14-letter words containing c, o, b, d
- double-crosser — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
- dutch cupboard — a buffet with open upper shelves.
- exchequer bond — a type of short-term government bond
- fiduciary bond — a bond filed by a fiduciary administering an estate as surety.
- fluoboric acid — a clear, colorless liquid, HBF 4 , that ionizes abundantly in solution, used chiefly in the synthesis of fluoborates.
- food combining — a dietary approach that advocates the eating of specific foods at specific times and restricts which types of foods can be eaten together.
- forbidden city — a walled section of Peking, built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
- fourfold block — a block having four pulleys or sheaves. Compare block (def 11).
- freeboard deck — (on a cargo vessel) the uppermost deck officially considered to be watertight: used as the level from which the Plimsoll marks are measured.
- french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
- global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- hydrophobicity — (chemistry, uncountable) The condition of being hydrophobic.
- hydroxybenzoic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to hydroxybenzoic acid or its derivatives.
- hydroxybutyric — Of or pertaining to the hydroxybutyric acids or their derivatives.
- inclusion body — a particle that takes a characteristic stain, found in a virus-infected cell.
- inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- indian tobacco — a common American plant, Lobelia inflata, of the lobelia family, having small, blue flowers and inflated capsules.
- indirect labor — labor performed, as by maintenance and clerical workers, that is not considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- irreproducible — unable to be reproduced or recreated.
- jacob's ladder — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. caeruleum (or P. van-bruntiae), having blue, cup-shaped flowers and paired leaflets in a ladderlike arrangement.
- know backwards — to understand completely
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- landing beacon — a radio transmitter that emits a landing beam
- lead carbonate — a white crystalline compound, PbCO 3 , toxic when inhaled, insoluble in water and alcohol: used as an exterior paint pigment.
- liberty bodice — a sleeveless vest-like undergarment made from thick cotton and covering the upper part of the body, formerly worn esp by young children
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- load balancing — (operating system, parallel) Techniques which aim to spread tasks among the processors in a parallel processor to avoid some processors being idle while others have tasks queueing for execution. Load balancing may be performed either by heavily loaded processors (with many tasks in their queues) sending tasks to other processors; by idle processors requesting work from others; by some centralised task distribution mechanism; or some combination of these. Some systems allow tasks to be moved after they have started executing ("task migration") others do not. It is important that the overhead of executing the load balancing algorithm does not contribute significantly to the overall processing or communications load. Distributed scheduling algorithms may be static, dynamic or preemptive. Static algorithms allocate processes to processors at run time while taking no account of current network load. Dynamic algorithms are more flexible, though more computationally expensive, and give some consideration to the network load before allocating the new process to a processor. Preemptive algorithms are more expensive and flexible still, and may migrate running processes from one host to another if deemed beneficial. Research to date indicates that dynamic algorithms yield significant performance benefits, but that further (though lesser) gains may be had through the addition of process migration facilities.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- marble orchard — cemetery.
- mobile command — the Canadian army and other land forces
- municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
- news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
- non-contraband — anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported.
- non-corrodible — to eat or wear away gradually as if by gnawing, especially by chemical action.
- non-indictable — liable to being indicted, as a person.
- noncondensable — lacking the ability to be condensed
- nonpredictable — Not predictable.
- oboe da caccia — a member of the oboe family; the predecessor of the cor anglais
- over-abundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- oversubscribed — If something such as an event or a service is oversubscribed, too many people apply to attend the event or use the service.
- paddock-basher — a vehicle suited to driving on rough terrain
- particle board — any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.
- payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back