13-letter words containing c, a, n, i, b
- canning basin — an arid basin in NW Western Australia, largely unexplored. Area: 400 000 sq km (150 000 sq miles)
- cannonballing — Present participle of cannonball.
- capitate bone — the largest and central bone of the carpus, articulating with the second, third, and fourth metacarpal bones.
- captain's bed — a bed consisting of a shallow box with drawers in the side and a mattress on top.
- carbamazepine — an anticonvulsant drug used in the management of epilepsy
- carbenicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin, C 17 H 16 N 2 Na 2 O 6 S, used against certain bacteria, especially those involved in urinary tract infections.
- carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
- carbon credit — Carbon credits are an allowance that certain companies have, permitting them to burn a certain amount of fossil fuels.
- carbon dating — Carbon dating is a system of calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.
- carbon ribbon — the ribbon in a typewriter which contains the ink which produces the letters on paper
- carbon tissue — a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process
- carbon-tissue — paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
- carbonatation — saturation or reaction with carbon dioxide.
- carbonic acid — a weak acid formed when carbon dioxide combines with water: obtained only in aqueous solutions, never in the pure state. Formula: H2CO3
- carboniferous — yielding coal or carbon
- carbonisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of carbonization.
- carbonium ion — type of positively charged organic ion
- carbonization — Carbonization is a process in which a fuel is heated without air to leave solid porous carbon.
- carbonylation — the introduction of a carbonyl group into a compound through chemical reaction
- carboxylation — a chemical reaction that introduces a carboxyl group into a molecule or compound, forming a carboxylic acid or a carboxylate
- carburization — Impregnation or reaction with carbon, especially in the manufacture of steel.
- carcinophobia — Inordinate dread of contracting cancer.
- caribbean sea — an almost landlocked sea, part of the Atlantic Ocean, bounded by the Caribbean islands, Central America, and the N coast of South America. Area: 2 718 200 sq km (1 049 500 sq miles)
- caribou inuit — a member of any of the Inuit peoples who formerly inhabited the Barren Lands of N Canada
- carpetbagging — relating to carpetbaggers or to the practice of carpetbaggers
- cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
- changeability — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- chateaubriand — François René (frɑ̃swa rəne), Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 1768–1848, French writer and statesman: a precursor of the romantic movement in France; his works include Le Génie du Christianisme (1802) and Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1849–50)
- chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
- child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
- chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
- china cabinet — a cabinet in which china is stored when not in use
- cinchona bark — the dried bark of any of a cinchona tree, which yields quinine and other medicinal alkaloids
- cinnamon bear — a reddish-brown variety of the American black bear
- circumambient — surrounding
- citizens band — a two-way radio service (Citizens Radio Service) licensed by the FCC to a U.S. citizen for short-distance personal or business communications between fixed or mobile stations. Abbreviation: CB.
- clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
- clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
- climbing wall — a specially constructed wall with recessed and projecting holds to give practice in rock climbing; a feature of many sports centres
- club sandwich — a sandwich consisting of three or more slices of toast or bread with a filling
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- cocaine habit — an addiction to cocaine
- collaborating — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
- collaboration — Collaboration is the act of working together to produce a piece of work, especially a book or some research.
- combativeness — The state of being combative.
- combinability — capable of combining or being combined.
- combinational — Of or pertaining to (a) combination.
- combinatorial — of or involving combination, esp. mathematical combination
- combinatorics — a branch of mathematics dealing with combinations and permutations
- companionable — If you describe a person as companionable, you mean they are friendly and pleasant to be with.