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13-letter words containing c, a, b, l

  • copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
  • corticobulbar — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the brainstem, especially with regard to the corticobulbar tract, a white matter pathway connecting the two.
  • cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
  • coulomb's law — the principle that the force of attraction or repulsion between two point electric charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. A similar law holds for particles with mass
  • counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
  • counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
  • covalent bond — a type of chemical bond involving the sharing of electrons between atoms in a molecule, esp the sharing of a pair of electrons by two adjacent atoms
  • coxcombically — in a coxcombical manner
  • crash blossom — an ambiguously worded headline whose meaning can be interpreted in the wrong way, as “Missing Woman Remains Found.”. See also garden-path.
  • crayola books — (publication)   A humorous and/or disparaging term for the rainbow series of National Computer Security Center (NCSC) computer security standards. See also Orange Book.
  • creditability — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
  • cricket table — a three-legged table of the Jacobean period.
  • crystal habit — the external shape of a crystal
  • culpabilities — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
  • cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
  • curly bracket — a punctuation mark { }, also used as a symbol in maths
  • cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
  • cyberstalkers — Plural form of cyberstalker.
  • cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
  • cymbocephalic — scaphocephaly.
  • dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
  • debit balance — the amount of money owed to a lender, etc
  • decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
  • decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
  • decarboxylate — to take away a carboxyl group from (an organic compound) or (of an organic compound) to lose a carboxyl group
  • decasyllables — Plural form of decasyllable.
  • delectability — The quality of being delectable.
  • despicability — Despicableness.
  • detachability — The quality of being detachable.
  • detectability — the quality of being detectable
  • diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.
  • direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
  • dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
  • disciplinable — subject to or meriting disciplinary action: a disciplinable breach of rules.
  • discreditable — bringing or liable to bring discredit.
  • discreditably — In a discreditable manner.
  • discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
  • discriminably — So as to be discriminable; distinguishably.
  • disyllabicity — The state or characteristic of having two syllables.
  • dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
  • double tackle — a pulley system using blocks having two grooved wheels.
  • double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
  • double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
  • duplicability — The quality of being duplicable.
  • dzibilchaltun — a large, ancient Mayan ceremonial and commercial center near Mérida, Mexico, founded perhaps as early as 3000 b.c. and in continuous use until the 16th century.
  • eco-labelling — the practice or system of using eco-labels
  • elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
  • electron beam — a beam or stream of electrons emitted by a single source that move in the same direction and at the same speed
  • embryological — Of or pertaining to embryology.
  • embryonically — In an embryonic way.
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