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13-letter words containing b, i, c, o

  • plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
  • post-cambrian — Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, occurring from 570 million to 500 million years ago, when algae and marine invertebrates were the predominant form of life.
  • postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
  • prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
  • principal boy — the leading male role in a pantomime, played by a woman
  • pro-celebrity — (of a golf tournament, snooker tournament, etc) involving both professional players and celebrities
  • probabilistic — Statistics. of or relating to probability: probabilistic forecasting.
  • problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • producibility — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • psychobiology — the use of biological methods to study normal and abnormal emotional and cognitive processes, as the anatomical basis of memory or neurochemical abnormalities in schizophrenia.
  • public domain — the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection.
  • public office — position in government
  • public policy — the fundamental policy on which laws rest, especially policy not yet enunciated in specific rules.
  • public school — (in the U.S.) a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education commonly including primary and secondary schools.
  • public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
  • quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
  • recalibration — the act or process of recalibrating something
  • recombination — any of several processes by which genetic material of different origins becomes combined. It most commonly occurs between two sets of parental chromosomes during production of germ cells
  • reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
  • relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • republication — publication anew.
  • road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
  • robot dancing — a dance of the 1980s characterized by jerky mechanical movements
  • rock climbing — the sport of climbing sheer rocky surfaces on the sides of mountains, often with the aid of special equipment.
  • saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
  • san cristobal — a city in SW Venezuela.
  • school phobia — a fear of going to or returning to school
  • scribble down — If you scribble down something, you write it quickly or roughly.
  • semicarbazone — a product that occurs as a result of aldehyde or ketone reacting with semicarbazide
  • shambolically — in a completely disorganized or chaotic manner
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • social phobia — a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations
  • sonic barrier — sound barrier.
  • space biology — exobiology.
  • step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
  • sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
  • suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
  • subcategorize — to split into subcategories
  • subcinctorium — an embroidered silk vestment resembling, but somewhat broader than, a maniple, worn by the pope on solemn occasions.
  • subcollection — the act of collecting.
  • subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
  • subcommission — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
  • subconcession — the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or a point or fact in an argument: He made no concession to caution.
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