9-letter words containing a, b, i
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- carbonium — a transient, positively charged organic ion, as H3C+, R3+, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical
- carbonize — to turn or be turned into carbon as a result of heating, fossilization, chemical treatment, etc
- carburize — to increase the carbon content of (the surface of a low-carbon steel) so that the surface can be hardened by heat treatment
- caribbean — The Caribbean is the sea which is between the West Indies, Central America and the north coast of South America.
- carriable — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- cat brier — greenbrier, esp. the vine (Smilax glauca)
- cat-built — (of a sailing vessel) having a bluff bow and straight stern without a figurehead.
- catabasis — a descent or downward movement
- catabolic — destructive metabolism; the breaking down in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones, with the release of energy (opposed to anabolism).
- cedarbird — a type of waxwing native to North America
- cediranib — A potent inhibitor of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinases, under development as a possible anticancer drug.
- celibates — Plural form of celibate.
- celibatic — of or relating to celibacy
- cetuximab — a monoclonal antibody used to treat cancer
- chabasite — Alternative form of chabazite.
- chabazite — a pink, white, or colourless zeolite mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium, sodium, potassium, and aluminium in hexagonal crystalline form. Formula: Ca2Al2Si4O12.6H2O
- chainbelt — a belt made up of metal links, used as a conveyor or with a chain gear.
- chair bed — a chair that can be opened out to form a bed.
- chairback — the part of a chair that supports the sitter's back
- chalybite — siderite (def 1).
- charbroil — to grill (meat) over charcoal
- charybdis — a ship-devouring monster in classical mythology, identified with a whirlpool off the north coast of Sicily, lying opposite Scylla on the Italian coast
- chilblain — Chilblains are painful red swellings which people sometimes get on their fingers or toes in cold weather.
- chin ball — a device fastened under the chin of a bull to mark cows it has mounted
- chipboard — Chipboard is a hard material made out of very small pieces of wood which have been pressed together. It is often used for making doors and furniture.
- chippable — having the ability to be reduced to small pieces
- choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
- cimbaloms — Plural form of cimbalom.
- claiborne — a male given name.
- claimable — Able to be claimed.
- classible — able to be classed
- clickable — A clickable image on a computer screen is one that you can point the cursor at and click on, in order to make something happen.
- clickbait — a sensationalized headline or piece of text on the Internet designed to entice people to follow a link to an article on another web page.
- climbable — to go up or ascend, especially by using the hands and feet or feet only: to climb up a ladder.
- clipboard — A clipboard is a board with a clip at the top. It is used to hold together pieces of paper that you need to carry around, and provides a firm base for writing.
- cobalamin — vitamin B12
- cobaltite — a rare silvery-white mineral consisting of cobalt arsenic sulphide in cubic crystalline form: a major ore of cobalt, used in ceramics. Formula: CoAsS
- cogitable — conceivable
- cohabited — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohabitee — A person who cohabits with another.
- cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- coinhabit — To inhabit together.
- colombian — Colombian means belonging or relating to Colombia or its people or culture.
- colubriad — a poem about a snake
- columbian — of or relating to the United States
- combating — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- combative — A person who is combative is aggressive and eager to fight or argue.
- combinate — combined