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11-letter words containing a, r, c, b

  • sorbic acid — a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 8 O 2 , slightly soluble in water, soluble in many organic solvents: used as a preservative in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food.
  • space probe — Aerospace. an unmanned spacecraft designed to explore the solar system and transmit data back to earth.
  • spider crab — any of various crabs of the family Majidae, having long, slender legs and a comparatively small, triangular body.
  • sprite crab — ghost crab.
  • stage brace — a brace for supporting upright pieces of theatrical scenery.
  • stereobatic — relating to or resembling a stereobate
  • strike back — retaliate
  • sub-article — a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
  • sub-charter — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
  • sub-surface — below the surface, especially of a body of water.
  • subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
  • subcapsular — of, in, or like a capsule.
  • subcardinal — (of veins) next to the cardinal veins
  • subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
  • subcellular — contained within a cell.
  • subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
  • subchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
  • subcolumnar — almost or imperfectly columnar.
  • subcontract — a contract by which one agrees to render services or to provide materials necessary for the performance of another contract.
  • subcontrary — one of two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false.
  • subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
  • subcritical — Physics. pertaining to a state, value, or quantity that is less than critical, especially to a mass of radioactive material.
  • subcurative — of a dosage which is not strong enough to have a curing effect
  • subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
  • subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
  • subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
  • subliteracy — below average literacy
  • subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
  • subscapular — situated beneath or on the deep surface of the scapula, as a muscle.
  • substractor — a person who subtracts or takes away
  • subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
  • subtractive — tending to subtract; having power to subtract.
  • subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
  • subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
  • sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
  • switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
  • tabernacles — any place or house of worship, especially one designed for a large congregation.
  • tax bracket — a category of taxpayer which is based on how high or low their income is
  • tectibranch — a mollusc of the suborder Tectibranchia (or Tectibranchiata) (order: Opisthobranchia) which includes the sea slugs and sea hares
  • the cariboo — a region in the W foothills of the Cariboo Mountains, scene of a gold rush beginning in 1860
  • thermobaric — (of an explosive device or explosion) detonated by means of an explosive substance reacting spontaneously with air
  • tobacco jar — a container formerly used for storing tobacco and keeping it fresh
  • tocharian b — the western dialect of Tocharian
  • torchbearer — a person who carries a torch.
  • trabeculate — Anatomy, Botany. a structural part resembling a small beam or crossbar.
  • track brake — a mechanism that slows or stops a vehicle by pressing against the track rather than the wheels.
  • trafficable — that can be traveled upon: a trafficable road.
  • transcriber — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
  • trisyllabic — a word of three syllables, as pendulum.
  • trobar clus — a complex and obscure style of writing adopted by some 12th-century Provençal poets.
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