14-letter words containing b, y, l, e
- bornyl formate — a liquid, C 11 H 18 O 2 , having a piny odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of soaps and disinfectants.
- boulder canyon — a canyon of the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada, above Boulder Dam.
- boundary layer — the layer of fluid closest to the surface of a solid past which the fluid flows: it has a lower rate of flow than the bulk of the fluid because of its adhesion to the solid
- boundary value — boundary value analysis
- boy-meets-girl — conventionally or trivially romantic
- brachycephalic — having a head nearly as broad from side to side as from front to back, esp one with a cephalic index over 80
- bradley effect — the distortion of opinion polls caused by the reluctance of respondents to admit to a preference that is regarded as socially unacceptable
- breathtakingly — thrillingly beautiful, remarkable, astonishing, exciting, or the like: a breathtaking performance.
- bubble company — a company whose shares are highly valued and then plummet
- bull's-eye rot — a disease of apples and pears, characterized by sunken, eyelike spots on the fruit and twig cankers, caused by any of several fungi, especially of the genus Neofabraea.
- burghley house — an Elizabethan mansion near Stamford in Lincolnshire: seat of the Cecil family; site of the annual Burghley Horse Trials
- burying beetle — a beetle of the genus Necrophorous, which buries the dead bodies of small animals by excavating beneath them, using the corpses as food for themselves and their larvae: family Silphidae
- business cycle — the recurrent fluctuation between boom and depression in the economic activity of a capitalist country
- business reply — a form of mail, as a postcard, letter, or envelope, usually sent as an enclosure, and which can be mailed back by respondents without their having to pay postage.
- butterfly bomb — Military. a small, aerial, antipersonnel bomb with two folding wings that revolve, slowing the rate of descent and arming the fuze.
- butterfly bush — buddleia
- butterfly fish — any small tropical marine percoid fish of the genera Chaetodon, Chelmon, etc, that has a deep flattened brightly coloured or strikingly marked body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
- butterfly knot — a particularly resistant knot which resembles a butterfly and can take loads on both ends, as well as on the loop
- butterfly roof — a roof having more than one slope, each descending inward from the eaves.
- butterfly weed — a North American asclepiadaceous plant, Asclepias tuberosa (or A. decumbens), having flat-topped clusters of bright orange flowers
- buttermilk sky — a cloudy sky resembling the mottled or clabbered appearance of buttermilk.
- butyl aldehyde — butyraldehyde
- butylene group — any of four bivalent isomeric groups having the formula –C 4 H 8 –.
- by the vanload — in very large quantities
- campylobacters — Plural form of campylobacter.
- capillary tube — a glass tube with a fine bore and thick walls, used in thermometers, etc
- carry the ball — to assume responsibility; take command
- celery cabbage — Chinese cabbage.
- celestial body — an object visible in the sky, such as a planet
- cerebral palsy — Cerebral palsy is a condition caused by damage to a baby's brain before or during its birth, which makes its limbs and muscles permanently weak.
- cherry blossom — the blossom of any of various spring-blooming cherries, prized for their beauty
- colby (cheese) — a variety of cheese similar to Cheddar but softer, moister, and more porous
- collectibility — The quality of being collectible.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- concealability — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- conceivability — capable of being conceived; imaginable.
- connectability — to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind: to connect the two cities by a bridge; Communication satellites connect the local stations into a network.
- connectibility — to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind: to connect the two cities by a bridge; Communication satellites connect the local stations into a network.
- conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
- contestability — The property of being contestable or debatable.
- controvertibly — In a controvertible manner.
- convertibility — The quality of being convertible.
- 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.
- crystallizable — That can be crystallized.
- cybernetically — using cybernetics
- cyberthrillers — Plural form of cyberthriller.
- cyclobarbitone — a barbiturate derivative drug used as a sedative and hypnotic
- cyclobutadiene — (organic compound) The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C4H4 that is the smallest annulene.
- cylinder block — the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine