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12-letter words containing a, c, e, r, b

  • recarburizer — to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
  • rechargeable — (of a storage battery) capable of being charged repeatedly. Compare cordless (def 2).
  • recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
  • reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
  • record label — recorded music production company
  • remembrancer — a person who reminds another of something.
  • renounceable — of a nature that can be renounced
  • reproachable — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
  • researchable — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
  • retranscribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
  • ribbon cable — (hardware)   A type of flat multicore cable with cores positioned side-by-side, making it quick and relatively easy to clamp an Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) across all cores. Ribbon cables typically have grey insulation with cores on a 0.050" pitch and a red stripe marking Pin 1. They are less resilient than screened, multicore cable and are usually used inside equipment where little movement or plugging and unplugging are expected. A common use is connecting a disk drive to the motherboard in a PC.
  • ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
  • rickenbacker — Edward Vernon ("Eddie") 1890–1973, U.S. aviator and aviation executive.
  • rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
  • rubber-faced — having a face with unusually mobile features: a rubber-faced comedian.
  • rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
  • sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
  • sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
  • saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
  • scabbardless — lacking a scabbard or a sheath for a sword or dagger
  • scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
  • scraperboard — scratchboard.
  • scrieveboard — the drawing board of a shipbuilder
  • scrive board — a floorlike construction on which the lines of a vessel can be drawn or scribed at full size.
  • scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
  • sea cucumber — any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, having a long, leathery body with tentacles around the anterior end.
  • secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
  • secunderabad — a city in N Andhra Pradesh, in central India, part of Hyderabad: a former British military cantonment.
  • semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
  • sliced bread — bread: sold pre-sliced
  • soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
  • sorbefacient — inducing absorption
  • specbaserate — A variant of SPECrate that reports "baseline" results, using stricter run rules. See SPECrate_base_fp92, SPECrate_base_int92.
  • star chamber — a former court of inquisitorial and criminal jurisdiction in England that sat without a jury and that became noted for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments, abolished 1641.
  • straddleback — astride, on horseback
  • subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
  • suberic acid — a crystalline dibasic acid, C 8 H 1 4 O 4 , obtained especially from suberin, castor oil, and cork: used chiefly in the preparation of plastics and plasticizers.
  • submolecular — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
  • subopercular — of or relating to the suboperculum
  • subscribable — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
  • subsecretary — a secretary subordinate to another secretary
  • supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
  • swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
  • tablet chair — a chair with one arm extending and expanding into a writing surface.
  • teacher bird — the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.
  • terebic acid — an acid, C 7 H 10 O 4 , formed by the oxidation of certain terpenes and historically important in the discovery of the structures of many terpenes.
  • the barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, etc
  • the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
  • thiobacteria — bacteria found esp. in stagnant water and at the bottom of the sea, that oxidize or reduce sulfur compounds, as hydrogen sulfide
  • trabeculated — having trabeculae, transversely barred
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