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14-letter words containing c, e, r, b, o

  • carbro process — a process for making carbon or pigment prints on bromide paper without exposure to light.
  • carpet bombing — Carpet bombing is heavy bombing from aircraft, with the intention of hitting as many places as possible in a particular area.
  • carpet bowling — a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet, at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
  • carrion beetle — any beetle of the family Silphidae that track carrion by a keen sense of smell
  • cartilage bone — any bone that develops within cartilage rather than in a fibrous tissue membrane
  • 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.
  • charles talbotCharles, Duke of Shrewsbury, 1660–1718, British statesman: prime minister 1714.
  • charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
  • cherry blossom — the blossom of any of various spring-blooming cherries, prized for their beauty
  • cholera morbus — gastroenteritis
  • ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
  • claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
  • cobbler's pegs — a common Australian weed, Bidens pilosa, with spiky peglike awns
  • cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
  • coconut butter — a solid form of coconut oil
  • coinage bronze — an alloy of 95 percent copper, 4 percent tin, and 1 percent zinc.
  • colorblindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
  • columbia river — a river in SW Canada and the NW United States, flowing S and W from SE British Columbia through Washington along the boundary between Washington and Oregon and into the Pacific. 1214 miles (1955 km) long.
  • coma berenices — a faint constellation in the N hemisphere between Ursa Major and Boötes containing the Coma Cluster a cluster of approximately 1000 galaxies, at a mean distance of 300 million light years
  • combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
  • commentary box — the place where the commentators on a sporting event sit
  • comparableness — The state or quality of being comparable; comparability.
  • complex number — any number of the form a + ib, where a and b are real numbers and i = √–1
  • comprehendable — Misspelling of comprehensible.
  • comprehendible — comprehensible
  • comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
  • comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • computerizable — able to be computerized
  • computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
  • computerphobic — a computerphobe
  • concelebration — the celebration of a Eucharist or Mass by two or more members of the clergy.
  • congressmember — a member of a congress, especially of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
  • constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
  • contact number — a person's telephone number
  • containerboard — a form of paperboard, either corrugated or solid, that is used to make containers
  • contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.
  • controvertible — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • covered bridge — a bridge that is enclosed by a roof and walls.
  • cracker bonbon — a thin, crisp biscuit.
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