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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
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