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

  • backstopping — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
  • backswordman — a person who uses a backsword.
  • backwoodsman — Backwoodsmen are people, especially politicians, who like the old ways of doing things, or who are involved in an organization at a local level.
  • backwoodsmen — Plural form of backwoodsman.
  • bacon-slicer — a machine for cutting bacon into slices
  • bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
  • bacteriology — Bacteriology is the science and the study of bacteria.
  • bacteriostat — any substance that arrests the growth or reproduction of bacteria but does not kill them
  • bad scran to — bad luck to
  • baklava code — (humour, programming)   Code with too many layers. Also known as Lasagne Code.
  • ball control — the skill of controlling the ball in a game such as football or tennis
  • balsamaceous — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
  • balto-slavic — the Baltic and Slavic languages, when considered as constituting a subfamily within the Indo-European family of languages: the Baltic and Slavic branches are now generally considered by scholars as independently derived from Indo-European
  • bank account — A bank account is an arrangement with a bank which allows you to keep your money in the bank and to take some out when you need it.
  • banner cloud — a plume-shaped cloud extending downwind from an isolated mountain peak. Also called cloud banner. Compare cap cloud (def 1).
  • barcalounger — a type of reclinable armchair with an extendable footrest
  • barcoo river — a river in E central Australia, in SW Queensland: joins with the Thomson River to form Cooper Creek
  • barge couple — either of a pair of outside rafters along the gable end of a roof
  • barge course — the overhang of the gable end of a roof
  • barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
  • barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
  • baroreceptor — a collection of sensory nerve endings, principally in the carotid sinuses and the aortic arch, that monitor blood pressure changes in the body
  • barrack room — a room inside a military barracks, esp one in which soldiers sleep
  • basic jovial — (language)   A subset of JOVIAL written ca. 1965.
  • basidiocarps — Plural form of basidiocarp.
  • basification — the process of making something alkaline
  • bathochromic — denoting or relating to a shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound
  • baton charge — A baton charge is an attacking forward movement made by a large group of policemen carrying batons.
  • battological — tending to repeat words unnecessarily
  • beach-comber — a person who lives by gathering salable articles of jetsam, refuse, etc., from beaches.
  • beachcombers — Plural form of beachcomber.
  • beachcombing — The action of a beachcomber.
  • beacon light — a light signal for shipping
  • beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
  • beam compass — an instrument for drawing large circles or arcs, consisting of a horizontal beam along which two vertical legs slide
  • bean counter — You can describe people such as accountants and business managers as bean counters if you disapprove of them because you think they are only interested in money.
  • beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).
  • benzoic acid — a white crystalline solid occurring in many natural resins, used in the manufacture of benzoates, plasticizers, and dyes and as a food preservative (E210). Formula: C6H5COOH
  • beta blocker — A beta blocker is a drug which is used to treat people who have high blood pressure or heart problems.
  • beta-blocker — any of various substances that interfere with the action of the beta receptors: used primarily to reduce the heart rate or force in the prevention, management, or treatment of angina, hypertension, or arrythmias.
  • betacarotene — the most important form of the plant pigment carotene, which occurs in milk, vegetables, and other foods and, when eaten by man and animals, is converted in the body to vitamin A
  • beyond reach — inaccessible
  • bibliomaniac — excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.
  • bibliothecal — relating to a bibliotheca
  • bicollateral — (of a vascular bundle) having two phloem groups to the inside and outside, respectively, of the xylem
  • bifunctional — having two functions
  • bill and coo — the parts of a bird's jaws that are covered with a horny or leathery sheath; beak.
  • binary color — secondary color.
  • bingo caller — the person who shouts out the numbers to bingo players
  • binocularity — binocular characteristics
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