11-letter words containing c, o, b, l
- lobsterback — redcoat.
- local derby — a football match between two teams from the same area
- localizable — to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
- lochaber ax — a Scottish battle-ax of the 16th century, having a tall, cleaverlike blade with a hook at its upper end.
- lockout box — Television. lockbox (def 3).
- locust bean — carob.
- locust bird — any of various pratincoles, esp Glareola nordmanni (black-winged pratincole), that feed on locusts
- long branch — a city in E New Jersey: seaside resort.
- lophobranch — belonging or pertaining to the Lophobranchii, the group of fishes comprising the pipefishes, sea horses, snipefishes, trumpetfishes, etc.
- lord cobham — title of Sir John Oldcastle
- lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
- lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
- lucubratory — Composed by candlelight, or at night.
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
- mesoblastic — (biology) of, relating to, or resembling the mesoblast.
- metabolical — Alternative form of metabolic.
- microbubble — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microfibril — a microtubule, microfilament, or other fine threadlike structure of a cell.
- microtubule — a hollow cylindrical structure in the cytoplasm of most cells, involved in intracellular shape and transport.
- mitre block — a block of wood with slots for cutting mitre joints with a saw
- moclobemide — A drug used to treat depression and social anxiety.
- monday club — (in Britain) a club made up of right-wing Conservatives who originally met together for lunch on Monday: founded in 1961
- monoblastic — having a single layer, as an embryo in the blastula stage or developing from a single layer.
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- musclebound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- musical box — music box.
- nerve block — an arrest of the passage of impulses through a nerve by means of pressure on the nerve or by injection of an anesthetic into or around the nerve.
- non-citable — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.
- noncallable — not capable of being called.
- noncredible — capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
- nonmiscible — not capable of being mixed.
- nonsyllabic — not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable.
- nonsymbolic — not involving or using symbols
- nucleobases — Plural form of nucleobase.
- object ball — the first ball struck by the cue ball in making a carom. Compare carom ball.
- object lens — objective (def 3).
- object lisp — (language) An object-oriented Lisp developed by Lisp Machines Inc. (LMI) in about 1987. Object Lisp was based on nested closures and operator shadowing. Several competing object-orientated extensions to Lisp were around at the time, such as Flavors, in use by Symbolics; Common Objects, developed by Hewlett-Packard; and CommonLoops in use by Xerox. LMI submitted the specification as a candidate for an object-oriented standard for Common Lisp, but it was defeated in favour of CLOS.
- objectional — Objectionable.
- objectively — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- obsolescent — becoming obsolete; passing out of use, as a word: an obsolescent term.
- obsolescing — to be or become obsolescent.
- obstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- ochlophobia — an abnormal fear of crowds.
- ochlophobic — relating to or suffering from ochlophobia
- off balance — If you are off balance, you are in an unsteady position and about to fall.
- on the club — away from work due to sickness, esp when receiving sickness benefit
- orbicularis — a muscle surrounding an opening
- orbicularly — In an orbicular fashion.