14-letter words containing t, a, b, e, s
- burschenschaft — a students' fraternity, originally one concerned with Christian ideals, patriotism, etc
- bush carpenter — a rough-and-ready unskilled workman
- bush telegraph — a means of communication between primitive peoples over large areas, as by drum beats
- business agent — a representative of a labor union local, who investigates working conditions, negotiates contracts, etc.
- bust one's ass — Informal. to burst. to go bankrupt. to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort: She was determined to make straight A's or bust.
- butler's table — a small table, usually used as a coffee table, with a removable or fixed butler's tray for a top.
- buyer's market — When there is a buyer's market for a particular product, there are more of the products for sale than there are people who want to buy them, so buyers have a lot of choice and can make prices come down.
- buyers' market — a market in which goods and services are plentiful and prices relatively low.
- by easy stages — not hurriedly
- cable's length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
- campylobacters — Plural form of campylobacter.
- 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.
- celebratedness — the quality or condition of being celebrated
- celestial body — an object visible in the sky, such as a planet
- charitableness — (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
- charles albert — 1798–1849, king of Sardinia-Piedmont (1831–49) during the Risorgimento: abdicated after the failure of his revolt against Austria
- charles talbot — Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, 1660–1718, British statesman: prime minister 1714.
- cheesebox seat — a chair seat, usually of rush, having a rounded form and surrounded with a thin strip of wood.
- chicken breast — pigeon breast
- chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
- christmasberry — toyon.
- citizens' band — Citizens' Band is a range of radio frequencies which the general public is allowed to use to send messages to each other and is used especially by truck drivers in their vehicles. The abbreviation CB is often used.
- claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
- clothes basket — a basket for storing and transporting clothes that need washing, or have been washed
- compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- contestability — The property of being contestable or debatable.
- costovertebral — (anatomy) Connecting a rib with the body of a vertebra.
- creditableness — The state or quality of being creditable.
- cruciverbalist — a crossword puzzle enthusiast
- crystallizable — That can be crystallized.
- cucurbitaceous — belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of plants.
- cybersquatting — Cybersquatting involves buying an Internet domain name that might be wanted by another person, business, or organization with the intention of selling it to them and making a profit.
- daniel webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- daughterboards — Plural form of daughterboard.
- de haut en bas — with haughtiness; condescendingly
- death benefits — Death benefits are the amount of money that an insurance policy will pay upon the death of the person whose life is being insured.
- deathbed scene — a depiction in art or literature of events that take place at somebody's deathbed
- decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
- defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
- delectableness — The state or quality of being delectable.
- deliberateness — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- demobilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of demobilization.
- demonstratable — Alternative form of demonstrable.
- describability — The quality of being describable.
- detestableness — The state or quality of being detestable.
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- discharge tube — gas tube.
- discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.