15-letter words containing b, s, c
- cetti's warbler — a reddish-brown Eurasian warbler, Cettia cetti, with a distinctive song
- chamber counsel — a counsel who advises in private and does not plead in court
- charles babbage — Charles, 1792–1871, English mathematician: invented the precursor of the modern computer.
- charles coulomb — Charles Augustin de [sharl oh-gy-stan duh] /ʃarl oʊ güˈstɛ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1736–1806, French physicist and inventor.
- cheap assembler — (tool) (CHASM) A shareware assembler for MS-DOS.
- chestnut blight — a disease of chestnut trees, caused by a fungus (Endothia parasitica), that has virtually destroyed the American chestnut
- chestnut bottle — an American glass bottle or flask of the 19th century, having slightly flattened sides.
- chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
- chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
- chinese cabbage — a Chinese plant, Brassica pekinensis, that is related to the cabbage and has crisp edible leaves growing in a loose cylindrical head
- chromosome band — any of the transverse bands that appear on a chromosome after staining. The banding pattern is unique to each type of chromosome, allowing characterization
- chronobiologist — A person who is involved in chronobiology.
- circumambagious — in a round-about manner
- circumambulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumambulate.
- city of bristol — a port and industrial city in SW England, mainly in Bristol unitary authority, on the River Avon seven miles from its mouth on the Bristol Channel: a major port, trading with America, in the 17th and 18th centuries; the modern port consists chiefly of docks at Avonmouth and Portishead; noted for the Clifton Suspension Bridge (designed by I. K. Brunel, 1834) over the Avon gorge; Bristol university (1909) and University of the West of England (1992). Pop: 420 556 (2001)
- civil liberties — A person's civil liberties are the rights they have to say, think, and do what they want as long as they respect other people's rights.
- claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.
- climb the walls — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- close the books — to balance accounts in order to prepare a statement or report
- clumber spaniel — a type of thickset spaniel having a broad heavy head
- color blindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
- combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
- combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
- combat trousers — Combat trousers are large, loose trousers with lots of pockets.
- combined forces — the forces of two or more countries, fighting together
- combustibleness — The state or quality of being combustible.
- combustion tube — a tube of heat-resistant glass, silica, or ceramic, in which a substance can be reduced, as in a combustion furnace
- comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- commendableness — The state or quality of being commendable.
- common-sensible — sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.
- compatibilities — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
- compressibility — the ability to be compressed
- conceivableness — The state or quality of being conceivable.
- conformableness — The state or quality of being conformable.
- congealableness — the quality of being congealable
- constable glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century, having a heavy foot, a tall body, and a capacity of 1 quart (0.946 liters).
- consubstantiate — (of the Eucharistic bread and wine and Christ's body and blood) to undergo consubstantiation
- controller bias — In a control loop, the controller bias is a constant amount added to or subtracted from the action that a controller would normally take with a particular gain.
- convertibleness — The state of being convertible; convertibility.
- corona borealis — a small compact constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Boötes and Hercules
- coronary bypass — the surgical bypass of a narrowed or blocked coronary artery by grafting a section of a healthy blood vessel taken from another part of the patient's body
- corps de ballet — In ballet, the corps de ballet is the group of dancers who dance together, in contrast to the main dancers, who dance by themselves.
- corruptibleness — The state or quality of being corruptible.
- counterbalances — Plural form of counterbalance.
- countersink bit — a tool for countersinking
- countersubjects — Plural form of countersubject.
- coureur de bois — a French Canadian woodsman or Métis who traded with Native Americans for furs
- cover all bases — take full precautions
- cranberry glass — reddish-pink transparent glassware first made in England and the U.S. in the mid-19th century.
- cranberry sauce — a sauce made from cranberries, often eaten with turkey