12-letter words containing c, b, a, s
- lactalbumins — Plural form of lactalbumin.
- leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
- liberalistic — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- lobeliaceous — belonging to the plant family Lobeliaceae.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- macaberesque — resembling or suggestive of the danse macabre; macabre
- macrobiotics — a philosophically oriented program incorporating elements from several ancient cultures and emphasizing harmony with nature, especially through adherence to a diet consisting primarily of whole grains, beans, vegetables, and moderate amounts of seafood and fruit.
- make sb sick — disgust sb morally
- marcus baker — Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska, near Anchorage: highest peak in the Chugach Mountains. 13,176 feet (4016 meters).
- mass balance — Mass balance is a consideration of the input, output, and distribution of a substance between streams in a process or stage.
- mecca balsam — balm-of-Gilead (def 2).
- metabolomics — the study of all the metabolites present in cells, tissues, and organs
- metabonomics — (biochemistry, genetics) metabolomics.
- miscalibrate — To calibrate poorly or wrongly.
- monosyllabic — having only one syllable, as the word no.
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- nonbroadcast — not broadcast to a wide audience, supplied on a hidden or private network
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- object glass — objective (def 3).
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
- obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
- octosyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to eight syllables.
- octosyllable — a word or line of verse of eight syllables.
- of substance — wealthy
- oracle bones — animal bones used for divination
- orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- osteoblastic — a bone-forming cell.
- overabstract — thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.
- overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
- pan scrubber — a rough sponge, often made of steel wool, used for scrubbing saucepans, frying pans, etc
- parisyllabic — (of a noun or verb, in inflected languages) containing the same number of syllables in all or almost all inflected forms
- paschal lamb — Jewish History. a lamb slaughtered and eaten on the eve of the first day of Passover. Ex. 12:3–11.
- pax vobiscum — peace be with you
- plastic bomb — a bomb made of plastic explosive.
- polysaprobic — flourishing in a body of water having a heavy load of decomposed organic matter and almost no free oxygen
- polysyllabic — consisting of several, especially four or more, syllables, as a word.
- postbiblical — occurring after the events written about in the Bible, occurring after the Bible was written
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
- prescribable — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject