14-letter words containing o, b, e, d
- breeding stock — animals specifically kept to breed from
- brewer's droop — an inability to get an erection because of excessive alcohol consumption
- broad-spectrum — effective against a wide variety of diseases or microorganisms
- broken-hearted — Someone who is broken-hearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
- brood parasite — a young bird hatched and reared by birds of a different species as a result of brood parasitism.
- brown bullhead — a freshwater catfish, Ictalurus nebulosus, of eastern North America, having an olive to brown body with dark markings on the sides.
- brownie guider — the adult leader of a pack of Brownie Guides
- brushed cotton — cotton fabric that is brushed to remove excess lint and fibres to leave a soft, smooth finish
- budget account — an account with a department store, etc, enabling a customer to make monthly payments to cover his or her past and future purchases
- builder's knot — clove hitch
- bull-nosed bow — a bow having a bulbous forefoot.
- bulletin board — A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.
- burn-in period — 1. (testing) A factory soak test intended to increase the chance that components that fail early due to infant mortality will fail before the system leaves the factory. 2. (jargon) When one is so intensely involved in a new project that one forgets basic needs such as food, drink and sleep. Excessive burn-in can lead to burn-out. See hack mode, larval stage.
- buteyko method — a breath control technique used to prevent hyperventilation and treat asthma without drugs
- by the vanload — in very large quantities
- cadmium bronze — an alloy of copper with about 1 percent cadmium.
- carbon dioxide — Carbon dioxide is a gas. It is produced by animals and people breathing out, and by chemical reactions.
- celestial body — an object visible in the sky, such as a planet
- ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
- colorblindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
- combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
- comprehendable — Misspelling of comprehensible.
- comprehendible — comprehensible
- containerboard — a form of paperboard, either corrugated or solid, that is used to make containers
- contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.
- corporate bond — a bond issued by a corporation in order to increase its capital
- covered bridge — a bridge that is enclosed by a roof and walls.
- cribbage board — a board, with pegs and holes, used for scoring at cribbage
- crocodile bird — an African courser, Pluvianus aegyptius, that lives close to rivers and is thought to feed on insects parasitic on crocodiles
- cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
- cyberchondriac — A hypochondriac who researches his/her potential medical condition on the Internet.
- cyberdemocracy — Democracy as facilitated by the Internet or cyberspace.
- 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
- daughterboards — Plural form of daughterboard.
- debenture bond — a corporate bond unsecured by any mortgage, dependent on the credit of the issuer.
- debt collector — a person that collects debts on behalf of creditors
- debt of honour — a debt that is morally but not legally binding, such as one contracted in gambling
- debugging tool — debugger
- decarboxylases — Plural form of decarboxylase.
- decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
- decompoundable — able to be broken down into its component parts
- defibrillation — the application of an electric current to the heart to restore normal rhythmic contractions after the onset of atrial or ventricular fibrillation
- defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
- dehabilitation — (sociology) The process of social estrangement and progressive loosening of social bonds between an individual and his family and society as a result of long-term residence in an institution.
- demobilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of demobilization.
- demobilization — to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
- demonstratable — Alternative form of demonstrable.
- deplorableness — The state or quality of being deplorable.
- deurbanization — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.