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12-letter words containing c, a, b, i, n

  • piggybacking — on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
  • proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
  • procarbazine — a drug used in the treatment of cancer, esp lymphomas
  • punching bag — an inflated or stuffed bag, usually suspended, punched with the fists as an exercise.
  • rabbinically — In a rabbinical way.
  • rabbit punch — a short, sharp blow to the nape of the neck or the lower part of the skull.
  • radio beacon — a radio station that sends a characteristic signal so as to enable ships or airplanes to determine their position or bearing by means of a radio compass.
  • radio-carbon — Also called carbon 14. a radioactive isotope of carbon with mass number 14 and a half-life of about 5730 years: widely used in the dating of organic materials.
  • rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • rambus, inc. — (company)   The company which designed Rambus DRAM. Address: Mountain View, CA., USA.
  • reaching jib — genoa.
  • 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.
  • running back — an offensive back, as a halfback or fullback, whose principal role is advancing the ball by running with it on plays from scrimmage.
  • 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.
  • salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
  • sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
  • sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
  • scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
  • scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
  • scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
  • scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
  • semantic web — an extension of the World Wide Web in which data is structured and XML-tagged on the basis of its meaning or content, so that computers can process and integrate the information without human intervention: the semantic Web acting as a global database or huge brain.
  • sorbefacient — inducing absorption
  • spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
  • spinal block — spinal anesthesia.
  • subantarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar.
  • subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
  • subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
  • subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
  • subjectional — the act of subjecting.
  • subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
  • subsonically — at a velocity below that of sound
  • substraction — the act or process of subtracting
  • supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
  • sybase, inc. — (company)   A software vendor focused on database management software. Yearly sales: $903.9 million (1997). Address: 6475 Christie Ave., Emeryville, California, USA.
  • teaching job — a position as a teacher
  • technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
  • technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
  • 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
  • timbromaniac — a person who is passionate about stamp-collecting
  • 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.
  • turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour
  • umbilication — a central navellike depression.
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