13-letter words containing c, i, b, o, l
- circumorbital — (anatomy) Around the eye.
- clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- climbing iron — either of a pair of metal frames with spikes that may be strapped over footgear, on the inside of the leg to aid in climbing trees, public utility poles, etc.
- climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
- cloth binding — a type of binding in which a book is bound in stiff boards covered with cloth
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- coagulability — The ability to coagulate, of being coagulable.
- coaxial cable — a cable consisting of an inner insulated core of stranded or solid wire surrounded by an outer insulated flexible wire braid, used esp as a transmission line for radio-frequency signals
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- 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.
- coccobacillus — a spherelike bacillus.
- codifiability — the quality of being codifiable
- collaborating — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
- collaboration — Collaboration is the act of working together to produce a piece of work, especially a book or some research.
- collaborative — A collaborative piece of work is done by two or more people or groups working together.
- colonel blimp — an elderly, pompous British reactionary, especially an army officer or government official.
- coloring book — A coloring book is a book of simple drawings which children can color in.
- combinability — capable of combining or being combined.
- combinational — Of or pertaining to (a) combination.
- combinatorial — of or involving combination, esp. mathematical combination
- commodifiable — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
- commutability — The quality of being commutable.
- companionable — If you describe a person as companionable, you mean they are friendly and pleasant to be with.
- companionably — possessing the qualities of a good companion; pleasant to be with; congenial.
- comparability — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- compatability — Misspelling of compatibility.
- compatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
- compatibilist — (philosophy) Of, pertaining to or supporting compatibilism, the belief that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
- compatibility — compatible
- compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
- computability — (computing theory) The property of being computable by purely mechanical means.
- concupiscible — characterized or driven by sexual desire
- conditionable — able to be conditioned
- confabulating — Present participle of confabulate.
- confabulation — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
- confiscatable — confiscable
- 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.
- consumability — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- contraorbital — of or relating to flight in the orbit of, but in a direction contrary to, a given rocket, ballistic missile, satellite, etc.
- contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- coolidge tube — a cathode ray tube, used for x-ray production, in which a beam of thermoelectrons is produced by heating a wire cathode.
- cooling board — a plank for laying out a corpse.
- 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.
- corrigibility — The quality or state of being corrigible.
- corrosibility — corrodibility
- corticobulbar — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the brainstem, especially with regard to the corticobulbar tract, a white matter pathway connecting the two.