15-letter words containing c, o, b, a, i
- collecting bank — a bank that collects money from the account of the writer of a cheque on behalf of the person who has deposited the cheque into the bank
- combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
- combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
- combinatorially — in a combinatorial manner
- commercial bank — a bank primarily concerned with accepting demand deposits, used as checking accounts
- communicability — capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
- communion table — (in a Christian church) the table at which people take communion
- compatibilities — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
- computer-phobia — a person who distrusts or is intimidated by computers.
- conceivableness — The state or quality of being conceivable.
- configurability — The property of being configurable.
- consubstantiate — (of the Eucharistic bread and wine and Christ's body and blood) to undergo consubstantiation
- contract bridge — the most common variety of bridge, in which the declarer receives points counting towards game and rubber only for tricks he bids as well as makes, any overtricks receiving bonus points
- contractability — (of a body or substance) the ability to become smaller, narrower, shorter, etc
- contractibility — contractability
- controllability — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- controller bias — In a control loop, the controller bias is a constant amount added to or subtracted from the action that a controller would normally take with a particular gain.
- coordinate bond — a type of covalent chemical bond in which both the shared electrons are provided by one of the atoms
- corona borealis — a small compact constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Boötes and Hercules
- corynebacterial — relating to bacteria of the genus Corynebacterium
- corynebacterium — any of various bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium, including various animal and plant pathogens and animal parasites
- council chamber — the room in which council meetings are held
- countervailable — able to counteract or offset as equivalent
- cucumber mosaic — a viral disease of cucumbers and many other plants, characterized by a mosaic pattern and distortion of leaves and fruits.
- cyclobenzaprine — A particular antidepressant generally prescribed as an analgesic and muscle relaxant.
- dartmouth basic — (language) The original BASIC language, designed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in 1963. Dartmouth BASIC first ran on a GE 235 [date?] and on an IBM 704 on 1964-05-01. It was designed for quick and easy programming by students and beginners using Dartmouth's experimental time-sharing system. Unlike most later BASIC dialects, Dartmouth BASIC was compiled.
- debathification — The process of removing former members of the ruling Bath party of Iraq from the military and civil office following the ousting of w Saddam Hussein.
- decarboxylation — the removal or loss of a carboxyl group from an organic compound
- decarburization — The act, process, or result of decarburizing.
- deception table — a table of the 18th century made so as to conceal its true function, as in serving as a cabinet for a chamber pot.
- decomposability — (uncountable) The condition of being decomposable.
- democratifiable — able to be made into a democracy
- discombobulated — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discombobulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discombobulate.
- distributor cap — the cap of an engine's distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the sparking plugs
- dithiocarbamate — any salt or ester of dithiocarbamic acid, commonly used as fungicides
- dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
- elastic rebound — a theory of earthquakes that envisages gradual deformation of the fault zone without fault slippage until friction is overcome, when the fault suddenly slips to produce the earthquake
- embryologically — Regarding embryology.
- endocannabinoid — An endogenous cannabinoid, that is one produced by the body.
- endocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of dead members of one's own social group, often associated with spiritual beliefs.
- enterobacterial — relating to enterobacteria
- enterobacterium — (microbiology) Any of very many gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, many of which are pathogenic.
- eta abstraction — eta conversion
- executive board — administrative committee
- extension cable — an extra length of cable with a plug and a connector that can be added to an electric lead
- fabric softener — a substance added to fabrics during laundering to make them puffier and softer.
- fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
- functionability — functional (def 3).
- gaelic football — an Irish game played with 15 players on each side and goals resembling rugby posts with a net on the bottom part. Players are allowed to kick, punch, and bounce the ball and attempt to get it over the bar or in the net