5-letter words containing c, b
- bocor — a malevolent voodoo priest of Haiti.
- boece — Boethius.
- bonce — Your bonce is your head.
- boric — of or containing boron
- bosch — Carl. 1874–1940, German chemist, who adapted the Haber process to produce ammonia for industrial use. He shared the Nobel prize for chemistry 1931
- botch — If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily.
- boyce — William. ?1710–79, English composer, noted esp for his church music and symphonies
- brace — If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
- brach — a bitch hound
- bract — a specialized leaf, usually smaller than the foliage leaves, with a single flower or inflorescence growing in its axil
- brca1 — either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- brice — Fanny, real name Fannie Borach. 1891–1951, US actress and singer. The film Funny Girl was based on her life
- brick — Bricks are rectangular blocks of baked clay used for building walls, which are usually red or brown. Brick is the material made up of these blocks.
- brics — Brazil, Russia, India, and China: seen collectively as the most important emerging economies with large potential markets
- broca — Paul (pɔl). 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist who discovered the motor speech centre of the brain and did pioneering work in brain surgery
- broch — (in Scotland) a circular dry-stone tower large enough to serve as a fortified home; they date from the Iron Age and are found esp in the north and the islands
- brock — a badger
- bronc — bronco
- bruce — James. 1730–94, British explorer, who discovered the source of the Blue Nile (1770)
- bruch — Max (maks). 1838–1920, German composer, noted chiefly for his three violin concertos
- bryce — Viscount James1838-1922; Eng. jurist, statesman, & historian, born in Ireland
- bsced — Bachelor of Science in Education
- buchu — any of several S African rutaceous shrubs of the genus Barosma, esp B. betulina, whose leaves are used as an antiseptic and diuretic
- bucko — a lively young fellow: often a term of address
- bucks — Buckinghamshire
- bunce — a windfall or boom
- bunch — A bunch of people is a group of people who share one or more characteristics or who are doing something together.
- bunco — a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
- busch — Adolf Georg Wilhelm [German gey-awrk] /German geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1891–1952, Swiss violinist, conductor, and composer, born in Germany.
- butch — If you describe a woman as butch, you mean that she behaves or dresses in a masculine way. This use could cause offence.
- byacc — Berkeley Yacc
- caaba — Kaaba
- cabal — a secret or exclusive set of people; clique
- caban — (Philippines) A grain measure equal to 3.47 cubic feet, used in the Philippine Islands.
- cabas — a small ladies' bag
- cabby — a cabdriver.
- caber — A caber is a long, heavy, wooden pole. It is thrown into the air as a test of strength in the traditional Scottish sport called 'tossing the caber'.
- cabet — Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- cabin — A cabin is a small room in a ship or boat.
- cable — A cable is a thick wire, or a group of wires inside a rubber or plastic covering, which is used to carry electricity or electronic signals.
- cabob — kebab
- caboc — a Scottish cheese made with double cream and rolled in toasted oatmeal
- cabot — John Italian name Giovanni Caboto. 1450–98, Italian explorer, who landed in North America in 1497, under patent from Henry VII of England, and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland
- cabre — heraldic term designating an animal rearing
- caleb — a masculine name
- camb. — Cambridge
- cambs — Cambridgeshire
- canby — Henry Seidel [sahyd-l] /ˈsaɪd l/ (Show IPA), 1878–1961, U.S. author and critic.
- carb- — carbo-
- carbo — carbohydrate