14-letter words containing c, o, u, r, b
- complex number — any number of the form a + ib, where a and b are real numbers and i = √–1
- computerizable — able to be computerized
- computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
- computerphobic — a computerphobe
- conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- constabulatory — (obsolete) A constabulary.
- contact number — a person's telephone number
- contributional — the act of contributing.
- contributorily — In a contributory manner.
- corruptibility — that can or might be corrupted.
- 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
- county borough — (in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974 and in Wales from 1996) a borough administered independently of any higher tier of local government
- court cupboard — a wooden stand with two or three tiers, used in the 16th and 17th centuries to display pewter, silver, etc
- court-bouillon — a stock made from root vegetables, water, and wine or vinegar, used primarily for poaching fish
- croquembouches — Plural form of croquembouche.
- cubic zirconia — a synthetic crystalline compound of zirconium oxide, fashioned to resemble diamonds, etc.
- cubital furrow — (in certain insects) a crease, between the cubital and anal veins, along which the wing folds.
- cucurbitaceous — belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of plants.
- cumbersomeness — The state of being cumbersome.
- customs broker — a person whose job is to assist businesses in clearing imported or exported goods through customs
- cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- discovery club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members who are 12 or 13 years of age.
- dissector tube — a form of television camera tube in which an electron image produced by a photoemitting surface is focused in the plane of an aperture and deflected past the aperture to achieve scanning.
- double deckers — (jargon) Married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
- double-crosser — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- dutch cupboard — a buffet with open upper shelves.
- euphorbiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, a family of plants typically having capsular fruits: includes the spurges, the castor oil and cassava plants, cascarilla, and poinsettia
- exchequer bond — a type of short-term government bond
- fiduciary bond — a bond filed by a fiduciary administering an estate as surety.
- flat back four — a set of four fullbacks in line formation
- fluoboric acid — a clear, colorless liquid, HBF 4 , that ionizes abundantly in solution, used chiefly in the synthesis of fluoborates.
- fourfold block — a block having four pulleys or sheaves. Compare block (def 11).
- 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
- herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- hydroxybutyric — Of or pertaining to the hydroxybutyric acids or their derivatives.
- irreproducible — unable to be reproduced or recreated.
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
- micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
- molecular beam — a stream of molecules freed from a substance, usually a salt, by evaporation and then passed through a narrow slit for focusing, for investigating the properties of nuclei, atoms, and molecules.
- nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
- nitrobacterium — Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate.
- non-recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.