11-letter words containing b, c, e
- inexecrable — thoroughly execrable; deserving of being cursed or execrated
- inflectable — (linguistics) That can be inflected.
- inhabitance — place of residence; habitation.
- inobedience — disobedience
- inscribable — to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.
- inscrutable — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- insect bite — a sting or bite given to a human by an arthropod of the class Insecta or by a similar invertebrate
- inspectable — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- interbranch — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- interscribe — to write between
- intractable — not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
- invincibles — Plural form of invincible.
- invoiceable — Capable of being invoiced; billable.
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- irradicable — ineradicable.
- irrecusable — not to be objected to or rejected.
- irreducible — not reducible; incapable of being reduced or of being diminished or simplified further: the irreducible minimum.
- irreducibly — In an irreducible manner, or state.
- irrevocable — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- irrevocably — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- izetbegovic — Alija [ah-lee-juh] /ɑˈli dʒə/ (Show IPA), 1925–2003, Bosnian politician: president of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1990–96.
- jabberwocky — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
- jacobinized — Simple past tense and past participle of jacobinize.
- jockey club — an association for the regulation and promotion of thoroughbred horse racing, usually composed of racing officials and thoroughbred owners at a specific racetrack or in a particular region.
- justiceable — Liable to trial in a court of justice.
- justiciable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
- kennel club — an association of dog breeders, usually concerned only with certain breeds of dogs.
- knuckleball — a slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers.
- knucklebone — (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.
- krebs cycle — a cycle of enzyme-catalyzed reactions in living cells that is the final series of reactions of aerobic metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, and fatty acids, and by which carbon dioxide is produced, oxygen is reduced, and ATP is formed.
- labefaction — Deterioration or downfall.
- labor force — work force.
- ladder back — a chair back having a number of horizontal slats between uprights.
- large black — a heavy black breed of pig with long lop ears: used for crossbreeding
- leaf blotch — a symptom or phase of certain especially fungal diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic discoloration of the leaves.
- leatherback — a sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, having the shell embedded in a leathery skin, reaching a length of more than 7 feet (2.1 meter) and a weight of more than 1000 pounds (450 kg): the largest living sea turtle; an endangered species.
- liberticide — destruction of liberty.
- liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
- linebackers — Plural form of linebacker.
- linebacking — the act of forming a second line of defence, close to the linesman
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- lobectomies — Plural form of lobectomy.
- lobsterback — redcoat.
- local derby — a football match between two teams from the same area
- localizable — to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
- lochaber ax — a Scottish battle-ax of the 16th century, having a tall, cleaverlike blade with a hook at its upper end.
- locust bean — carob.
- lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
- lucha libre — a form of freestyle wrestling originating in Mexico