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

  • brake cable — a cable that connects a brake handle, pedal, or lever to a vehicle's braking mechanism
  • branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
  • branch wilt — a disease of walnut trees, characterized by sudden wilting of the leaves, and cankers and discoloration of the bark and branches, caused by a fungus, Hendersonula toruloidea.
  • breton lace — a net lace with a design embroidered in heavy, often colored, thread.
  • bricklaying — the technique or practice of laying bricks
  • bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
  • broken coal — anthracite in pieces ranging from 2 1/2 to 4 inches (6.5 to 11 cm) in extreme dimension; the largest commercial size, larger than egg coal.
  • bromouracil — a brominated derivative of uracil with antimetabolite properties
  • bubble card — blister pack.
  • bucket-load — a large quantity
  • bucolically — of or relating to shepherds; pastoral.
  • bullwhacker — (especially in the early 19th century) the driver of a team of oxen.
  • bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
  • bursiculate — resembling a pouch
  • butter clam — any of a genus (Saxidomus) of large, edible clams found along the Pacific coast of North America
  • cabbalistic — cabala.
  • cabin class — a class of accommodation on a passenger ship between first class and tourist class
  • cable modem — (communications, hardware)   A type of modem that allows people to access the Internet via their cable television service. A cable modem can transfer data at 500 kbps or higher, compared with 28.8 kbps for common telephone line modems, but the actual transfer rates may be lower depending on the number of other simultaneous users on the same cable. Industry pundits often point out that the cable system still does not have the bandwidth or service level in many areas to make this feasible. For example, it has to be capable of two-way communication. See also: DOCSIS.
  • cable-ready — (of a television or VCR) able to receive cable television directly, without the need for special reception or decoding equipment.
  • cablevision — cable television.
  • cache block — cache line
  • cackleberry — a hen's egg used for food.
  • cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
  • calabazilla — a prostrate vine, Cucurbita foetidissima, of the gourd family, native to southwestern North America, having yellow flowers, round, inedible green and yellow fruit, and an unpleasant odor.
  • calibrating — Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
  • calibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • calico bass — crappie
  • calico bush — mountain laurel
  • calico crab — a brightly speckled swimming crab, Ovalipes ocellatus, of sandy beaches along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
  • call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
  • campbellism — the practices and principles of the Disciples of Christ.
  • campbellite — a member of the Disciples of Christ.
  • campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
  • canal barge — a long narrow boat used on canals, esp for carrying freight
  • cancelbunny — Cancelpoodle
  • cancellable — able to be cancelled
  • candelabras — Plural form of candelabra.
  • candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
  • candleberry — bayberry (sense 1)
  • cannabidiol — (organic compound) A non-psychoactive cannabinoid found in the hemp plant Cannabis sativa.
  • cannibalise — to subject to cannibalism.
  • cannibalism — If a group of people practise cannibalism, they eat the flesh of other people.
  • cannibalize — If you cannibalize something, you take it to pieces and use it to make something else.
  • cannon-ball — a missile, usually round and made of iron or steel, designed to be fired from a cannon.
  • cannonballs — Plural form of cannonball.
  • capableness — The state or quality of being capable.
  • cape blanco — a peninsula in Mauritania, on the Atlantic coast
  • carbimazole — a drug that inhibits the synthesis of the hormone thyroxine, used in the management of hyperthyroidism
  • carbocyclic — (of a chemical compound) containing a closed ring of carbon atoms
  • carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
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