15-letter words containing e, b, o
- carry one's bat — (of an opening batsman) to reach the end of an innings without being dismissed
- cartesian doubt — willful suspension of all interpretations of experience that are not absolutely certain: used as a method of deriving, by elimination of such uncertainties, axioms upon which to base theories.
- cartier-bresson — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1908–2004, French photographer
- casual labourer — a person who is employed on a temporary, rather than a permanent or regular basis
- catchment board — a public body concerned with the conservation and organization of water supply from a catchment area
- celestial globe — a spherical model of the celestial sphere showing the relative positions of stars, constellations, etc
- centrifugal box — a revolving chamber, used in the spinning of manufactured filaments, in which the plastic fibers, subjected to centrifugal force, are slightly twisted and emerge in the form of yarn wound into the shape of a hollow cylinder.
- cerebral cortex — the outermost layer of the cerebrum that is the locus of higher brain processes
- cerebrovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels and the blood supply of the brain
- chamber concert — a concert of chamber music
- chamber counsel — a counsel who advises in private and does not plead in court
- chandler wobble — a slight, irregular nutation of the earth's rotational axis with a period of c. 428 days
- charcoal burner — (formerly) a person whose work was making charcoal by burning
- charcoal-burner — a device that burns charcoal, as a stove or brazier.
- charles coulomb — Charles Augustin de [sharl oh-gy-stan duh] /ʃarl oʊ güˈstɛ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1736–1806, French physicist and inventor.
- chestnut bottle — an American glass bottle or flask of the 19th century, having slightly flattened sides.
- chewing tobacco — tobacco, in the form of a plug, usually flavored, for chewing rather than smoking.
- chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
- chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
- chocolate brown — a dark brown
- chromosome band — any of the transverse bands that appear on a chromosome after staining. The banding pattern is unique to each type of chromosome, allowing characterization
- cinderella book — (publication) "Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation", by John Hopcroft and Jeffrey Ullman, (Addison-Wesley, 1979). So called because the cover depicts a girl (putatively Cinderella) sitting in front of a Rube Goldberg device and holding a rope coming out of it. On the back cover, the device is in shambles after she has (inevitably) pulled on the rope. See also book titles.
- close the books — to balance accounts in order to prepare a statement or report
- cobble together — If you say that someone has cobbled something together, you mean that they have made or produced it roughly or quickly.
- collaboratively — in the manner of working with others on a joint project
- collecting bank — a bank that collects money from the account of the writer of a cheque on behalf of the person who has deposited the cheque into the bank
- color blindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
- colorado beetle — a black-and-yellow beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, that is a serious pest of potatoes, feeding on the leaves: family Chrysomelidae
- combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
- combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
- combat trousers — Combat trousers are large, loose trousers with lots of pockets.
- combined forces — the forces of two or more countries, fighting together
- combustibleness — The state or quality of being combustible.
- combustion tube — a tube of heat-resistant glass, silica, or ceramic, in which a substance can be reduced, as in a combustion furnace
- comfort blanket — a blanket that a young child is very attached to
- comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- coming bet ween — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- comma butterfly — an orange-brown European vanessid butterfly, Polygonia c-album, with a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
- commendableness — The state or quality of being commendable.
- commercial bank — a bank primarily concerned with accepting demand deposits, used as checking accounts
- common-sensible — sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.
- communion table — (in a Christian church) the table at which people take communion
- compatibilities — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
- compound number — a quantity expressed in two or more different but related units
- compressibility — the ability to be compressed
- compton-burnett — Dame Ivy. 1884–1969, English novelist. Her novels include Men and Wives (1931) and Mother and Son (1955)
- computer-phobia — a person who distrusts or is intimidated by computers.
- conceivableness — The state or quality of being conceivable.
- concrete number — a number referring to a particular object or objects, as in three dogs, ten men
- conformableness — The state or quality of being conformable.