14-letter words containing the
- black panthers — (in the US) a militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end the political dominance of White people
- bletheranskate — a blatherer
- break the bank — to ruin financially or deplete the resources of a bank (as in gambling)
- break the mold — If you say that someone breaks the mold, you mean that they do completely different things from what has been done before or from what is usually done.
- break the news — announce sth
- breathe a word — to say something or anything
- brother-in-law — Someone's brother-in-law is the brother of their husband or wife, or the man who is married to their sister.
- by the numbers — in prescribed sequence of movements and accompanied by a count
- by the vanload — in very large quantities
- call the shots — The person who calls the shots is in a position to tell others what to do.
- cap the climax — to be or do more than could be expected or believed
- carry the ball — to assume responsibility; take command
- cathedral city — a city that has a cathedral
- cathedral hull — a motorboat hull having a bottom characterized by two or more, usually three, V -shaped hull profiles meeting below the waterline.
- catherine parr — Catherine, Catherine Parr.
- cercopithecoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the primate superfamily Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkeys)
- check the helm — to swing back the helm of a vessel to prevent it from turning too quickly or too far
- chemosynthesis — the formation of organic material by certain bacteria using energy derived from simple chemical reactions
- chemosynthetic — That utilizes chemosynthesis.
- chemotherapies — Plural form of chemotherapy.
- chemotherapist — One who administers chemotherapy.
- chrome leather — leather tanned with chrome.
- chrysanthemums — Plural form of chrysanthemum.
- clavicytherium — a kind of harpsichord
- cleistothecium — (in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay.
- climb the wall — If you say that you are climbing the walls, you are emphasizing that you feel very frustrated, nervous, or anxious.
- clothes basket — a basket for storing and transporting clothes that need washing, or have been washed
- clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
- cook the books — to make fraudulent alterations to business or other accounts
- cost the earth — to be very expensive
- count the cost — If someone counts the cost of something that has happened or will happen, they consider how the consequences of that action or event affect them.
- crack the whip — to assert one's authority, esp to put people under pressure to work harder
- cruft together — (jargon) To hack together though with the suggestion that the result may be cruft.
- cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.
- cryptaesthetic — of or relating to cryptaesthesia
- cut the cackle — to stop chattering; be quiet
- cut the comedy — to stop joking
- diathermaneity — the quality of being diathermanous
- dimethyl ether — Dimethyl ether is a compound used as a propellant in aerosol canisters.
- dinner theater — a restaurant in which a stage production is performed during or after dinner.
- dinner theatre — a form of entertainment at which a play is performed while the audience is served dinner
- do the honours — If someone does the honours at a social occasion or public event, they act as host or perform some official function.
- do the needful — to perform a necessary task
- down the drain — If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
- down the hatch — drinks toast
- down the tubes — a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- draw the crabs — to attract unwelcome attention
- east-northeast — the point on a compass midway between east and northeast.
- east-southeast — the point on a compass midway between east and southeast.
- edgar atheling — ?1050–?1125, grandson of Edmund II; Anglo-Saxon pretender to the English throne in 1066