14-letter words containing c, e, l, b, s
- blanket stitch — a strong reinforcing stitch for the edges of blankets and other thick material
- blanket-stitch — a basic sewing stitch in which widely spaced, interlocking loops, or purls, are formed, used for cutwork, as a decorative finish for edges, etc.
- blister copper — an impure form of copper having a blister-like surface due to the release of gas during cooling
- blister-packed — presented in a blister pack
- bloc québécois — (in Canada) a political party that advocates autonomy for Quebec
- boolean search — (information science) (Or "Boolean query") A query using the Boolean operators, AND, OR, and NOT, and parentheses to construct a complex condition from simpler criteria. A typical example is searching for combinatons of keywords on a web search engine. Examples: car or automobile "New York" and not "New York state" The term is sometimes stretched to include searches using other operators, e.g. "near". Not to be confused with binary search. See also: weighted search.
- booster cables — jumper cables
- boston lettuce — a type of butterhead lettuce
- bowling crease — a line marked at the wicket, over which a bowler must not advance fully before delivering the ball
- branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
- brass knuckles — linked metal rings or a metal bar with holes for the fingers, worn for rough fighting
- breakfast club — a service that provides a breakfast for children who arrive early at school
- bull stretcher — Also called bullnose stretcher. a brick having one of the edges along its length rounded for laying as a stretcher in a sill or the like.
- business class — Business class seating on an aeroplane costs less than first class but more than economy class.
- business cycle — the recurrent fluctuation between boom and depression in the economic activity of a capitalist country
- business lunch — a lunch at which business is discussed or transacted
- cable's length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
- calamine brass — an alloy of zinc carbonate and copper, formerly used to imitate gold.
- cambridge lisp — A flavour of Lisp using BCPL. Sources owned by Fitznorman partners.
- campylobacters — Plural form of campylobacter.
- castelo branco — Humberto de Alencar [oon-ber-too di ah-len-kahr] /ũˈbɛr tʊ dɪ ɑ lɛ̃ˈkɑr/ (Show IPA), 1900–67, Brazilian general and statesman: president 1964–67.
- celebratedness — the quality or condition of being celebrated
- 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.
- changeableness — The condition of being changeable.
- charitableness — (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
- charles albert — 1798–1849, king of Sardinia-Piedmont (1831–49) during the Risorgimento: abdicated after the failure of his revolt against Austria
- charles talbot — Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, 1660–1718, British statesman: prime minister 1714.
- chemical abuse — the habitual use of a mood-altering drug, alcoholic beverage, etc.
- cherry blossom — the blossom of any of various spring-blooming cherries, prized for their beauty
- cholera morbus — gastroenteritis
- church visible — the entire body of Christian believers on earth.
- clabber cheese — cottage cheese.
- claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
- clothes basket — a basket for storing and transporting clothes that need washing, or have been washed
- cobbler's pegs — a common Australian weed, Bidens pilosa, with spiky peglike awns
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- colby (cheese) — a variety of cheese similar to Cheddar but softer, moister, and more porous
- colorblindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
- combinableness — The quality or state of being combinable.
- commissionable — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- comparableness — The state or quality of being comparable; comparability.
- compassionable — exciting or deserving pity
- compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- contestability — The property of being contestable or debatable.
- costovertebral — (anatomy) Connecting a rib with the body of a vertebra.