13-letter words containing b, i, c, o
- branch office — the local branch of a bank, shop, or other business
- brassicaceous — belonging to the plant family Brassicaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Cruciferae.
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- broca-aphasia — a type of aphasia caused by a lesion in Broca's area of the brain, characterized by misarticulated speech and lack of grammatical morphemes.
- broccoli raab — a plant (Brassica rapa ruvo) of the crucifer family with close clusters of small flowers and dark green, somewhat bitter leaves cooked as a vegetable
- broccoli rabe — a plant, Brassica rapa ruvo, of which the slightly bitter, dark-green leaves and clustered flower buds are eaten as a vegetable.
- bromocriptine — a dopamine agonist drug which blocks the release of prolactin from the pituitary gland, used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease
- bronchiolitis — a condition in which the small airways in the lungs become inflamed by a virus. It is most common in infants, who become breathless in severe cases. Recurrent attacks may lead to asthma
- brown hickory — a North American hickory tree, Carya glabra
- buffalo chips — the dried dung of buffalo used as fuel, especially by early settlers on the western plains.
- butanoic acid — kind of acid
- butter cookie — Cookery. a plain cookie whose chief ingredients are butter, flour, and sugar.
- by contraries — contrary to what is expected
- byte compiler — byte-code compiler
- cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
- cainotophobia — Alternative form of cainophobia.
- camp fire boy — a boy who is a member of the Campfire Boys and Girls. Compare Camp Fire Girl.
- cancerophobia — a morbid dread of being afflicted by cancer
- cannonballing — Present participle of cannonball.
- capitate bone — the largest and central bone of the carpus, articulating with the second, third, and fourth metacarpal bones.
- carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
- carbolic acid — Carbolic acid or carbolic is a liquid that is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic.
- carbolic soap — a disinfectant soap containing phenol
- carbolic-acid — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- carbon credit — Carbon credits are an allowance that certain companies have, permitting them to burn a certain amount of fossil fuels.
- carbon dating — Carbon dating is a system of calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.
- carbon ribbon — the ribbon in a typewriter which contains the ink which produces the letters on paper
- carbon tissue — a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process
- carbon-tissue — paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
- carbonatation — saturation or reaction with carbon dioxide.
- carbonic acid — a weak acid formed when carbon dioxide combines with water: obtained only in aqueous solutions, never in the pure state. Formula: H2CO3
- carboniferous — yielding coal or carbon
- carbonisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of carbonization.
- carbonium ion — type of positively charged organic ion
- carbonization — Carbonization is a process in which a fuel is heated without air to leave solid porous carbon.
- carbonylation — the introduction of a carbonyl group into a compound through chemical reaction
- carboxylation — a chemical reaction that introduces a carboxyl group into a molecule or compound, forming a carboxylic acid or a carboxylate
- carburization — Impregnation or reaction with carbon, especially in the manufacture of steel.
- carcinophobia — Inordinate dread of contracting cancer.
- caribou inuit — a member of any of the Inuit peoples who formerly inhabited the Barren Lands of N Canada
- carriage bolt — a round-headed bolt for timber, threaded along part of its shank, inserted into holes already drilled.
- catabolically — In terms of catabolism.
- categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
- categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
- cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
- chalcostibite — a mineral, antimony copper sulfide, CuSbS 2 , occurring in lead-gray crystals.
- chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
- chiaochou bay — an inlet of the Yellow Sea, in E China, in Shandong province. 20 miles (32 km) long; 15 miles (24 km) wide.
- chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
- chinese boxes — a nest of boxes, each of which fits into the next larger box