13-letter words containing c, a, b
- anno hebraico — A.H.
- anti-kickback — a percentage of income given to a person in a position of power or influence as payment for having made the income possible: usually considered improper or unethical.
- antibacterial — effective against bacteria
- antiballistic — of or relating to defence against ballistic weapons
- anticipatable — capable of being anticipated
- antimetabolic — inhibiting metabolism
- antimicrobial — capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microbes
- antiobscenity — opposed to or working to combat obscenity
- antiscorbutic — preventing or curing scurvy
- anzac biscuit — a sweet biscuit containing oats, coconut, and syrup
- apalachee bay — inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, on the NW coast of Florida
- applicability — applying or capable of being applied; relevant; suitable; appropriate: an applicable rule; a solution that is applicable to the problem.
- appreciatable — (chiefly,esthetics) That can be appreciated or enjoyed.
- arab-american — a citizen or resident of the U.S. of Arab birth or descent.
- arabian camel — a domesticated camel, Camelus dromedarius, having one hump on its back and used as a beast of burden in the hot deserts of N Africa and SW Asia
- arabicization — the gradual change of a culture into one that incorporates Arab culture and/or speaks Arabic
- arachnephobia — Misspelling of arachnophobia.
- arachniphobia — Alternative form of arachnophobia.
- arachnophobia — an abnormal fear of spiders
- arachnophobic — an abnormal or pathological fear of spiders.
- arboriculture — the cultivation of trees or shrubs, esp for the production of timber
- archaeobotany — the analysis and interpretation of plant remains found at archaeological sites
- archbishopric — the rank, office, or jurisdiction of an archbishop
- archebacteria — Plural form of archebacterium.
- archie bunker — a poorly educated blue-collar worker, holding ultraconservative, racist, and male-chauvinist opinions.
- armored cable — an electric cable having a metal protective covering
- ascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- ascertainably — In a way that can be ascertained.
- aschaffenburg — a city in Germany, on the River Main in Bavaria: seat of the Imperial Diet (1447); ceded to Bavaria in 1814. Pop: 68 607 (2003 est)
- ascorbic acid — Ascorbic acid is another name for vitamin C.
- ass backwards — in an order or way reverse from the usual: You've sewn the sleeve on assbackwards.
- ass-backwards — of or in a way that is particularly contrary to the usual way, confusing, etc.
- assembly code — assembly language
- associability — the condition of or the capacity to be associable or linked or related in thinking
- at one's back — behind, esp in support or pursuit
- atomic number — the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
- attachability — The quality of being attachable.
- auction block — Also called block. a platform from which an auctioneer sells: the old courthouse where slaves were sold from the auction block.
- baal merodach — Marduk.
- baby carriage — A baby carriage is a small vehicle in which a baby can lie as it is pushed along.
- baby snatcher — a person who steals a baby from its pram
- baccalaureate — The baccalaureate is an examination taken by students at the age of eighteen in France and some other countries.
- bachelor flat — a flat lived in, or intended for a bachelor
- bachelor girl — a young unmarried woman, esp one who is self-supporting
- bachelor seal — a young male seal, esp a fur seal, that has not yet mated
- bachelorettes — Plural form of bachelorette.
- bacillophobia — The fear of microbes. Also known as germaphobia.
- back and fill — to manoeuvre the sails by alternately filling and emptying them of wind to navigate in a narrow place
- back clipping — a word formed by omitting the last part of the form from which it is derived.
- back emission — the secondary emission of electrons from an anode