12-letter words containing c, i, b, o, l
- body politic — The body politic is all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group.
- boletic acid — fumaric acid.
- bolshevistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Bolshevists or Bolshevism.
- bootylicious — sexually attractive, esp with curvaceous buttocks
- borosilicate — a salt of boric and silicic acids
- botticellian — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
- boucherville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- boudin blanc — a boiled sausage made with light-colored meat, as veal or chicken, and without blood
- bouillon cup — a small, bowl-shaped vessel, with two handles, in which bouillon is served.
- bounce light — Also, bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
- bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
- buccolingual — of or relating to the cheek and tongue.
- bulldog clip — A bulldog clip is a metal clip with a spring lever that opens and closes two flat pieces of metal. It is used for holding papers together.
- bye-election — a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
- cabriole leg — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- cactoblastis — a moth, Cactoblastis cactorum of South America, that was introduced into Australia to act as a biological control on the prickly pear
- calibrations — Plural form of calibration.
- carbocholine — carbachol.
- carolina bay — any of the shallow, usually marshy, oval depressions found in the coastal plains of the eastern U.S. that are heavily forested and have rich soil.
- cavity block — a precast concrete block that contains a cavity or cavities
- cebocephalic — Exhibiting or relating to cebocephaly.
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- cell biology — the study of the biology of cells
- charbroiling — Present participle of charbroil.
- child labour — the full-time employment of children below a minimum age laid down by statute
- chlorambucil — an alkylating drug derived from nitrogen mustard, administered orally in the treatment of leukaemia and other malignant diseases. Formula: C14H19Cl2NO2
- ciliary body — the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris
- cinder block — A cinder block is a large grey brick made from coal cinders and cement which is used for building.
- circumboreal — of or having to do with plants and animals inhabiting boreal regions of North America and Eurasia
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- clavicembalo — a harpsichord.
- cleptobiosis — an ecological relationship in which members of one species, as of ants, steal food from another.
- cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
- coachability — a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
- cobaltammine — any of the various complex derivatives of cobalt containing one or more molecules of ammonia bonded to the cobalt.
- coccobacilli — a spherelike bacillus.
- cocktail bar — a bar which serves cocktails
- cohesibility — the nature of being cohesible
- colacobiosis — (among social insects) life in which one species lives as a parasite in the community of another species.
- collectibles — capable of being collected.
- colour-blind — Someone who is colour-blind cannot see the difference between colours, especially between red and green.
- combustibles — Plural form of combustible.
- commiserable — worthy of commiseration; pitiable
- communicable — A communicable disease is one that can be passed on to other people.
- communicably — capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
- complainable — That may be complained of.
- compressible — If something is compressible, its volume can change when pressure is applied to it.
- configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.