14-letter words containing r, o, b, c
- enterobacteria — (microbiology) Plural form of enterobacterium.
- erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
- euphorbiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, a family of plants typically having capsular fruits: includes the spurges, the castor oil and cassava plants, cascarilla, and poinsettia
- exchequer bond — a type of short-term government bond
- extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
- eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
- fibrocartilage — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
- fiduciary bond — a bond filed by a fiduciary administering an estate as surety.
- flat back four — a set of four fullbacks in line formation
- flowering crab — any of several species and varieties of crab apple trees with small fruits and abundant spring flowers ranging from white to reddish purple
- fluoboric acid — a clear, colorless liquid, HBF 4 , that ionizes abundantly in solution, used chiefly in the synthesis of fluoborates.
- 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.
- force of habit — behavior occurring without thought and by virtue of constant repetition; habit.
- forcible entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
- fourfold block — a block having four pulleys or sheaves. Compare block (def 11).
- freeboard deck — (on a cargo vessel) the uppermost deck officially considered to be watertight: used as the level from which the Plimsoll marks are measured.
- french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
- garbologically — From the perspective of garbology.
- global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
- goose barnacle — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.
- honeycomb work — stalactite work.
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- horseshoe back — a bow back having a slight outward splay at its bottom.
- horseshoe crab — a large marine arthropod, Limulus polyphemus, of shallow coastal waters of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having both compound and simple eyes, book gills, a stiff tail, and a brown carapace curved like a horseshoe: a living fossil related to the woodlouse.
- hydrophobicity — (chemistry, uncountable) The condition of being hydrophobic.
- hydroxybenzoic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to hydroxybenzoic acid or its derivatives.
- hydroxybutyric — Of or pertaining to the hydroxybutyric acids or their derivatives.
- hyperbolically — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- inapproachable — not approachable.
- income bracket — a group or category of people whose income falls within defined upper and lower levels
- incompressible — not capable of being compressed.
- inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- incontrollable — uncontrollable.
- indirect labor — labor performed, as by maintenance and clerical workers, that is not considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
- introspectible — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- irreconcilable — incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible: irreconcilable differences.
- irreconcilably — incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible: irreconcilable differences.
- irreproachable — free from blame; not able to be reproached or censured.
- irreproachably — In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
- irreproducible — unable to be reproduced or recreated.
- irrevocability — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- jacob's ladder — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. caeruleum (or P. van-bruntiae), having blue, cup-shaped flowers and paired leaflets in a ladderlike arrangement.
- java black rot — a disease of stored sweet potatoes, characterized by dry rot of and black protuberances on the tubers, caused by a fungus, Diplodia tubericola.
- knickerbockers — Also, knickerbockers [nik-er-bok-erz] /ˈnɪk ərˌbɒk ərz/ (Show IPA). loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.