12-letter words containing b, a, n, c
- futtock band — a metal band around a lower mast somewhat below the top, for holding the lower ends of a futtock shroud.
- gastric band — A gastric band is a device that is fitted inside someone's stomach to make it smaller in order to help them lose weight.
- geobotanical — of or relating to geobotany
- gondola back — a chair or couch back curving forward and downward to form arms.
- grecian bend — (especially in the late 19th century) a posture or walk, often considered fashionable, in which the body is bent forward from the waist.
- greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- 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.
- handicapable — (politically correct) disabled or handicapped.
- hangchow bay — a bay of the East China Sea.
- hansom (cab) — a 19th-cent. two-wheeled covered carriage for two passengers, pulled by one horse: the driver's seat is above and behind the cab
- haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
- head balance — headstand.
- hearken back — to go back in thought or speech; revert; hark back
- hebephreniac — a person suffering from hebephrenia
- 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.
- hydrocarbons — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- in substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- in the black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- inabstinence — a lack of abstinence or abstention
- 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.
- incomparable — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incomparably — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incompatibly — In an incompatible manner.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- inconsolable — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- inconsolably — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- incorporable — able to be incorporated.
- increditable — (rare) Incapable of being believed; not creditable.