12-letter words containing c, b, a, s
- cablecasting — relating to broadcasting by cable
- cabora bassa — the site on the Zambezi River in N Mozambique of the largest dam in southern Africa
- cabot strait — a channel in Canada, connecting the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the Atlantic Ocean. 68 miles (109 km) wide.
- cactoblastis — a moth, Cactoblastis cactorum of South America, that was introduced into Australia to act as a biological control on the prickly pear
- caked breast — a painful hardening of one or more lobules of a lactating breast, caused by stagnation of milk in the secreting ducts and accumulation of blood in the expanded veins; stagnation mastitis.
- calabrasella — a card game for three persons that is played with a 40-card pack made by removing the eights, nines, and tens from a regular 52-card pack.
- calibrations — Plural form of calibration.
- camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
- cannabinoids — Plural form of cannabinoid.
- cannibalised — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalise.
- cannibalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cannibalize.
- canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
- capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.
- carbocations — Plural form of carbocation.
- carbohydrase — a digestive enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates through hydrolysis
- carbon brush — a small block of carbon used to convey current between the stationary and moving parts of an electric generator, motor, etc
- carbon steel — steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
- carbonaceous — of, resembling, or containing carbon
- carbonatites — Plural form of carbonatite.
- carnal abuse — Law. any lascivious contact with the sexual organs of a child by an adult, especially without sexual intercourse.
- case-by-case — considering each case individually rather than considering several cases together as a whole
- cassel brown — Vandyke brown.
- catbird seat — an enviable position, as of power
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- celebutantes — Plural form of celebutante.
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- cerebrations — Plural form of cerebration.
- chamberlains — Plural form of chamberlain.
- chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
- chambersburg — a city in central Pennsylvania.
- channel bass — red drum.
- chapeau bras — a small three-cornered hat, worn by gentlemen in full dress in the 18th century, that could be folded flat and carried under the arm.
- charlesbourg — city in S Quebec, Canada: pop. 71,000
- chartbusters — Plural form of chartbuster.
- chatterboxes — Plural form of chatterbox.
- cheese board — A cheese board is a board from which cheese is served at a meal.
- cheeseboards — Plural form of cheeseboard.
- child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
- chinaberries — Plural form of chinaberry.
- chondroblast — a type of cell that develops into a chondrocyte or cartilage cell
- class b drug — (in Britain) any of the second most dangerous group of controlled drugs, including amphetamine
- class object — (programming) In object-oriented programming, an object of class "class" that represents a class at run time. The existence of class objects allows introspection - the ability for a program to discover and modify attributes of its own code. (See self-modifying code). A class object may also be used for "housekeeping" tasks like keeping count of how many objects of the class have been created, though this may also be done by some kind of collection object. A class method is a method that operates on class objects.
- classifiable — to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
- close combat — the act of fighting at close quarters
- cocaine bust — an arrest for the possession of cocaine
- coffee beans — the beanlike seeds of the coffee tree, which are roasted and ground to make coffee
- colacobiosis — (among social insects) life in which one species lives as a parasite in the community of another species.
- collaborates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collaborate.
- collectables — capable of being collected.
- collembolans — Plural form of collembolan.