11-letter words containing c, a, n, b
- back number — A back number of a magazine or newspaper is the same as a back issue.
- back-burner — a condition of low priority or temporary deferment (usually used in the phrase on the back burner): Put other issues on the back burner until after the election.
- backbencher — A backbencher is a Member of Parliament who is not a minister and who does not hold an official position in their political party.
- backbenches — The backbenches are the seats in the British House of Commons where backbenchers sit. The Members of Parliament who sit on the backbenches are also referred to as the backbenches.
- backcasting — Present participle of backcast.
- backchannel — an unofficial or covert means of conveying information, originally or esp in political or diplomatic circles
- backcountry — an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland
- backfilling — material used for refilling an excavation.
- backflowing — Flowing backwards.
- backgammons — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backgammon.
- backgrounds — Plural form of background.
- backhanders — Plural form of backhander.
- backhanding — Present participle of backhand.
- backing dog — a dog that moves a flock of sheep by jumping on their backs
- backlashing — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
- backlisting — Present participle of backlist.
- backloading — to defer to a later date, as wages, benefits, or costs: The union agreed to back-load pay raises.
- backlogging — a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business: a backlog of business orders.
- backpacking — If you go backpacking, you go travelling with a backpack.
- backslidden — Past participle of backslide.
- backsliding — If you accuse someone of backsliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
- backsolving — Present participle of backsolve.
- backspacing — Present participle of backspace.
- backtalking — Present participle of backtalk.
- backwashing — A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
- baconburger — a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon.
- bacteriocin — any protein-based toxin given off by bacteria to prevent the growth of related bacteria nearby
- bagna cauda — a dip made from garlic, anchovies, butter, and olive oil, usually served hot over a spirit burner, with raw vegetables
- baitcasting — (angling) A form of casting in which the weight of the bait pulls the fishing line off of the spool (subject to some control by thumb pressure).
- balance lug — a lugsail having a portion of its area forward of the mast and having a long foot, often with a boom.
- balance out — If two or more opposite things balance out or if you balance them out, they become equal in amount, value, or effect.
- baldacchino — baldachin
- baluchistan — a mountainous region of SW Asia, in SW Pakistan and SE Iran
- bancassurer — a bank that sells insurance products
- banded pack — two products which are held together with a band and sold together at a discounted price
- banjo clock — a clock of the early 19th century in the U.S., having a drumlike case for the dial mounted on a narrow, tapering body, with a boxlike bottom containing the pendulum and its weight.
- bannockburn — a village in central Scotland, south of Stirling: nearby is the site of a victory (1314) of the Scots, led by Robert the Bruce, over the English. Pop: 7396 (2001)
- baranavichy — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
- baranovichi — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
- barebacking — sexual intercourse performed without the use of a condom
- bareknuckle — (of a prizefight, prizefighter, etc.) without boxing gloves; using the bare fists.
- baroclinity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
- baron-cohen — Sacha. born 1970, British television and film comedian, best known for his creation of the characters Ali G and Borat
- baronetical — pertaining to baronets
- barracudina — any of several slender, large-mouthed, pelagic fishes of the family Paralepididae.
- barricading — Present participle of barricade.
- barycentric — Of or relating to the center of gravity.
- basicranial — of or relating to the base of the skull
- basicranium — (anatomy) The inferior region of the skull.
- batch plant — a manufacturing plant where concrete is mixed before being transported to a construction site ready to be poured.