14-letter words containing o, b
- carpet bombing — Carpet bombing is heavy bombing from aircraft, with the intention of hitting as many places as possible in a particular area.
- carpet bowling — a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet, at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
- carrion beetle — any beetle of the family Silphidae that track carrion by a keen sense of smell
- cartilage bone — any bone that develops within cartilage rather than in a fibrous tissue membrane
- casino banking — an approach to banking which risks losing investors' money in the quest for maximizing profits
- castelo branco — Humberto de Alencar [oon-ber-too di ah-len-kahr] /ũˈbɛr tʊ dɪ ɑ lɛ̃ˈkɑr/ (Show IPA), 1900–67, Brazilian general and statesman: president 1964–67.
- celestial body — an object visible in the sky, such as a planet
- charles talbot — Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, 1660–1718, British statesman: prime minister 1714.
- charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
- cheesebox seat — a chair seat, usually of rush, having a rounded form and surrounded with a thin strip of wood.
- cherry blossom — the blossom of any of various spring-blooming cherries, prized for their beauty
- cholera morbus — gastroenteritis
- chopping block — a thick wooden board used for chopping vegetables, meat etc on
- chopping board — A chopping board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- chronobiologic — relating to chronobiology
- ciudad bolivar — a port in E Venezuela, on the Orinoco River: accessible to ocean-going vessels. Pop: 344 000 (2005 est)
- ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
- claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
- claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
- claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
- climbing irons — spiked steel frames worn on the feet to assist in climbing trees, ice slopes, etc
- clothes basket — a basket for storing and transporting clothes that need washing, or have been washed
- cobbler's pegs — a common Australian weed, Bidens pilosa, with spiky peglike awns
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- cocktail table — a low table as for serving refreshments, esp. one in a living room
- coconut butter — a solid form of coconut oil
- coff's harbour — a seaport in E Australia.
- cognate object — a noun functioning as the object of a verb to which it is etymologically related, as in think a thought or sing a song
- cognoscibility — capable of being known.
- coinage bronze — an alloy of 95 percent copper, 4 percent tin, and 1 percent zinc.
- colby (cheese) — a variety of cheese similar to Cheddar but softer, moister, and more porous
- collaborations — Plural form of collaboration.
- collapsibility — (uncountable) The condition of being collapsible (or collapsable).
- collectibility — The quality of being collectible.
- collecting box — a box for the temporary storage of examples or specimens
- collection box — A collection box is a box or tin that is used to collect money for charity.
- colombian gold — a potent marijuana grown in South America.
- colon bacillus — coliform bacillus.
- colorblindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
- colouring book — A colouring book is a book of simple drawings which children can colour in.
- columbia river — a river in SW Canada and the NW United States, flowing S and W from SE British Columbia through Washington along the boundary between Washington and Oregon and into the Pacific. 1214 miles (1955 km) long.
- coma berenices — a faint constellation in the N hemisphere between Ursa Major and Boötes containing the Coma Cluster a cluster of approximately 1000 galaxies, at a mean distance of 300 million light years
- combat fatigue — a psychoneurotic condition characterized by anxiety, irritability, depression, etc., often occurring after prolonged combat in warfare
- combinableness — The quality or state of being combinable.
- combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
- combining form — A combining form is a word that is used, or used with a particular meaning, only when joined to another word. For example, '-legged' as in 'four-legged' and '-fold' as in 'fivefold' are combining forms.
- 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.
- comma bacillus — a comma-shaped bacterium, Vibrio comma, that causes cholera in man: family Spirillaceae
- commentary box — the place where the commentators on a sporting event sit