14-letter words containing e, b, o, n, y
- cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
- cyberchondriac — A hypochondriac who researches his/her potential medical condition on the Internet.
- cyclobarbitone — a barbiturate derivative drug used as a sedative and hypnotic
- cyclobutadiene — (organic compound) The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C4H4 that is the smallest annulene.
- cylinder block — the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine
- dogbane family — the plant family Apocynaceae, characterized by shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants having milky and often poisonous juice, simple opposite leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit usually in dry pods, and including the dogbane, oleander, periwinkle, and plumeria.
- double density — floppy disk
- energy obesity — the practice of being wasteful of energy in the form of electricity, fossil fuels, etc, in one's day-to-day life
- enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
- extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
- eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
- fabian society — a socialist organization founded in England in 1884, favoring the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means.
- fonthill abbey — a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire: rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
- 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.
- forcible entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
- gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
- golden goodbye — A golden goodbye is the same as a golden handshake.
- governing body — board, regulatory authority
- hebetudinosity — mental dullness; insipidity
- honeycomb work — stalactite work.
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- hydroxybenzene — phenol (def 1).
- hydroxybenzoic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to hydroxybenzoic acid or its derivatives.
- impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- intolerability — not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
- irreconcilably — incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible: irreconcilable differences.
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- lemonade berry — a sumac, Rhus integrifolia, of southern California, having hairy, dark-red fruits used to make a beverage resembling lemonade.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- marine biology — science of sea life
- melton mowbray — a town in central England, in Leicestershire: pork pies and Stilton cheese. Pop: 25 554 (2001)
- methoxybenzene — anisole.
- money-grubbing — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- nonobjectivity — Lack of objectivity.
- norway lobster — a European lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, fished for food
- not bat an eye — to blink; wink; flutter.
- not sb's style — If you say that something is not someone 's style, you mean that it is not the way in which they usually do things, or it is different from the sort of thing they usually like.
- omega-c baryon — a neutral baryon having a mass 5292 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 6.4 X 10 -14 seconds.
- on the wallaby — (of a person) wandering about looking for work
- oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
- penalty double — business double.
- phenylbutazone — a potent substance, C 1 9 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used to reduce pain and inflammation in rheumatic diseases and gout, and used in veterinary medicine for musculoskeletal disorders.
- phenylcarbinol — benzyl alcohol.
- plumbosolvency — the ability to dissolve lead
- porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
- queen's bounty — king's bounty.
- responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- rhombenporphyr — an intermediate igneous rock embedded with rhombus-shaped crystals