11-letter words containing b, o, a
- chessboards — Plural form of chessboard.
- chibougamau — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- child labor — the regular, full-time employment of children under a legally defined age in factories, stores, offices, etc.: in the U.S., the minimum legal age under federal law is 16 (in hazardous occupations, 18)
- chockablock — pulled so tight as to have the blocks touching
- chrysarobin — a tasteless odourless powder containing anthraquinone derivatives of araroba, formerly used medicinally to treat chronic skin conditions
- chukka boot — an ankle-high boot made of suede or rubber and worn for playing polo
- clapboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of clapboard.
- close brace — right brace
- cloud-based — Cloud-based technology allows you to use programs and information that are stored on the Internet rather than on your own computer.
- cnidoblasts — the cell within which a nematocyst is developed.
- coach-built — (of a vehicle) having specially built bodywork
- cobalt blue — any greenish-blue pigment containing cobalt aluminate, usually made by heating cobaltous sulphate, aluminium oxide, and phosphoric acid together
- cobalt bomb — a cobalt-60 device used in radiotherapy
- cocelebrant — One of two or more celebrants involved with the same occasion.
- cockleboats — Plural form of cockleboat.
- cocoa beach — a town in E central Florida.
- codebreaker — A person who solves a code or codes.
- coffee bean — Coffee beans are small dark-brown beans that are roasted and ground to make coffee. They are the seeds of the coffee plant.
- cohabitants — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohabitated — cohabit.
- cohabitates — cohabit.
- cohabitator — One who cohabits.
- coilability — the ability to be coiled
- cold harbor — a locality in Virginia, NE of Richmond: Civil War battle in 1864.
- collaborate — When one person or group collaborates with another, they work together, especially on a book or on some research.
- collapsable — capable of collapsing or of being collapsed, as for carrying or storing.
- collapsible — A collapsible object is designed to be folded flat when it is not being used.
- collarbones — Plural form of collarbone.
- collectable — A collectable object is one which is valued very highly by collectors because it is rare or beautiful.
- collembolan — any small primitive wingless insect of the order Collembola, which comprises the springtails
- colliquable — capable of dissolving
- colonizable — Capable of being colonized.
- colorbearer — a person who carries the colors or standard, especially of a military body. Compare guidon (def 2).
- columbarium — a vault having niches for funeral urns
- combat boot — a heavy army boot
- combat duty — active service
- combat gear — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
- combat team — a combination of military units, usually of different types, as infantry and artillery, temporarily under one command while on special combat mission.
- combat zone — (in warfare) an area where fighting is taking place
- combatively — In a combative way.
- combativity — Synonym of combativeness.
- combed yarn — cotton or worsted yarn of fibers laid parallel, superior in smoothness to carded yarn.
- combination — A combination of things is a mixture of them.
- combinative — resulting from being, tending to be, or able to be joined or mixed together
- combinators — Plural form of combinator.
- combinatory — combinative
- comfortable — If a piece of furniture or an item of clothing is comfortable, it makes you feel physically relaxed when you use it, for example because it is soft.
- comfortably — If you do something comfortably, you do it easily.
- commandable — able to be commanded
- commendable — If you describe someone's behaviour as commendable, you approve of it or are praising it.