11-letter words containing b, o, c
- cabin court — Older Use. a roadside motel having cabins.
- cabinetwood — any wood suitable for use in cabinetwork.
- cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
- cable modem — (communications, hardware) A type of modem that allows people to access the Internet via their cable television service. A cable modem can transfer data at 500 kbps or higher, compared with 28.8 kbps for common telephone line modems, but the actual transfer rates may be lower depending on the number of other simultaneous users on the same cable. Industry pundits often point out that the cable system still does not have the bandwidth or service level in many areas to make this feasible. For example, it has to be capable of two-way communication. See also: DOCSIS.
- cablevision — cable television.
- cache block — cache line
- cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
- cainophobia — The fear of newness and/or of things that are new.
- calibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- calico bass — crappie
- calico bush — mountain laurel
- calico crab — a brightly speckled swimming crab, Ovalipes ocellatus, of sandy beaches along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- camp robber — Canada jay
- campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
- cannabidiol — (organic compound) A non-psychoactive cannabinoid found in the hemp plant Cannabis sativa.
- cannabinoid — any of the narcotic chemical substances found in cannabin
- cannon bone — a bone in the legs of horses and other hoofed animals consisting of greatly elongated fused metatarsals or metacarpals
- cannon-ball — a missile, usually round and made of iron or steel, designed to be fired from a cannon.
- cannonballs — Plural form of cannonball.
- canoe birch — paper birch.
- cape blanco — a peninsula in Mauritania, on the Atlantic coast
- cape breton — an island forming the NE part of Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 3970 sq. mi. (10,280 sq. km).
- car bombing — an instance when a bomb which someone has hidden under or in a car explodes
- carabineros — Plural form of carabinero.
- carbimazole — a drug that inhibits the synthesis of the hormone thyroxine, used in the management of hyperthyroidism
- carbocation — (chemistry) any cation containing an excess positive charge on one or more carbon atoms.
- carbocyclic — (of a chemical compound) containing a closed ring of carbon atoms
- carbon copy — If you say that one person or thing is a carbon copy of another, you mean that they look or behave exactly like them.
- carbon sink — areas of vegetation, esp forests, and the phytoplankton-rich seas that absorb the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels
- carbon-copy — a duplicate of anything written or typed, made by using a photocopier or, formerly, by using carbon paper. Abbreviation: cc. a copy of an email or other electronic document that is sent to one or more people in addition to the primary addressee. Abbreviation: cc.
- carbon-date — to determine the age of an organic object by examining the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-14
- carbonating — Present participle of carbonate.
- carbonation — absorption of or reaction with carbon dioxide
- carbonatite — a rare intrusive or extrusive igneous rock, mostly found in Africa, that contains a high proportion of carbonate minerals
- carbonizing — Present participle of carbonize.
- carbonnades — Plural form of carbonnade.
- carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
- carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
- carboxylase — any enzyme that catalyses the release of carbon dioxide from certain acids
- carboxylate — any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups
- carburation — the process of mixing a hydrocarbon fuel with a correct amount of air to make an explosive mixture for an internal-combustion engine
- carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
- carburetors — Plural form of carburetor.
- carburettor — A carburettor is the part of an engine, usually in a car, in which air and petrol are mixed together to form a vapour which can be burned.
- carpet-bomb — to drop many bombs on (an area) to prepare for advancing ground forces
- carrom ball — a ball with a spinning action created by keeping the middle finger bent and flicking it outwards at the moment of release
- castor bean — the seed of this plant
- catabolisms — Plural form of catabolism.
- catabolites — Plural form of catabolite.
- cebocephaly — A developmental anomaly of the head, characterized by a monkey-like head with a defective small, flattened nose with a single nostril or absent nose and closely set eyes.