12-letter words containing b, r, e, c, i, a
- reachability — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- reaching jib — genoa.
- recalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- recarburizer — to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
- retranscribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- ribbon cable — (hardware) A type of flat multicore cable with cores positioned side-by-side, making it quick and relatively easy to clamp an Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) across all cores. Ribbon cables typically have grey insulation with cores on a 0.050" pitch and a red stripe marking Pin 1. They are less resilient than screened, multicore cable and are usually used inside equipment where little movement or plugging and unplugging are expected. A common use is connecting a disk drive to the motherboard in a PC.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- rickenbacker — Edward Vernon ("Eddie") 1890–1973, U.S. aviator and aviation executive.
- sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
- saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scrieveboard — the drawing board of a shipbuilder
- scrive board — a floorlike construction on which the lines of a vessel can be drawn or scribed at full size.
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
- sliced bread — bread: sold pre-sliced
- soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- suberic acid — a crystalline dibasic acid, C 8 H 1 4 O 4 , obtained especially from suberin, castor oil, and cork: used chiefly in the preparation of plastics and plasticizers.
- subscribable — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- tablet chair — a chair with one arm extending and expanding into a writing surface.
- teacher bird — the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.
- terebic acid — an acid, C 7 H 10 O 4 , formed by the oxidation of certain terpenes and historically important in the discovery of the structures of many terpenes.
- the barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, etc
- the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
- thiobacteria — bacteria found esp. in stagnant water and at the bottom of the sea, that oxidize or reduce sulfur compounds, as hydrogen sulfide
- traceability — capable of being traced.
- tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.
- unacquirable — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
- uncreditable — of ignoble character
- unfabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- van riebeeck — Jan, full name Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck. 1619–77, Dutch colonial administrator. Founder of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope (1652)
- vibratiuncle — a slight vibration
- vocabularied — having a vocabulary as specified
- web scraping — the extraction and copying of data from a website into a structured format using a computer program: Hackers pose a threat with techniques like web scraping. Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.
- wrecking bar — pinch bar.