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14-letter words containing s, e, c, o, b

  • micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
  • news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
  • non-accessible — easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use.
  • non-consumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
  • non-subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
  • noncombustible — not flammable.
  • noncompensable — eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.
  • noncondensable — lacking the ability to be condensed
  • nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
  • nonobjectivism — (philosophy) Any belief system that rejects objectivism.
  • nonobjectivist — (philosophy) One who is not an objectivist.
  • nonobstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
  • nonobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
  • noticeableness — The quality of being noticeable.
  • objective case — objective (def 2a).
  • objective lens — objective (def 3).
  • objective test — a test consisting of factual questions requiring extremely short answers that can be quickly and unambiguously scored by anyone with an answer key, thus minimizing subjective judgments by both the person taking the test and the person scoring it.
  • objective-case — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
  • objective-lens — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
  • objectlessness — The state or condition of being objectless.
  • observer force — a force deployed to an area of conflict to observe proceedings
  • omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
  • orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
  • oversubscribed — If something such as an event or a service is oversubscribed, too many people apply to attend the event or use the service.
  • paddock-basher — a vehicle suited to driving on rough terrain
  • peck's bad boy — the mischievous boy in a series of newspaper stories and collected volumes by the American newspaperman and humorist George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916).
  • plumbosolvency — the ability to dissolve lead
  • pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
  • pre-bachelor's — an unmarried man.
  • press cupboard — a cupboard of the 16th and 17th centuries having an overhanging top above a recessed cabinet, beneath which is a section of drawers or cabinets.
  • probable cause — reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime, or, in a civil case, that grounds for the action existed: used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution.
  • processability — capable of being processed.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
  • ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
  • robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
  • runcible spoon — a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.
  • saint boniface — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
  • scoresby sound — a heavily indented arm of the Norwegian Sea in E Greenland.
  • second baseman — the player whose position is second base.
  • second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
  • secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
  • semi-objective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
  • serbo-croatian — a Slavic language spoken in Serbia and Croatia, usually written with Cyrillic letters in Serbia but with Roman letters in Croatia.
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • sheepback rock — roche moutonnée.
  • sherry cobbler — a cobbler drink made with sherry, sliced fruits, and ice.
  • sheva brachoth — the seven blessings said during the marriage service and repeated at the celebration thereafter
  • shock absorber — a device for damping sudden and rapid motion, as the recoil of a spring-mounted object from shock.
  • shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
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