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

  • 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.
  • raised beach — a wave-cut platform raised above the shoreline by a relative fall in the water level
  • 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.
  • rattail comb — a comb for the hair having a narrow, pointed handle used in styling the hair.
  • re-calibrate — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • reachability — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
  • reaching jib — genoa.
  • recalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • recarburizer — to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
  • 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.
  • sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
  • 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.
  • sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
  • scabbardfish — any of several marine fishes having a long, compressed, silvery body, especially a cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, of the western Atlantic.
  • scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
  • scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
  • scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
  • scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
  • scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
  • scrieveboard — the drawing board of a shipbuilder
  • scrive board — a floorlike construction on which the lines of a vessel can be drawn or scribed at full size.
  • scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
  • scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
  • secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
  • semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
  • sliced bread — bread: sold pre-sliced
  • soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
  • sorbefacient — inducing absorption
  • sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
  • 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
  • subauricular — situated below the ear.
  • subcuticular — the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
  • suberic acid — a crystalline dibasic acid, C 8 H 1 4 O 4 , obtained especially from suberin, castor oil, and cork: used chiefly in the preparation of plastics and plasticizers.
  • subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
  • subjudiciary — the judicial branch of government.
  • submicrogram — containing or relating to a mass of less than one microgram
  • suborbicular — nearly circular or orblike
  • subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
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