11-letter words containing b, o, c
- 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.
- jaboticabas — Plural form of jaboticaba.
- jacob's rod — asphodel (sense 1)
- jacobinized — Simple past tense and past participle of jacobinize.
- job costing — a method of cost accounting by which the total cost of a given unit or quantity is determined by computing the costs that go into making a product as it moves through the manufacturing process.
- job vacancy — a job which has not been filled
- 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.
- kick boxing — a form of boxing in which the gloved combatants may also kick with bare feet.
- knock about — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knockabouts — Plural form of knockabout.
- knucklebone — (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.
- koulibiacas — Plural form of koulibiaca.
- labefaction — Deterioration or downfall.
- labor force — work force.
- labour camp — A labour camp is a kind of prison, where the prisoners are forced to do hard, physical work, usually outdoors.
- langobardic — Lombard1 (def 4).
- leaf blotch — a symptom or phase of certain especially fungal diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic discoloration of the leaves.
- 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.
- lockout box — Television. lockbox (def 3).
- locust bean — carob.
- locust bird — any of various pratincoles, esp Glareola nordmanni (black-winged pratincole), that feed on locusts
- long branch — a city in E New Jersey: seaside resort.
- lophobranch — belonging or pertaining to the Lophobranchii, the group of fishes comprising the pipefishes, sea horses, snipefishes, trumpetfishes, etc.
- lord cobham — title of Sir John Oldcastle
- lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
- lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
- lucubratory — Composed by candlelight, or at night.
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- macrobiosis — long life.
- macrobiotic — of or relating to macrobiotics or its dietary practices.
- march brown — an angler's name for the dun and spinner of various mayflies or an artificial fly imitating one of these
- matchboards — Plural form of matchboard.
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
- mesoblastic — (biology) of, relating to, or resembling the mesoblast.
- metabolical — Alternative form of metabolic.
- microbicide — a substance or preparation for killing microbes.
- microbiomic — of or relating to the microbiome or to microbiomics.
- microbrewed — Produced by microbrewing.
- microbrewer — The person or company that operates a microbrewery.
- microbubble — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microbursts — Plural form of microburst.
- microfibers — Plural form of microfiber.