12-letter words containing c, o, m, b
- bromoacetone — a colorless and highly toxic liquid, CH 2 BrCOCH 3 , used as a lachrymatory compound in tear gas and chemical warfare gas.
- bronchospasm — an abnormal contraction of the bronchi resulting in restriction of the airway
- cabbage moth — a common brownish noctuid moth, Mamestra brassicae, the larva of which is destructive of cabbages and other plants
- camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
- camphor ball — mothball
- chamber tomb — a prehistoric tomb with a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
- checkerbloom — a Californian malvaceous plant, Sidalcea malvaeflora, with pink or purple flowers
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- chlorambucil — an alkylating drug derived from nitrogen mustard, administered orally in the treatment of leukaemia and other malignant diseases. Formula: C14H19Cl2NO2
- chord symbol — any of a series of letters and numerals, used as a shorthand indication of chords, esp in jazz, folk, or pop music
- chromophobia — Lb biology The quality of being resistant to staining.
- cinnamon bun — a honey bun flavored with cinnamon and often containing raisins.
- circumboreal — of or having to do with plants and animals inhabiting boreal regions of North America and Eurasia
- clavicembalo — a harpsichord.
- close combat — the act of fighting at close quarters
- cluster bomb — A cluster bomb is a type of bomb which is dropped from an aircraft. It contains a large number of smaller bombs that spread out before they hit the ground.
- cobalt bloom — erythrite (def 1)
- cobaltammine — any of the various complex derivatives of cobalt containing one or more molecules of ammonia bonded to the cobalt.
- collembolans — Plural form of collembolan.
- collembolous — of or relating to colembolans
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
- combat knife — a large knife for military use
- combat pants — trousers: military style
- 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.
- combinations — a one-piece woollen undergarment with long sleeves and legs
- combustibles — Plural form of combustible.
- come back to — If you come back to a topic or point, you talk about it again later.
- come between — If someone or something comes between two people, or comes between a person and a thing, they make the relationship or connection between them less close or happy.
- 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
- communicable — A communicable disease is one that can be passed on to other people.
- communicably — capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
- complainable — That may be complained of.
- compoundable — That can be compounded.
- compressible — If something is compressible, its volume can change when pressure is applied to it.
- computer bus — bus
- connubialism — the state of being married
- contaminable — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
- contemplable — able to be contemplated
- contemptable — Contemptible.
- contemptible — If you feel that someone or something is contemptible, you feel strong dislike and disrespect for them.
- contemptibly — deserving of or held in contempt; despicable.
- cork cambium — a layer of meristematic cells in the cortex of the stems and roots of woody plants, the outside of which gives rise to cork cells and the inside to secondary cortical cells (phelloderm)
- costume ball — a fancy dress ball
- cumbersomely — In a cumbersome way.
- cumbrousness — The state or quality of being cumbrous.
- cumulonimbus — Cumulonimbus is a type of cloud, similar to cumulus, that extends to a great height and is associated with thunderstorms.