13-letter words containing a, c, r, u, b
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- decarburizing — Present participle of decarburize.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- gnu c library — (library) (glibc) The run-time library for the GNU C compiler, gcc, and others. glibc is the source code for libc.a. It is maintained separately from the compilers and is a superset of ANSI C and POSIX.1 and a large subset of POSIX.2. Mailing list: <[email protected]> (bugs).
- habeas corpus — a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- hubristically — in a presumptuous or arrogant manner
- inconquerable — That cannot be conquered; unconquerable.
- inconstruable — unable to be construed
- incorruptable — Misspelling of incorruptible.
- incurableness — The state or condition of being incurable.
- indisturbance — Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose.
- jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
- knuckleballer — a pitcher who specializes in throwing knuckle balls.
- labrador duck — an extinct sea duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius, of northern North America, having black and white plumage.
- laughter club — a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- lingual brace — a specialized dental brace that fits behind the teeth so that it is not visible when the wearer speaks or smiles.
- lumber jacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
- macroglobulin — A plasma globulin of high molecular weight.
- membranaceous — Resembling or having properties of a membrane.