11-letter words containing c, a, b, i, n
- bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
- brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
- brachiation — locomotion accomplished by swinging by the arms from one hold to another.
- brahminical — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- brain candy — something that is entertaining or enjoyable but lacks depth or significance
- brain child — a product of one's creative work or thought.
- brain coral — a stony coral of the genus Meandrina, in which the polyps lie in troughlike thecae resembling the convoluted surface of a human brain
- branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
- branch wilt — a disease of walnut trees, characterized by sudden wilting of the leaves, and cankers and discoloration of the bark and branches, caused by a fungus, Hendersonula toruloidea.
- branchiform — shaped like a gill.
- branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
- bratticings — a series of temporary wooden housings erected on top of a wall, esp a castle wall
- brecciation — the fragmentation of rock
- bricklaying — the technique or practice of laying bricks
- brickmaking — the activity of making bricks
- brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
- buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
- bupivacaine — a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks
- cabin class — a class of accommodation on a passenger ship between first class and tourist class
- cabin court — Older Use. a roadside motel having cabins.
- cabin fever — If you describe someone as having cabin fever, you mean that they feel restless and irritable because they have been indoors in one place for too long.
- cabin trunk — a large trunk specially designed to be used on journeys, and often having large handles at either end to make it easy to move
- cabinetwood — any wood suitable for use in cabinetwork.
- cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
- cablevision — cable television.
- cainophobia — The fear of newness and/or of things that are new.
- calibrating — Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
- calibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- can't abide — If you can't abide someone or something, you dislike them very much.
- cannabidiol — (organic compound) A non-psychoactive cannabinoid found in the hemp plant Cannabis sativa.
- cannabinoid — any of the narcotic chemical substances found in cannabin
- cannibalise — to subject to cannibalism.
- cannibalism — If a group of people practise cannibalism, they eat the flesh of other people.
- cannibalize — If you cannibalize something, you take it to pieces and use it to make something else.
- canoe birch — paper birch.
- car bombing — an instance when a bomb which someone has hidden under or in a car explodes
- carabineers — Plural form of carabineer.
- carabineros — Plural form of carabinero.
- carabiniere — an Italian national policeman
- carabinieri — a member of the Italian national police force, organized as a military unit and charged with maintaining public security and order as well as assisting local police.
- carbamidine — guanidine.
- carbocation — (chemistry) any cation containing an excess positive charge on one or more carbon atoms.
- carbon sink — areas of vegetation, esp forests, and the phytoplankton-rich seas that absorb the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels
- 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.
- 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.
- carbylamine — any of a group of organic cyanides containing the radical NC