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11-letter words containing c, o, a, t, b, r

  • cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
  • cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
  • calibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • cape breton — an island forming the NE part of Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 3970 sq. mi. (10,280 sq. km).
  • carbocation — (chemistry) any cation containing an excess positive charge on one or more carbon atoms.
  • carbon-date — to determine the age of an organic object by examining the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-14
  • carbonating — Present participle of carbonate.
  • carbonation — absorption of or reaction with carbon dioxide
  • carbonatite — a rare intrusive or extrusive igneous rock, mostly found in Africa, that contains a high proportion of carbonate minerals
  • carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
  • carboxylate — any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups
  • carburation — the process of mixing a hydrocarbon fuel with a correct amount of air to make an explosive mixture for an internal-combustion engine
  • carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
  • carburetors — Plural form of carburetor.
  • carburettor — A carburettor is the part of an engine, usually in a car, in which air and petrol are mixed together to form a vapour which can be burned.
  • carpet-bomb — to drop many bombs on (an area) to prepare for advancing ground forces
  • castor bean — the seed of this plant
  • celebration — A celebration is a special enjoyable event that people organize because something pleasant has happened or because it is someone's birthday or anniversary.
  • celebrators — Plural form of celebrator.
  • celebratory — A celebratory meal, drink, or other activity takes place to celebrate something such as a birthday, anniversary, or victory.
  • centerboard — a movable board or metal plate that, when lowered through a slot in the floor of a shallow-draft sailboat, functions like a keel to reduce leeward drift or increase stability, esp. one that moves on a pivot
  • centreboard — a supplementary keel for a sailing vessel, which may be adjusted by raising and lowering
  • centrobaric — of or concerned with a centre of gravity
  • cerebration — the act of thinking; consideration; thought
  • chamber pot — A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.
  • chamber-pot — a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.
  • chatterbots — Plural form of chatterbot.
  • cocelebrant — One of two or more celebrants involved with the same occasion.
  • cohabitator — One who cohabits.
  • collaborate — When one person or group collaborates with another, they work together, especially on a book or on some research.
  • combat gear — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
  • combinators — Plural form of combinator.
  • combinatory — combinative
  • comfortable — If a piece of furniture or an item of clothing is comfortable, it makes you feel physically relaxed when you use it, for example because it is soft.
  • comfortably — If you do something comfortably, you do it easily.
  • comportable — (obsolete) suitable; consistent.
  • construable — that can be construed
  • contrabands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contraband.
  • contrabasso — (music) The largest kind of bass viol.
  • contrivable — Capable of being contrived, invented, or devised.
  • contubernal — occupying the same tent
  • conurbation — A conurbation consists of a large city together with the smaller towns around it.
  • corbiculate — having corbiculae or pollen baskets
  • correctable — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
  • corroborant — serving to corroborate
  • corroborate — To corroborate something that has been said or reported means to provide evidence or information that supports it.
  • corruptable — Able to be corrupted.
  • corybantism — a delirium characterized by vivid frightening hallucinations and causing insomnia
  • costa brava — a coastal region of NE Spain along the Mediterranean, extending from Barcelona to the French border: many resorts
  • cougar bait — a younger man who is often pursued by older women seeking a sexual relationship: We all agreed he was prime cougar bait.
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