9-letter words containing b, e, r, o, c
- chemisorb — to take up (a substance) by chemisorption
- cherbourg — a port in NW France, on the English Channel. Pop: 25 370 (1999)
- chernobyl — a town in N Ukraine; site of a nuclear power station accident in 1986
- chokebore — a shotgun bore that becomes narrower towards the muzzle so that the shot is not scattered
- claiborne — a male given name.
- clobbered — to paint over existing decoration on (a ceramic piece).
- clobberer — One who, or that which, clobbers.
- co-member — a fellow member of a particular group or organization
- cocklebur — any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium, having spiny burs: family Asteraceae (composites)
- coercible — to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition: They coerced him into signing the document.
- coercibly — in a coercible way
- cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- colaborer — One who labors with another; an associate in labor.
- cold brew — the process of steeping coffee grounds or tea leaves in room-temperature or cold water for many hours, producing a concentrate to which more water may be added.
- cold-brew — (of a drink such as tea or coffee) prepared by steeping in cold water
- colorable — capable of being colored
- colubrine — of or resembling a snake
- comb-over — a hairstyle in which long strands of hair from the side of the head are swept over the scalp to cover a bald patch
- combaters — Plural form of combater.
- combovers — Plural form of combover.
- combretum — any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Combretum, native mainly to tropical and subtropical Africa and producing attractive flowers
- conscribe — to conscript
- conybeare — William Daniel. 1787–1857, British geologist. He summarized all that was known about rocks at the time in Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales (1822)
- copybroke — (security) /kop'ee-brohk/ (Or "copywronged" - a play on "copyright") 1. Used to describe an instance of a copy-protected program that has been "broken"; that is, a copy with the copy-protection scheme disabled or removed. 2. Copy-protected software which is unusable because of some bit-rot or bug that has confused the copy protection. 3. Used to describe data damaged because of a side effect of a copy protection system.
- corbeille — corbeil.
- corbeling — the fashioning of corbels
- corbelled — any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
- corbusier — (Charles Édouard Jeanneret) 1887–1965, Swiss architect in France.
- corkborer — a tool that cuts a hole in a stopper, allowing a glass tube to be inserted
- corn beef — corned beef.
- corn belt — region in the NC plains area of the Midwest where much corn and cornfed livestock are raised: it extends from W Ohio to E Nebr. and NE Kans.
- cornborer — the larva of the pyralid moth Pyrausta nubilalis, native to S and Central Europe: in E North America a serious pest of maize
- cornbread — Cornbread is bread made from ground maize or corn. It is popular in the United States.
- corymbose — characterized by or growing in corymbs; corymblike.
- courbette — A movement in dressage in which the horse makes a series of jumps on the hind legs with the forelegs in the air.
- cover boy — an attractive young man whose picture is featured on a magazine cover.
- coverable — Able to be covered.
- crossable — able to be crossed
- crossbeam — A crossbeam is a long, thick bar of wood, metal, or concrete that is placed between two walls or other structures, especially in order to support the roof of a building.
- crossbite — a dental condition in which the lower teeth are in front of the upper teeth
- crossbred — (of plants or animals) produced as a result of crossbreeding
- crowberry — a low-growing N temperate evergreen shrub, Empetrum nigrum, with small purplish flowers and black berry-like fruit: family Empetraceae
- cryocable — a highly conducting electrical cable cooled with a refrigerant such as liquid nitrogen
- cryoprobe — a surgical instrument with an extremely cold tip, used in cryosurgery to destroy tissue
- cube root — The cube root of a number is another number that makes the first number when it is multiplied by itself twice. For example, the cube root of 8 is 2.
- curbstone — A curbstone is one of the stones that form a curb.
- cyberbook — (science fiction) A digital or electronic equivalent of a book.
- cybergoth — (uncountable) A subculture combining elements of goth and rave culture, typically involving energetic electronic music and brightly coloured, futuristic clothing.
- cyberporn — any pornography accessible online or on the internet
- cybershop — Purchase or shop for goods and services on a website.