13-letter words containing c, e, l, b
- cobelligerent — a country fighting in a war on the side of another country
- cobol fingers — (jargon) /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
- cocarboxylase — thiamine pyrophosphate
- collaborative — A collaborative piece of work is done by two or more people or groups working together.
- college-bound — intending to go to college
- cologne brown — Vandyke brown.
- colomb-bechar — former name of Béchar.
- colonel blimp — an elderly, pompous British reactionary, especially an army officer or government official.
- come to blows — to fight
- comfortablest — Superlative form of comfortable.
- commeasurable — having the same measure or extent; commensurate.
- commensurable — having a common factor
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- commodifiable — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
- commuter belt — A commuter belt is the area surrounding a large city, where many people who work in the city live.
- companionable — If you describe a person as companionable, you mean they are friendly and pleasant to be with.
- compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
- concelebrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concelebrate.
- concept album — an album that has a unifying theme or that tells a single story
- concupiscible — characterized or driven by sexual desire
- conditionable — able to be conditioned
- confiscatable — confiscable
- congratulable — worthy of congratulation
- conjecturable — Able to be conjectured upon.
- console table — a table with one or more curved legs of bracket-like construction, designed to stand against a wall
- constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
- constrainable — able to be constrained
- constructible — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
- contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- controllables — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- conveyor belt — A conveyor belt or a conveyor is a continuously-moving strip of rubber or metal which is used in factories for moving objects along so that they can be dealt with as quickly as possible.
- coolidge tube — a cathode ray tube, used for x-ray production, in which a beam of thermoelectrons is produced by heating a wire cathode.
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
- coulomb field — the electrostatic field around an electrically charged body or particle
- councilmember — a member of a council, especially a legislative council.
- counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
- counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
- country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
- covalent bond — a type of chemical bond involving the sharing of electrons between atoms in a molecule, esp the sharing of a pair of electrons by two adjacent atoms
- coventry bell — a perennial garden plant, Campanula trachelium, of Eurasia, having coarsely toothed leaves and bluish-purple flowers.
- credibilities — the quality of being believable or worthy of trust: After all those lies, his credibility was at a low ebb.
- creditability — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
- cremorne bolt — (on a French window or the like) a pair of rods, moved by a knob mechanism, sliding into sockets in the head and sill of the opening to provide a secure fastening.
- cricket table — a three-legged table of the Jacobean period.
- crowd trouble — bad behaviour by fans at a sports match
- culpabilities — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- curly bracket — a punctuation mark { }, also used as a symbol in maths
- cyberbullying — Cyberbullying is the use of the Internet to frighten or upset someone, usually by sending them unpleasant messages.