11-letter words containing a, n, b, o
- cornerbacks — Plural form of cornerback.
- corroborant — serving to corroborate
- corybantism — a delirium characterized by vivid frightening hallucinations and causing insomnia
- cotton swab — A cotton swab is the same as a swab.
- counterbase — a double bass
- crossbanded — (of a handrail) having the grain of the veneer run across that of the rail
- crossbowman — (in medieval warfare) a soldier armed with a crossbow.
- cybernation — the use of computers to control and carry out operations, as in manufacturing
- cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
- daimyo bond — a bearer bond issued in Japan and the eurobond market by the World Bank
- dative bond — coordinate bond
- dative-bond — a type of covalent bond between two atoms in which the bonding electrons are supplied by one of the two atoms.
- dealing box — a box that holds a deck or decks of cards, allowing them to be dealt only one at a time, often used in casino games such as blackjack or chemin de fer.
- debarkation — Disembarkation.
- decarbonate — to remove carbon dioxide from (a solution, substance, etc)
- decarbonize — to remove carbon from (the walls of the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine)
- delibration — (obsolete, uncountable) The act of stripping off bark.
- demibastion — half a bastion, having only one flank, at right angles to the wall
- demountable — to remove from a mounting, setting, or place of support, as a gun.
- denominable — Capable of being denominated or named.
- dentolabial — (phonetics) articulated with the upper lip and lower teeth.
- diabolizing — Present participle of diabolize.
- diagnosable — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- diamond bar — a city in SW California.
- diamondback — any edible North American terrapin of the genus Malaclemys, esp M. terrapin, occurring in brackish and tidal waters and having diamond-shaped markings on the shell: family Emydidae
- diving boat — a boat used as a tender for divers or others working under water.
- do a job on — a piece of work, especially a specific task done as part of the routine of one's occupation or for an agreed price: She gave him the job of mowing the lawn.
- dogger bank — a shoal in the North Sea, between N England and Denmark: fishing grounds; naval battle 1915.
- doner kebab — a fast-food dish comprising grilled meat and salad served in pitta bread with chilli sauce
- double-bank — to have two rowers pull (each of a number of oars).
- down-ballot — relating to or noting a candidate or political contest that is relatively low-profile and local compared to one listed in a higher place on the ballot: Very popular presidential nominees often cause down-ballot candidates to win.
- dragon beam — dragging piece.
- dragon book — (publication) The classic text "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools", by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman (Addison-Wesley 1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6). So called because of the cover design featuring a dragon labelled "complexity of compiler design" and a knight bearing the lance "LALR parser generator" among his other trappings. This one is more specifically known as the "Red Dragon Book" (1986); an earlier edition, sans Sethi and titled "Principles Of Compiler Design" (Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman; Addison-Wesley, 1977; ISBN 0-201-00022-9), was the "Green Dragon Book" (1977). (Also "New Dragon Book", "Old Dragon Book".) The horsed knight and the Green Dragon were warily eying each other at a distance; now the knight is typing (wearing gauntlets!) at a terminal showing a video-game representation of the Red Dragon's head while the rest of the beast extends back in normal space. See also book titles.
- drainboards — Plural form of drainboard.
- eccaleobion — a type of equipment that provides warmth used to assist in the hatching of eggs
- econobabble — Excessively obscure economic jargon.
- elaborating — Present participle of elaborate.
- elaboration — The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
- embarcation — Alternative form of embarkation.
- embarkation — The act of embarking.
- emblazoning — Present participle of to emblazon.
- embrocating — Present participle of embrocate.
- embrocation — A liquid used for rubbing on the body to relieve pain from sprains and strains.
- embryonated — Containing an embryo.
- emotionable — (rare, of a person or group or of their behavior or faculties) Particularly expressive of or affected by emotion.
- enforceable — Capable of being enforced.
- ethnobotany — The scientific study of the traditional knowledge and customs of a people concerning plants and their medical, religious, and other uses.
- exhorbitant — Misspelling of exorbitant.
- exorbitance — The state or characteristic of being exorbitant.
- exorbitancy — Alternative form of exorbitance.