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14-letter words containing c, o, b, s, a

  • noncompensable — eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.
  • noncondensable — lacking the ability to be condensed
  • nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
  • nonobstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
  • noticeableness — The quality of being noticeable.
  • objective case — objective (def 2a).
  • objective-case — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
  • octosyllabical — Alternative form of octosyllabic.
  • omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
  • opisthobranchs — Plural form of opisthobranch.
  • orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
  • paddock-basher — a vehicle suited to driving on rough terrain
  • peck's bad boy — the mischievous boy in a series of newspaper stories and collected volumes by the American newspaperman and humorist George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916).
  • phallic symbol — any object, as a cigar or skyscraper, that may broadly resemble or represent the penis, especially such an object that symbolizes power, as an automobile.
  • pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
  • poikiloblastic — (of metamorphic rocks) having small grains of one mineral embedded in metacrysts of another mineral.
  • pre-bachelor's — an unmarried man.
  • press cupboard — a cupboard of the 16th and 17th centuries having an overhanging top above a recessed cabinet, beneath which is a section of drawers or cabinets.
  • probable cause — reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime, or, in a civil case, that grounds for the action existed: used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution.
  • processability — capable of being processed.
  • radiobroadcast — a broadcast by radio.
  • rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
  • rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
  • sabbath school — Sunday school.
  • saint boniface — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
  • sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
  • school library — a library within a school where teachers and students have access to books and other resources
  • second baseman — the player whose position is second base.
  • second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
  • secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
  • serbo-croatian — a Slavic language spoken in Serbia and Croatia, usually written with Cyrillic letters in Serbia but with Roman letters in Croatia.
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • sheepback rock — roche moutonnée.
  • sheva brachoth — the seven blessings said during the marriage service and repeated at the celebration thereafter
  • shock absorber — a device for damping sudden and rapid motion, as the recoil of a spring-mounted object from shock.
  • simaroubaceous — belonging to the Simaroubaceae, the quassia family of plants.
  • sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
  • social climber — a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
  • son of a bitch — a contemptible or thoroughly disagreeable person; scoundrel.
  • spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
  • starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
  • starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
  • stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
  • streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
  • stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
  • subarborescent — below or under trees
  • subassociation — an association that forms part of a larger association
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
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