9-letter words containing c, a, b, o
- carbonate — Carbonate is used in the names of some substances that are formed from carbonic acid, which is a compound of carbon dioxide and water.
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- carbonium — a transient, positively charged organic ion, as H3C+, R3+, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical
- carbonize — to turn or be turned into carbon as a result of heating, fossilization, chemical treatment, etc
- carbonous — of, containing, or derived from carbon.
- carborane — any of the crystalline compounds obtained by the substitution of carbon for boron in borane.
- cardboard — Cardboard is thick, stiff paper that is used, for example, to make boxes and models.
- cargo bay — the large central area of the space shuttle orbiter's fuselage in which payloads and their support equipment are carried. Also called payload bay. Compare bay2 (def 2a).
- casco bay — bay on the SW coast of Maine, on which Portland is located
- casebooks — Plural form of casebook.
- casebound — bound in hard covers.
- cash-book — a journal in which all cash or cheque receipts and disbursements are recorded
- cashbooks — Plural form of cashbook.
- catabolic — destructive metabolism; the breaking down in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones, with the release of energy (opposed to anabolism).
- catacombs — an underground burial place, esp the galleries at Rome, consisting of tunnels with vaults or niches leading off them for tombs
- chapbooks — Plural form of chapbook.
- charbroil — to grill (meat) over charcoal
- chawbacon — an unsophisticated person of low intellect
- chipboard — Chipboard is a hard material made out of very small pieces of wood which have been pressed together. It is often used for making doors and furniture.
- chokeable — to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.
- choosable — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
- cimbaloms — Plural form of cimbalom.
- claiborne — a male given name.
- clapboard — A clapboard building has walls which are covered with long narrow pieces of wood, usually painted white.
- classbook — a book kept by a teacher recording student attendance, grades, etc.
- clipboard — A clipboard is a board with a clip at the top. It is used to hold together pieces of paper that you need to carry around, and provides a firm base for writing.
- closeable — able to be closed
- cloudbank — Alternative form of cloud bank.
- club soda — Club soda is fizzy water used for mixing with alcoholic drinks and fruit juice.
- club sofa — a heavily upholstered sofa having solid sides and a low back.
- clubwoman — a woman who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs
- coach box — the seat of a coachman on a horse-drawn carriage or coach
- coachable — capable of being coached
- coal ball — a spherical mass of mineral and plant material embedded in coal beds, ranging in size from that of a pea to that of a boulder.
- cobalamin — vitamin B12
- cobalt 60 — a radioactive isotope of cobalt having a mass number of 60 and a half-life of 5.2 years, used chiefly in radiotherapy.
- cobaltite — a rare silvery-white mineral consisting of cobalt arsenic sulphide in cubic crystalline form: a major ore of cobalt, used in ceramics. Formula: CoAsS
- cobaltous — of or containing cobalt in the divalent state
- cockboats — Plural form of cockboat.
- cogitable — conceivable
- cohabited — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohabitee — A person who cohabits with another.
- cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohobated — to distill again from the same or a similar substance, as by pouring a distilled liquid back upon the matter remaining in the vessel, or upon another mass of similar matter.
- cohobates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohobate.
- coinhabit — To inhabit together.
- colaborer — One who labors with another; an associate in labor.
- colobomas — Plural form of coloboma.