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9-letter words containing c, o, b, l

  • deck bolt — a flat-headed bolt for fastening down deck planking.
  • decodable — Able to be read using a certain set of reading knowledge.
  • discoboli — Plural form of discobolus.
  • eco-bling — equipment that is energy-efficient but less effective than simpler technology
  • eco-label — a label marking products which are produced in a way that limits damage to the environment
  • ecobabble — (informal, derogatory) Vacuous speech about environmental concerns.
  • ectoblast — the ectoderm.
  • encodable — able to be encoded
  • fluoboric — containing the univalent group BF 4 − .
  • fly block — (in a Spanish burton or the like) a block, supported by a runner, through which the hauling part of the fall is rove.
  • focusable — Capable of being focused.
  • forceable — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
  • gin block — a block having a large sheave in an open metal frame, used especially to support a cargo whip.
  • go public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
  • goldbrick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
  • golf club — any of various long-handled clubs with wooden or metal heads, for hitting the ball in golf. Compare iron (def 5), wood1 (def 8).
  • hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
  • holdbacks — Plural form of holdback.
  • ice block — a flavoured frozen water ice: in Australia and New Zealand, sometimes on a stick
  • invocable — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
  • katabolic — Alternative form of catabolic.
  • knob lock — a lock having a spring bolt moved by a knob or knobs, and a dead bolt moved by a key.
  • lamb chop — cutlets of young sheep's meat
  • lambrusco — a semisweet, lightly effervescent red wine from Italy.
  • lobectomy — excision of a lobe of an organ or gland.
  • lobscouse — a stew of meat, potatoes, onions, ship biscuit, etc.
  • local bus — (hardware)   A bus connecting a processor to memory, usually on the same circuit board as opposed to a backplane and therefore faster. Various proprietary local busses for personal computers are still in use. The most common are Vesa local bus (VLB or VL), and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI). Some computers, e.g. notebook computers, use a local bus with no expansion slots. Previous non-local bus standards include ISA, EISA and MCA.
  • locatable — to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound.
  • lockboxes — Plural form of lockbox.
  • lockerbie — a town in SW Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway: scene (1988) of the UK's worst air disaster when a passenger jet (Pan Am flight 103) was brought down by a terrorist bomb, killing 270 people, including eleven residents of the town. Pop: 4009 (2001)
  • log cabin — house made of trimmed tree trunks
  • lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
  • look back — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
  • lubricous — (of a surface, coating, etc.) having an oily smoothness; slippery.
  • lunch box — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
  • lynch mob — A lynch mob is an angry crowd of people who want to kill someone without a trial, because they believe that person has committed a crime.
  • lyophobic — noting a colloid the particles of which have little or no affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
  • metabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
  • microbial — a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
  • microblog — to post very short entries, as a brief update or a photo, on a blog or social media website: A lot of people were microblogging during the crisis.
  • mole crab — a burrowing crustacean of the genus Emerita, found on sandy ocean beaches of North America, having a distinctly curved carapace.
  • monoblock — Alternative spelling of monobloc.
  • monocable — an aerial ropeway having a single moving cable.
  • non-black — a person who is not of a Black race
  • nonblacks — Plural form of nonblack.
  • nonpublic — Not open or available to the public.
  • noticable — Misspelling of noticeable.
  • obclavate — inversely clavate.
  • obconical — conical, with the attachment at the pointed end.
  • objectpal — Object-oriented database language, part of Borland's MS-Windows version of Paradox.
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