11-letter words containing a, b, s, i
- catch basin — a pit in a drainage system in which matter that might otherwise block a sewer is collected so that it may periodically be removed
- causability — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- cerebralism — the theory that physical phenomena arise from the action of the brain
- cerebralist — a person that advocates the theory of cerebralism
- chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
- cherishable — to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one's native land.
- child abuse — physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare
- chip basket — a wire basket for holding potato chips, etc, while frying in deep fat
- chrysarobin — a tasteless odourless powder containing anthraquinone derivatives of araroba, formerly used medicinally to treat chronic skin conditions
- circumbasal — surrounding the base.
- client base — A business's client base is the same as its customer base.
- clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
- cnidoblasts — the cell within which a nematocyst is developed.
- cohabitants — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohabitates — cohabit.
- collapsible — A collapsible object is designed to be folded flat when it is not being used.
- combinators — Plural form of combinator.
- comprisable — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- confiscable — subject or liable to confiscation or seizure
- coram nobis — a writ to correct an injury caused by a mistake of the court.
- corybantism — a delirium characterized by vivid frightening hallucinations and causing insomnia
- covarrubias — Miguel [mee-gel] /miˈgɛl/ (Show IPA), 1904–57, Mexican caricaturist, illustrator, and painter.
- crab spider — any of a family (Thomisidae) of spiders that move sideways like crabs
- cranberries — Plural form of cranberry.
- cranesbills — Plural form of cranesbill.
- crispbreads — Plural form of crispbread.
- danish blue — a strong-tasting white cheese with blue veins
- debilitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debilitate.
- deliberates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deliberate.
- demibastion — half a bastion, having only one flank, at right angles to the wall
- describable — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- destabilise — (transitive) To make something unstable.
- destabilize — To destabilize something such as a country or government means to create a situation which reduces its power or influence.
- desublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- detribalise — Alt form detribalize.
- diagnosable — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- disablement — to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate: The detective successfully disabled the bomb. He was disabled by the accident.
- disassemble — to take apart.
- disassembly — to take apart.
- disavowable — capable of being disavowed
- disbandment — to break up or dissolve (an organization): They disbanded the corporation.
- disbursable — to pay out (money), especially for expenses; expend.
- discardable — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- discernable — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernably — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discussable — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- disembarked — Simple past tense and past participle of disembark.
- disembarkee — One who disembarks from a vessel such as an airplane or ship.
- disenabling — Present participle of disenable.
- disguisable — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.