12-letter words containing a, l, b, c
- fibroblastic — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
- fiddler crab — any small, burrowing crab of the genus Uca, characterized by one greatly enlarged claw in the male.
- file cabinet — A file cabinet is a piece of office furniture, usually made of metal, which has drawers in which files are kept.
- finance bill — a bill or act of a legislature to obtain funds for the public treasury.
- flame carbon — a carbon electrode containing metallic salts that colour the arc in a flame-arc light
- flow breccia — a volcanic breccia that has solidified from a lava flow.
- fluorocarbon — any of a class of compounds produced by substituting fluorine for hydrogen in a hydrocarbon, and characterized by great chemical stability: used chiefly as a lubricant, refrigerant, fire extinguishing agent, and in industrial and other applications in which chemical, electrical, flame, and heat resistance is essential; banned as an aerosol propellant in the U.S. because of concern about ozone layer depletion.
- forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- garbological — Of or relating to garbology.
- garlic bread — baguette toasted with garlic and butter
- gas bacillus — any of several pathogenic bacilli, especially of the genus Clostridium, that produce gas in infected tissue.
- geobotanical — of or relating to geobotany
- global reach — When people talk about the global reach of a company or industry, they mean its ability to have customers in many different parts of the world.
- go ballistic — of or relating to ballistics.
- gondola back — a chair or couch back curving forward and downward to form arms.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- gubernacular — relating to a gubernaculum
- gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
- half-cup bra — a bra that covers three-quarters of the breasts rather than all of the breasts
- halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
- handicapable — (politically correct) disabled or handicapped.
- hardscrabble — providing or yielding meagerly in return for much effort; demanding or unrewarding: the hardscrabble existence of mountainside farmers.
- hatchability — to bring forth (young) from the egg.
- head balance — headstand.
- helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
- herbicidally — from a herbicidal point of view
- hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- horn balance — an extension of an aircraft control surface that projects in front of the hinge providing aerodynamic assistance in moving the control
- hull balance — (of a sailing ship) the property of maintaining satisfactory trim and steering qualities when heeled at a normal angle.
- hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- impierceable — not able to be pierced
- in the black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- inacceptable — Unacceptable.
- inaccessible — Unable to be reached.
- inaccessibly — In an inaccessible manner.
- inapplicable — not applicable; unsuitable.
- inapplicably — In an inapplicable manner.
- incalculable — very numerous or great.
- incalculably — very numerous or great.
- incapability — not capable.
- incapable of — not allowing or admitting; not able to accept or experience
- incharitable — Obsolete form of uncharitable.
- incoagulable — of a nature that cannot be coagulated
- incognizable — Not cognizable; incapable of being recognised.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incommutably — In an incommutable manner.