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10-letter words containing c, b, r, a

  • scrollable — able to be scrolled
  • scrubbable — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
  • scrubboard — washboard (defs 1, 2).
  • scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
  • scum-board — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
  • searchable — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
  • shore crab — any of numerous crabs that live along the shoreline between the tidemarks, as Hemigrapsus nudus (purple shore crab) of the Pacific coast of North America.
  • sickle bar — cutter bar (def 1).
  • silverback — an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn gray with age.
  • slab track — a railroad track in which the rails are attached to and supported by a bed or slab, usually of concrete.
  • snobocracy — a social class of snobs
  • spaceborne — moving in orbit around the earth: a spaceborne surveillance system.
  • stone crab — an edible crab, Menippe mercenaria, of rocky shores from the southern U.S. to Mexico and certain areas of the Caribbean, prized for the meat of its claws.
  • strabismic — a disorder of vision due to a deviation from normal orientation of one or both eyes so that both cannot be directed at the same object at the same time; squint; crossed eyes.
  • sub-branch — a further branch or division of something within an already established branch or division
  • subarcuate — fairly arched
  • subarticle — an article that forms part of a larger or main article
  • subcaliber — noting or pertaining to ammunition of smaller caliber than the gun in which it is used.
  • subcalibre — (of a projectile) having a calibre less than that of the firearm from which it is discharged and therefore either fitted with a disc or fired through a tube inserted into the barrel
  • subcarbide — a carbide containing less than the normal proportion of carbon.
  • subcarrier — a carrier wave used to modify or modulate another carrier wave.
  • subcentral — near or almost to the center.
  • subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
  • subcharter — to rent a chartered vehicle
  • subcordate — almost heart-shaped
  • subcranial — of the area beneath the cranium or skull
  • subcrustal — situated or occurring below the crust of the earth.
  • subnuclear — pertaining to particles within or smaller than an atomic nucleus.
  • subsurface — below the surface, especially of a body of water.
  • subtractor — in electronics, a circuit of which the output depends upon the difference between two inputs
  • sugar cube — small block of sugar
  • suprapubic — above the pubic bone
  • tabernacle — any place or house of worship, especially one designed for a large congregation.
  • table corn — Chiefly Eastern U.S. sweet corn.
  • tetrabasic — (of an acid) having four atoms of hydrogen replaceable by basic atoms or groups.
  • tetrabrach — a metrical foot or word of four short syllables.
  • throw back — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • timberjack — a person whose occupation is logging; logger.
  • tobramycin — a highly toxic aminoglycoside antibiotic, C 18 H 37 N 5 O 9 , derived from Streptomyces tenebarius, used in the treatment of serious infections due to susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms.
  • trabeculae — Anatomy, Botany. a structural part resembling a small beam or crossbar.
  • trabecular — Anatomy, Botany. a structural part resembling a small beam or crossbar.
  • trace back — identify origin, owner
  • transcribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
  • true basic — (language)   A compiled BASIC, by John Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz, requiring no line numbers.
  • tubercular — pertaining to tuberculosis; tuberculous.
  • tucker-bag — a bag used to carry food.
  • turnbroach — (formerly) a servant whose job was to turn the spit on which meat, poultry, etc, was roasting
  • turtleback — Archaeology. tortoise-core.
  • ultrabasic — (of rocks) containing iron and magnesium, with little or no silica.
  • umbraculum — any of a genus of limpets belonging to the family Umbraculidae
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