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

  • factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
  • factorizable — (mathematics, of an integer or polynomial etc) Able to be factorized.
  • fascia-board — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
  • featherbacks — Plural form of featherback.
  • febrifacient — producing fever.
  • fibroblastic — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
  • fibrosarcoma — a sarcoma derived from fibroblast cells, often able to generate collagen.
  • fiddler crab — any small, burrowing crab of the genus Uca, characterized by one greatly enlarged claw in the male.
  • flame carbon — a carbon electrode containing metallic salts that colour the arc in a flame-arc light
  • flow breccia — a volcanic breccia that has solidified from a lava flow.
  • fluorocarbon — any of a class of compounds produced by substituting fluorine for hydrogen in a hydrocarbon, and characterized by great chemical stability: used chiefly as a lubricant, refrigerant, fire extinguishing agent, and in industrial and other applications in which chemical, electrical, flame, and heat resistance is essential; banned as an aerosol propellant in the U.S. because of concern about ozone layer depletion.
  • forbearances — Plural form of forbearance.
  • forebearance — Misspelling of forbearance.
  • forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
  • franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
  • francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
  • french bread — a yeast-raised bread made of dough containing water and distinguished by its thick, well-browned crust, usually made in long, slender, tapered loaves. Compare baguette (def 3).
  • french broad — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing N and NW to join the Holston River at Knoxville to form the Tennessee River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
  • garbological — Of or relating to garbology.
  • garlic bread — baguette toasted with garlic and butter
  • gastric band — A gastric band is a device that is fitted inside someone's stomach to make it smaller in order to help them lose weight.
  • global reach — When people talk about the global reach of a company or industry, they mean its ability to have customers in many different parts of the world.
  • gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
  • gray catbird — any of several American or Australian birds having catlike cries, especially Dumetella carolinensis (gray catbird) of North America.
  • grecian bend — (especially in the late 19th century) a posture or walk, often considered fashionable, in which the body is bent forward from the waist.
  • greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
  • ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
  • gubernacular — relating to a gubernaculum
  • gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
  • half-cup bra — a bra that covers three-quarters of the breasts rather than all of the breasts
  • halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
  • hardscrabble — providing or yielding meagerly in return for much effort; demanding or unrewarding: the hardscrabble existence of mountainside farmers.
  • haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
  • hark back to — recall: earlier era
  • hearken back — to go back in thought or speech; revert; hark back
  • hebephreniac — a person suffering from hebephrenia
  • helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
  • herbicidally — from a herbicidal point of view
  • hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.
  • hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
  • horn balance — an extension of an aircraft control surface that projects in front of the hinge providing aerodynamic assistance in moving the control
  • hydrocarbons — 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 .
  • hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
  • icbm address — (networking, humour)   (Or "missile address") The form used to register a site with the Usenet mapping project includes a space for longitude and latitude, preferably to seconds-of-arc accuracy. This is actually used for generating geographically-correct maps of Usenet links on a plotter; however, it has become traditional to refer to this as one's "ICBM address" or "missile address", and many people include it in their sig block with that name. (A real missile address would include target altitude.)
  • impierceable — not able to be pierced
  • incharitable — Obsolete form of uncharitable.
  • incomparable — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
  • incomparably — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
  • incorporable — able to be incorporated.
  • increditable — (rare) Incapable of being believed; not creditable.
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