14-letter words containing l, a, y, e
- betray oneself — to reveal one's true character, intentions, etc
- bicycle-racing — the act or sport of riding or traveling by bicycle, motorcycle, etc.
- billy no-mates — a person with no friends
- bioarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the remains of living things
- black mulberry — a small deciduous tree, Morus nigra, with small leaves, producing edible fruit
- black-eyed pea — Black-eyed peas are beige seeds with black marks that are eaten as a vegetable. They are from a plant called the cowpea.
- blankety-blank — damned
- blantyre-limbe — a city in S Malawi: largest city in the country; formed in 1956 from the adjoining towns of Blantyre and Limbe. Pop: 647 000 (2005 est)
- blended family — a social unit consisting of two previously married parents and the children of their former marriages
- blepharoplasty — cosmetic surgery performed on the eyelid
- bletchley park — the Buckinghamshire estate which was the centre of British code-breaking operations during World War II
- blue-arsed fly — a blowfly; bluebottle
- blue-eyed mary — a blue-flowered boraginaceous plant, Omphalodes verna, native to S Europe and cultivated in Britain
- body beautiful — a beautiful body
- bornyl acetate — a colorless liquid, C 12 H 20 O 2 , having a piny, camphorlike odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of perfume, and as a plasticizer.
- bornyl formate — a liquid, C 11 H 18 O 2 , having a piny odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of soaps and disinfectants.
- boulder canyon — a canyon of the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada, above Boulder Dam.
- boundary layer — the layer of fluid closest to the surface of a solid past which the fluid flows: it has a lower rate of flow than the bulk of the fluid because of its adhesion to the solid
- boundary value — boundary value analysis
- brachycephalic — having a head nearly as broad from side to side as from front to back, esp one with a cephalic index over 80
- bradley effect — the distortion of opinion polls caused by the reluctance of respondents to admit to a preference that is regarded as socially unacceptable
- breathtakingly — thrillingly beautiful, remarkable, astonishing, exciting, or the like: a breathtaking performance.
- bubble company — a company whose shares are highly valued and then plummet
- butyl aldehyde — butyraldehyde
- by the vanload — in very large quantities
- cadmium yellow — a very vivid yellow containing cadmium sulphide
- calgary redeye — a drink consisting of a mixture of beer and tomato juice.
- caller display — a facility which shows the number of an incoming call
- caloric energy — energy measured in calories
- campylobacters — Plural form of campylobacter.
- cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
- capillary tube — a glass tube with a fine bore and thick walls, used in thermometers, etc
- carry the ball — to assume responsibility; take command
- carrying place — portage (def 3).
- cataleptically — in a trancelike or cataleptic manner
- cathedral city — a city that has a cathedral
- cavalry charge — a charge by mounted troops
- celery cabbage — Chinese cabbage.
- celestial body — an object visible in the sky, such as a planet
- celestial city — the goal of Christian's journey in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress; the heavenly Jerusalem.
- central valley — the chief wine-producing region of California, centered in San Joaquin County.
- 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.
- champs elysees — a boulevard in Paris, France, noted for its cafés, shops, and theaters.
- champs-elysées — a major boulevard in Paris, leading from the Arc de Triomphe: site of the Elysée Palace and government offices
- chantilly lace — a delicate ornamental lace
- characterology — the academic study of character
- charter colony — a colony, such as Virginia or Massachusetts, created by royal charter under the control of an individual, trading company, etc, and exempt from interference by the Crown
- children's day — the second Sunday in June, celebrated by Protestant churches with special programs for children: first started in the U.S. in 1868.
- chlamydospores — Plural form of chlamydospore.
- chloroargyrite — a greyish-yellow or colourless soft secondary mineral consisting of silver chloride in cubic crystalline form: a source of silver. Formula: AgCl