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

  • quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
  • recalibration — the act or process of recalibrating something
  • recombination — any of several processes by which genetic material of different origins becomes combined. It most commonly occurs between two sets of parental chromosomes during production of germ cells
  • recommendable — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
  • recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
  • redondo beach — a city in SW California.
  • reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
  • relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • republication — publication anew.
  • road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
  • robot dancing — a dance of the 1980s characterized by jerky mechanical movements
  • rock barnacle — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
  • rock the boat — to move or sway to and fro or from side to side.
  • sacred baboon — hamadryas baboon.
  • sacred bamboo — nandina.
  • saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
  • san cristobal — a city in SW Venezuela.
  • savoy cabbage — a variety of cabbage having a compact head of crinkled, blistered leaves.
  • school phobia — a fear of going to or returning to school
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • second ballot — an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates
  • second banana — a comic who supports the leading comedian, often as a straight man, especially in burlesque or vaudeville.
  • secret ballot — a vote in which the confidentiality of how one votes is safeguarded.
  • semicarbazone — a product that occurs as a result of aldehyde or ketone reacting with semicarbazide
  • shambolically — in a completely disorganized or chaotic manner
  • she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • smoke chamber — an enlarged area between the throat of a fireplace and the chimney flue.
  • social phobia — a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations
  • sonic barrier — sound barrier.
  • space biology — exobiology.
  • step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
  • stock buyback — buyback (def 3).
  • streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
  • subcategorize — to split into subcategories
  • subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
  • subcontractor — Law. a person who or business that contracts to provide some service or material necessary for the performance of another's contract.
  • subcoriaceous — almost leathery
  • subindication — the act or process of subindicating
  • sublanceolate — (of leaves, etc) almost spear-shaped
  • subtropically — in the subtropics
  • surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
  • syllabication — to syllabify.
  • symbiotically — living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship: Many people feel the relationship between humans and dogs is symbiotic.
  • tautosyllabic — occurring within the same syllable: The (s) and (t) are tautosyllabic in the word disturb, but not in distaste.
  • techno-babble — technical jargon relating to computing and other technological subjects
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