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13-letter words containing a, b, c, u

  • confabulatory — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
  • congratulable — worthy of congratulation
  • conjecturable — Able to be conjectured upon.
  • consumability — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
  • contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
  • corticobulbar — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the brainstem, especially with regard to the corticobulbar tract, a white matter pathway connecting the two.
  • cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
  • coulomb's law — the principle that the force of attraction or repulsion between two point electric charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. A similar law holds for particles with mass
  • counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
  • counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
  • credit bureau — an agency that is a clearinghouse for information on the credit rating of individuals or firms
  • crush barrier — a barrier erected to separate sections of large crowds in order to prevent crushing
  • cubic measure — a system of units for the measurement of volumes, based on the cubic inch, the cubic centimetre, etc
  • culpabilities — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
  • cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
  • curb exchange — American Stock Exchange.
  • curly bracket — a punctuation mark { }, also used as a symbol in maths
  • currant borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Ramosia tipuliformis, that bores into the stems of currants.
  • customer base — A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
  • cut both ways — to have both good and bad effects
  • cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
  • cybersquatter — the registration of a commercially valuable Internet domain name, as a trademark, with the intention of selling it or profiting from its use.
  • dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
  • debauchedness — The state or quality of being debauched.
  • debit account — a bank account which allows you to buy goods or services with money that you have put into the account
  • decarburizing — Present participle of decarburize.
  • diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.
  • direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
  • dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
  • double tackle — a pulley system using blocks having two grooved wheels.
  • double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
  • double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
  • duplicability — The quality of being duplicable.
  • dzibilchaltun — a large, ancient Mayan ceremonial and commercial center near Mérida, Mexico, founded perhaps as early as 3000 b.c. and in continuous use until the 16th century.
  • encourageable — Able to be encouraged; suggestible.
  • encumbrancers — Plural form of encumbrancer.
  • excalibur bug — (humour, programming)   The legendary bug that, despite repeated valliant attempts, none but the true king of all programmers can fix. Named after the sword in the stone in the legend of King Arthur.
  • excludability — The ability to be excluded.
  • excusableness — The quality of being excusable.
  • faculty board — the governing body of a faculty
  • fault breccia — angular rock fragments produced by fracture and grinding during faulting and distributed within or adjacent to the fault plane.
  • fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
  • fibrovascular — composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants: a fibrovascular bundle.
  • flatbed truck — a truck with a flat platform for its body
  • fluorocarbons — Plural form of fluorocarbon.
  • forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
  • fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
  • fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
  • garbage chute — sloped channel for rubbish disposal
  • garbage truck — lorry that collects refuse
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