12-letter words containing a, b, c, o
- global reach — When people talk about the global reach of a company or industry, they mean its ability to have customers in many different parts of the world.
- go ballistic — of or relating to ballistics.
- gondola back — a chair or couch back curving forward and downward to form arms.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- hack to bits — to damage severely
- halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
- hangchow bay — a bay of the East China Sea.
- hansom (cab) — a 19th-cent. two-wheeled covered carriage for two passengers, pulled by one horse: the driver's seat is above and behind the cab
- haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
- hark back to — recall: earlier era
- helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
- hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.
- horn balance — an extension of an aircraft control surface that projects in front of the hinge providing aerodynamic assistance in moving the control
- hydrocarbons — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- incapable of — not allowing or admitting; not able to accept or experience
- incoagulable — of a nature that cannot be coagulated
- incognizable — Not cognizable; incapable of being recognised.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incommutably — In an incommutable manner.
- incomparable — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incomparably — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incompatibly — In an incompatible manner.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- inconsolable — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- inconsolably — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- incorporable — able to be incorporated.
- indian cobra — a highly venomous cobra, Naja naja, common in India, having markings resembling a pair of spectacles on the back of the hood.
- inobservance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- jacobinizing — Present participle of jacobinize.
- job creation — the process by which the number of jobs in an area, organization, etc is increased
- labour costs — the charges incurred when employing labour; the wages, etc, paid to workers, esp those employed to do physical work
- labour force — The labour force consists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company.
- lactobacilli — Plural form of lactobacillus.
- leader block — Nautical. lead block.
- leaf tobacco — tobacco in leaf form
- little abaco — two islands (Great Abaco and Little Abaco) in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- lobeliaceous — belonging to the plant family Lobeliaceae.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- machine bolt — a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
- macrobiotics — a philosophically oriented program incorporating elements from several ancient cultures and emphasizing harmony with nature, especially through adherence to a diet consisting primarily of whole grains, beans, vegetables, and moderate amounts of seafood and fruit.
- mental block — inability to recall
- metabolomics — the study of all the metabolites present in cells, tissues, and organs
- metabonomics — (biochemistry, genetics) metabolomics.