10-letter words containing c, o, b, l
- bottleneck — A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.
- boucicault — Dion (ˈdaɪɒn), real name Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot. 1822–90, Irish dramatist and actor. His plays include London Assurance (1841), The Octoroon (1859), and The Shaughran (1874)
- bounceable — to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall.
- bouncingly — in a bouncing manner
- box clever — to behave in a careful and cunning way
- box column — a hollow wooden column, as for a porch, usually having a rectangular cross section.
- box social — a fund-raising event at which donated box meals are auctioned
- brachylogy — a concise style in speech or writing
- broadcloth — fabric woven on a wide loom
- broadscale — on a broad scale; extensive; spread over a wide area
- brocatelle — a heavy brocade with the design in deep relief, used chiefly in upholstery
- broccolini — a cultivated variety of cabbage, Brassica B. oleracea, which resembles broccoli and is eaten as a green vegetable
- brockville — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- bronchiole — any of the smallest bronchial tubes, usually ending in alveoli
- brown coal — a low-quality coal intermediate in grade between peat and lignite
- bubonocele — an incomplete hernia in the groin; partial inguinal hernia
- bulbaceous — bulbous
- bulk cargo — unpackaged cargoes, such as grain or coal
- bull block — a machine for drawing wire in which the wire is pulled through the dies by a power-operated drum.
- bur clover — any of several Eurasian legumes of the genus Medicago, as M. hispida, having yellow flowers and prickly, coiled, black pods, naturalized in North America.
- cable buoy — a buoy marking or supporting part of a submerged cable.
- cablephoto — a photographic image transmitted via cable, especially for use by newspapers or in police work.
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- calabooses — Plural form of calaboose.
- calciphobe — calcifuge.
- calibrator — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- calico bug — harlequin bug.
- calicoback — harlequin bug
- call-board — a bulletin board, as in a theater, on which notices are posted announcing rehearsals, changes in the cast, etc.
- campobello — an island in the Bay of Fundy, off the coast of SE Canada: part of New Brunswick province. Pop: 1195 (2001). Area: about 52 sq km (20 sq miles)
- canal boat — A canal boat is a long, narrow boat used for travelling on canals.
- cancelbots — Plural form of cancelbot.
- cannabinol — a non-psychoactive cannabinoid, C21H26O
- cannonball — A cannonball is a heavy metal ball that is fired from a cannon.
- canteloube — (Marie) Joseph (French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)
- capable of — susceptible of; admitting of; open to
- carambolas — Plural form of carambola.
- carbolated — containing carbolic acid
- carbolised — phenolate (def 2).
- carbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of carbolize.
- carbondale — a city in SW Illinois.
- carbonless — containing no carbon
- carbonylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the carbonyl group.
- carboxylic — containing or pertaining to the carboxyl group or the carboxyl radical
- carom ball — the ball struck by the cue ball in rebounding off the object ball. Compare object ball (def 1).
- catabolise — to cause (a nutrient or other substance) to undergo catabolism.
- catabolism — a metabolic process in which complex molecules are broken down into simple ones with the release of energy; destructive metabolism
- catabolite — a substance produced as a result of catabolism
- catabolize — to subject to catabolism
- celebrator — to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to celebrate Christmas; to celebrate the success of a new play.