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14-letter words containing c, u, b, o, i

  • confabulations — Plural form of confabulation.
  • conglobulation — the act of conglobing
  • conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
  • constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
  • consubstantial — (esp of the three persons of the Trinity) regarded as identical in substance or essence though different in aspect
  • contributional — the act of contributing.
  • contributorily — In a contributory manner.
  • corruptibility — that can or might be corrupted.
  • council bluffs — city in SW Iowa, across the Missouri River from Omaha, Nebr.: pop. 58,000
  • counter-gambit — a countermove
  • court-bouillon — a stock made from root vegetables, water, and wine or vinegar, used primarily for poaching fish
  • 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.
  • custodian bank — A custodian bank is a bank that holds customer assets in safety.
  • cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
  • cyclobutadiene — (organic compound) The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C4H4 that is the smallest annulene.
  • discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
  • 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.
  • domestic abuse — physical or mental abuse towards a member of one's own household
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • gibbs function — the thermodynamic function of a system that is equal to its enthalpy minus the product of its absolute temperture and entropy: a decrease in the function is equal to the maximum amount of work available exclusive of that due to pressure times volume change during a reversible, isothermal, isobaric process.
  • 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.
  • incommunicable — incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
  • incommunicably — In an incommunicable manner or fashion.
  • irreproducible — unable to be reproduced or recreated.
  • john q. public — the average or typical U.S. citizen: an entertainment aimed at Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
  • lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • linoleum block — a piece of thick, soft, cork linoleum often mounted on a block of wood, incised or carved in relief with a design, pattern, or pictorial motif, and used in making prints.
  • macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
  • mounting-block — a block of stone formerly used to aid a person when mounting a horse
  • municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • 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.
  • noctambulation — Sleepwalking.
  • non-combustion — the act or process of burning.
  • non-cultivable — capable of being cultivated.
  • non-subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
  • noncombustible — not flammable.
  • nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
  • nonobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
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