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13-letter words containing c, a, n, t, b, i

  • beatification — a beatifying or being beatified
  • benedictional — a book of benedictions or blessings
  • beneficential — relating to beneficence
  • beneficiation — the procedure of reducing ores
  • benefit match — a sports match organized to raise money for charity, or for a particular player
  • benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
  • beta function — a function of two variables, usually expressed as an improper integral and equal to the quotient of the product of the values of the gamma function at each variable divided by the value of the gamma function at the sum of the variables.
  • beta-blocking — acting to inhibit the activity of the nerves that are stimulated by adrenaline
  • bicentennials — pertaining to or in honor of a 200th anniversary: bicentennial celebration; a bicentennial exposition.
  • biconditional — (of a proposition) asserting that the existence or occurrence of one thing or event depends on, and is dependent on, the existence or occurrence of another, as “A if and only if B.”.
  • bicontinental — of, on, or involving two continents: a bicontinental survey.
  • bidenticulate — having two small teeth or toothlike processes.
  • bidirectional — (of a printhead) capable of printing from left to right and from right to left
  • bird-watching — Bird-watching is the activity of watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
  • birectangular — having two right angles.
  • bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
  • black section — (in Britain in the 1980s) an unofficial group within the Labour Party in any constituency that represented the interests of local Black people
  • blacksmithing — the work of a blacksmith.
  • boat neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
  • bona vacantia — unclaimed goods
  • bowling match — a game of bowls
  • brace and bit — a hand tool for boring holes, consisting of a cranked handle into which a drilling bit is inserted
  • brilliant cut — a cut for gems
  • brilliant-cut — a cut intended to enhance the brilliance of a gem with the least possible sacrifice of weight, characterized by a form resembling two pyramids set base to base, truncated so as to give a broad table and a very small culet, and having from 18 to 104 facets, 58 being typical.
  • butanoic acid — kind of acid
  • by contraries — contrary to what is expected
  • cabinet maker — A cabinet maker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
  • cabinet-maker — a person who makes fine furniture and other woodwork.
  • cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
  • cabinetmaking — the manufacture of fine furniture and other woodwork.
  • cainotophobia — Alternative form of cainophobia.
  • cannibalistic — Cannibalistic people and practices are connected with cannibalism.
  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • carbonisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of carbonization.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
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