14-letter words containing c, y, b
- brachydactylic — having abnormally short fingers or toes
- brachydiagonal — the shorter lateral axis of a rhombic prism
- brachypinakoid — the side parallel to the shorter horizontal axis in a crystal
- bradley effect — the distortion of opinion polls caused by the reluctance of respondents to admit to a preference that is regarded as socially unacceptable
- broken society — a perceived or apparent general decline in moral values
- bubble company — a company whose shares are highly valued and then plummet
- business cycle — the recurrent fluctuation between boom and depression in the economic activity of a capitalist country
- 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.
- cabalistically — In a cabalistic manner.
- campylobacters — Plural form of campylobacter.
- capillary tube — a glass tube with a fine bore and thick walls, used in thermometers, etc
- carbonyl group — the bivalent radical CO, occurring in acids, ketones, aldehydes, and their derivatives.
- carboxyl group — functional group in organic acids
- cardboard city — an area of a city in which homeless people sleep rough, often in cardboard boxes
- carry the ball — to assume responsibility; take command
- caustic baryta — baryta (def 2).
- caustic-baryta — Also called calcined baryta, barium oxide, barium monoxide, barium protoxide. a white or yellowish-white poisonous solid, BaO, highly reactive with water: used chiefly as a dehydrating agent and in the manufacture of glass.
- celery cabbage — Chinese cabbage.
- celestial body — an object visible in the sky, such as a planet
- cerebral palsy — Cerebral palsy is a condition caused by damage to a baby's brain before or during its birth, which makes its limbs and muscles permanently weak.
- cherry blossom — the blossom of any of various spring-blooming cherries, prized for their beauty
- chesapeake bay — the largest inlet of the Atlantic in the coast of the US: bordered by Maryland and Virginia
- chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
- christmasberry — toyon.
- cognoscibility — capable of being known.
- colby (cheese) — a variety of cheese similar to Cheddar but softer, moister, and more porous
- collapsibility — (uncountable) The condition of being collapsible (or collapsable).
- collectibility — The quality of being collectible.
- combustibility — capable of catching fire and burning; inflammable; flammable: Gasoline vapor is highly combustible.
- comfortability — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- commentary box — the place where the commentators on a sporting event sit
- compactibility — capable of being compacted: compactible rubbish.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- compossibility — the possibility of coexisting
- compostability — The quality of being compostable.
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- 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.
- conductibility — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- confirmability — the quality of being confirmable
- conformability — Conformableness.
- connectability — to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind: to connect the two cities by a bridge; Communication satellites connect the local stations into a network.
- connectibility — to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind: to connect the two cities by a bridge; Communication satellites connect the local stations into a network.
- conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
- constabulatory — (obsolete) A constabulary.
- contact binary — a binary system in which the envelopes of gas surrounding each star are in contact.
- contestability — The property of being contestable or debatable.
- contributorily — In a contributory manner.
- controvertibly — In a controvertible manner.