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12-letter words containing c, l, e, b

  • double cream — (in France) a fresh, soft cheese with at least 60 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.
  • double crown — a size of printing paper, 20 × 30 inches (51 × 76 cm).
  • double dutch — a form of the game of jump rope in which two persons, holding the respective ends of two long jump ropes, swing them in a synchronized fashion, usually directed inward so the ropes are going in opposite directions, for one or two others to jump over.
  • double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
  • double piece — a piece of plate armor for reinforcing or replacing a piece ordinarily used in a suit.
  • double scull — a racing shell in which two scullers sit one behind the other and pull two oars each
  • double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
  • double truck — Typesetting. a chase for holding the type for a center spread, especially for a newspaper.
  • double-check — a simultaneous check by two pieces in which the moving of one piece to give check also results in discovering a check by another piece.
  • double-click — to click a mouse button twice in rapid succession, as to open a program or select a file: Double-click on the desktop icon.
  • double-cross — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
  • double-faced — practicing duplicity; hypocritical.
  • double-quick — very quick or rapid.
  • double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
  • doubledecker — Alternative spelling of double-decker.
  • duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
  • dutch belted — one of a breed of black dairy cattle, raised originally in the Netherlands, having a broad white band encircling the body.
  • ebracteolate — having no bractlets
  • ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
  • edible canna — a South American and West Indian herb, Canna edulis, having large sheathing leaves, red flowers, and edible rhizomes.
  • elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
  • elastic band — rubber strip for binding items together
  • electability — The capability of a candidate to be elected.
  • elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
  • emblematical — See emblematic.
  • enabling act — a legislative act conferring certain specified powers on a person or organization
  • engine block — the metal casting containing the piston chambers of an internal combustion engine
  • exchangeable — Able to be exchanged.
  • excitability — (uncountable) The state of being excitable.
  • factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
  • factorizable — (mathematics, of an integer or polynomial etc) Able to be factorized.
  • fiddler crab — any small, burrowing crab of the genus Uca, characterized by one greatly enlarged claw in the male.
  • file cabinet — A file cabinet is a piece of office furniture, usually made of metal, which has drawers in which files are kept.
  • finance bill — a bill or act of a legislature to obtain funds for the public treasury.
  • flame carbon — a carbon electrode containing metallic salts that colour the arc in a flame-arc light
  • flow breccia — a volcanic breccia that has solidified from a lava flow.
  • forcibleness — The quality of being forcible.
  • forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
  • fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
  • functionable — functional (def 3).
  • garlic bread — baguette toasted with garlic and butter
  • geobotanical — of or relating to geobotany
  • global reach — When people talk about the global reach of a company or industry, they mean its ability to have customers in many different parts of the world.
  • gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
  • ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
  • gubernacular — relating to a gubernaculum
  • gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
  • halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
  • handicapable — (politically correct) disabled or handicapped.
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