11-letter words containing c, a, n, b
- crossbowman — (in medieval warfare) a soldier armed with a crossbow.
- cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
- curableness — The quality or state of being curable.
- currant bun — a sweet bun containing currants
- cybernation — the use of computers to control and carry out operations, as in manufacturing
- cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
- dacarbazine — a toxic, light-sensitive powder, C 6 H 10 N 6 O, used in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and metastatic malignant melanoma.
- debauchment — The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
- decarbonate — to remove carbon dioxide from (a solution, substance, etc)
- decarbonize — to remove carbon from (the walls of the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine)
- diamondback — any edible North American terrapin of the genus Malaclemys, esp M. terrapin, occurring in brackish and tidal waters and having diamond-shaped markings on the shell: family Emydidae
- discernable — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernably — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- disturbance — the act of disturbing.
- eccaleobion — a type of equipment that provides warmth used to assist in the hatching of eggs
- econobabble — Excessively obscure economic jargon.
- embarcation — Alternative form of embarkation.
- embracement — A clasp in the arms; embrace.
- embracingly — In an embracing manner.
- embrocating — Present participle of embrocate.
- embrocation — A liquid used for rubbing on the body to relieve pain from sprains and strains.
- encumbrance — A burden or impediment.
- enforceable — Capable of being enforced.
- equibalance — an equal weight or balance
- exchangable — Alternative spelling of exchangeable.
- exorbitance — The state or characteristic of being exorbitant.
- exorbitancy — Alternative form of exorbitance.
- fabricating — Present participle of fabricate.
- fabrication — the act or process of fabricating; manufacture.
- financeable — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- flamboyance — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- flamboyancy — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- forbearance — the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
- forbiddance — the act of forbidding.
- francophobe — Also, Francophobic. fearing or hating France, the French people, and French culture, products, etc.
- french bean — British. the pod of a green bean or wax bean, eaten as a vegetable.
- garbage can — a container, usually of metal or plastic, for the disposal of waste matter, especially kitchen refuse.
- glabrescent — becoming glabrous.
- gobsmacking — Causing one to be gobsmacked; astounding, flabbergasting.
- halocarbons — Plural form of halocarbon.
- harken back — hearken back (see phrase under hearken)
- haunch bone — the ilium or hipbone.
- haunch-bone — the ilium or hipbone.
- hib vaccine — a vaccine against meningitis, pneumonia, and other illnesses caused by the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type b: usually administered during infancy.
- hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
- hunchbacked — humpbacked.
- hydrocarbon — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- icebreaking — Serving the purpose of breaking ice.
- imbricating — Present participle of imbricate.
- imbrication — an overlapping, as of tiles or shingles.