14-letter words containing c, o, b, a, i
- bronchodilator — any drug or other agent that causes dilation of the bronchial tubes by relaxing bronchial muscle: used, esp in the form of aerosol sprays, for the relief of asthma
- bronchorrhagia — hemorrhage from the bronchial tubes.
- bronchospastic — of or relating to bronchospasms
- bubonic plague — Bubonic plague is a serious infectious disease spread by rats. It killed many people during the Middle Ages.
- bug-compatible — Said of a design or revision that has been badly compromised by a requirement to be compatible with fossils or misfeatures in other programs or (especially) previous releases of itself. "MS-DOS 2.0 used \ as a path separator to be bug-compatible with some cretin's choice of / as an option character in 1.0."
- by acclamation — by an overwhelming majority without a ballot
- by implication — If you say that something is the case by implication, you mean that a statement, event, or situation implies that it is the case.
- cadmium bronze — an alloy of copper with about 1 percent cadmium.
- canadian bacon — cured, smoked pork taken from the loin in a boneless strip and having a hamlike flavor
- carbon dioxide — Carbon dioxide is a gas. It is produced by animals and people breathing out, and by chemical reactions.
- carbon trading — Carbon trading is the practice of buying and selling the right to produce carbon dioxide emissions, so that people, countries or companies who use a lot of fuel and electricity can buy rights from those that do not use so much.
- cardboard city — an area of a city in which homeless people sleep rough, often in cardboard boxes
- 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
- casino banking — an approach to banking which risks losing investors' money in the quest for maximizing profits
- celestial body — an object visible in the sky, such as a planet
- chopping board — A chopping board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- ciudad bolivar — a port in E Venezuela, on the Orinoco River: accessible to ocean-going vessels. Pop: 344 000 (2005 est)
- ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
- claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
- claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
- cocktail table — a low table as for serving refreshments, esp. one in a living room
- coinage bronze — an alloy of 95 percent copper, 4 percent tin, and 1 percent zinc.
- collaborations — Plural form of collaboration.
- collapsibility — (uncountable) The condition of being collapsible (or collapsable).
- colombian gold — a potent marijuana grown in South America.
- colon bacillus — coliform bacillus.
- 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
- combat fatigue — a psychoneurotic condition characterized by anxiety, irritability, depression, etc., often occurring after prolonged combat in warfare
- combinableness — The quality or state of being combinable.
- combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
- comfortability — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- comma bacillus — a comma-shaped bacterium, Vibrio comma, that causes cholera in man: family Spirillaceae
- commissionable — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- compactibility — capable of being compacted: compactible rubbish.
- compassionable — exciting or deserving pity
- compatibilists — Plural form of compatibilist.
- compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- complimentable — Archaic. a gift; present.
- compostability — The quality of being compostable.
- computerizable — able to be computerized
- computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
- 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.
- concelebration — the celebration of a Eucharist or Mass by two or more members of the clergy.
- confabulations — Plural form of confabulation.