married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
- double-crosser — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- dutch cupboard — a buffet with open upper shelves.
- electrobiology — (physics, biology) The study of the production and use of electricity by biological organisms.
- enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.