11-letter words containing c, a, n, o, b
- cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
- 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
- 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.
- embrocating — Present participle of embrocate.
- embrocation — A liquid used for rubbing on the body to relieve pain from sprains and strains.
- enforceable — Capable of being enforced.
- exorbitance — The state or characteristic of being exorbitant.
- exorbitancy — Alternative form of exorbitance.
- fabrication — the act or process of fabricating; manufacture.
- 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.
- gobsmacking — Causing one to be gobsmacked; astounding, flabbergasting.
- halocarbons — Plural form of halocarbon.
- haunch bone — the ilium or hipbone.
- haunch-bone — the ilium or hipbone.
- 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 .
- imbrication — an overlapping, as of tiles or shingles.
- incogitable — Not cogitable; inconceivable.
- incubations — Plural form of incubation.
- invoiceable — Capable of being invoiced; billable.
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- jacobinized — Simple past tense and past participle of jacobinize.
- job vacancy — a job which has not been filled
- knock about — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knockabouts — Plural form of knockabout.
- labefaction — Deterioration or downfall.
- langobardic — Lombard1 (def 4).
- locust bean — carob.
- long branch — a city in E New Jersey: seaside resort.
- lophobranch — belonging or pertaining to the Lophobranchii, the group of fishes comprising the pipefishes, sea horses, snipefishes, trumpetfishes, etc.
- lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
- march brown — an angler's name for the dun and spinner of various mayflies or an artificial fly imitating one of these
- monday club — (in Britain) a club made up of right-wing Conservatives who originally met together for lunch on Monday: founded in 1961
- monoblastic — having a single layer, as an embryo in the blastula stage or developing from a single layer.
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- necrophobia — an abnormal fear of death; thanatophobia.
- neo-hebraic — Hebrew as spoken and written since the Diaspora
- niobic acid — a white, water-insoluble solid, Nb 2 O 5 ⋅nH 2 O.
- noctiphobia — Fear of night; nyctophobia.
- non-aerobic — (of an organism or tissue) requiring the presence of air or free oxygen for life.
- non-citable — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.
- nonabstract — Not abstract.