12-letter words containing c, b, r, a
- radar beacon — a radar device at a fixed location that, on receiving a radar signal, automatically transmits a particular radar signal in reply, identifying itself and enabling navigators of ships and aircraft to determine their distance and direction from it.
- radio beacon — a radio station that sends a characteristic signal so as to enable ships or airplanes to determine their position or bearing by means of a radio compass.
- radio-carbon — Also called carbon 14. a radioactive isotope of carbon with mass number 14 and a half-life of about 5730 years: widely used in the dating of organic materials.
- raised beach — a wave-cut platform raised above the shoreline by a relative fall in the water level
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rambus, inc. — (company) The company which designed Rambus DRAM. Address: Mountain View, CA., USA.
- rattail comb — a comb for the hair having a narrow, pointed handle used in styling the hair.
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- re-calibrate — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- reachability — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- reaching jib — genoa.
- recalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- recarburizer — to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
- rechargeable — (of a storage battery) capable of being charged repeatedly. Compare cordless (def 2).
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
- record label — recorded music production company
- remembrancer — a person who reminds another of something.
- renounceable — of a nature that can be renounced
- reproachable — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- researchable — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- retranscribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- ribbon cable — (hardware) A type of flat multicore cable with cores positioned side-by-side, making it quick and relatively easy to clamp an Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) across all cores. Ribbon cables typically have grey insulation with cores on a 0.050" pitch and a red stripe marking Pin 1. They are less resilient than screened, multicore cable and are usually used inside equipment where little movement or plugging and unplugging are expected. A common use is connecting a disk drive to the motherboard in a PC.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- rickenbacker — Edward Vernon ("Eddie") 1890–1973, U.S. aviator and aviation executive.
- rock wallaby — any wallaby of the genus Petrogale, having a banded or striped coat, slender body, and long legs and feet, inhabiting caves and rocky areas in Australia.
- rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
- rubber-faced — having a face with unusually mobile features: a rubber-faced comedian.
- rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
- running back — an offensive back, as a halfback or fullback, whose principal role is advancing the ball by running with it on plays from scrimmage.
- sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
- saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
- scabbardfish — any of several marine fishes having a long, compressed, silvery body, especially a cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, of the western Atlantic.
- scabbardless — lacking a scabbard or a sheath for a sword or dagger
- scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- school board — a local board or committee in charge of public education.
- scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- scraperboard — scratchboard.
- scratchboard — a cardboard coated with impermeable white clay and covered by a layer of ink that is scratched or scraped in patterns revealing the white surface below.
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
- scrieveboard — the drawing board of a shipbuilder
- scrive board — a floorlike construction on which the lines of a vessel can be drawn or scribed at full size.
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.