12-letter words containing c, o, b, r
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
- cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
- cock lobster — a male lobster
- cocktail bar — a bar which serves cocktails
- cocoa butter — a yellowish-white waxy solid that is obtained from cocoa beans and used for confectionery, soap, etc
- coconut crab — a large, terrestrial crab, Birgus latro, of islands in the South Pacific, that feeds on coconuts.
- coffee break — A coffee break is a short period of time, usually in the morning or afternoon, when you stop working and have a cup of coffee.
- collaborated — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
- collaborates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collaborate.
- collaborator — A collaborator is someone that you work with to produce a piece of work, especially a book or some research.
- color-bearer — the person assigned to carry the colors, or flag, as in a parade or ceremony
- colour-blind — Someone who is colour-blind cannot see the difference between colours, especially between red and green.
- combat-ready — ready for combat
- comber board — (in weaving) a wooden frame pierced with a series of small holes through which the harness cords are threaded, used to regulate the cords and determine the texture and width of a repeat in a fabric.
- comfortables — Plural form of comfortable.
- commemorable — worthy of being commemorated
- commiserable — worthy of commiseration; pitiable
- common zebra — Equus burchelli, the most common type of zebra
- compressible — If something is compressible, its volume can change when pressure is applied to it.
- computer bus — bus
- concelebrant — each of the priests celebrating the Eucharist or Mass jointly
- concelebrate — to celebrate (the Eucharist or Mass) jointly with one or more other priests
- confabulator — to converse informally; chat.
- configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
- contrabasses — Plural form of contrabass.
- contrabbasso — a double bass
- contractable — capable of being contracted
- contractible — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- contrastable — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- contributary — contributory
- contributers — Misspelling of contributors.
- contributing — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contribution — If you make a contribution to something, you do something to help make it successful or to produce it.
- contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contributors — Plural form of contributor.
- contributory — A contributory factor of a problem or accident is one of the things which caused it to exist or happen.
- control knob — a knob on an electrical or electronic appliance for regulating heat, volume, etc
- controllable — If something is controllable you are able to control or influence it.
- controllably — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
- convertibles — Plural form of convertible.
- cookery book — A cookery book is the same as a cookbook.
- copper beech — A copper beech is a type of tree with reddish-brown leaves.
- coral gables — a city in SE Florida, near Miami.
- coralberries — Plural form of coralberry.
- corbel table — a horizontal masonry construction, as a cornice or part of a wall, supported on corbels or on arches supported on corbels.