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11-letter words containing c, o, n, b, r

  • fabrication — the act or process of fabricating; manufacture.
  • fibrocement — (formerly) cement combined with asbestos fibre, used esp in sheets for building
  • fibronectin — a fibrous protein that binds to collagen, fibrin, and other proteins and also to the cell membranes, functioning as an anchor and connector.
  • forbearance — the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
  • forbiddance — the act of forbidding.
  • forcing bid — a bid, often at a higher level than is required, that is understood to oblige the bidder's partner to reply
  • francophobe — Also, Francophobic. fearing or hating France, the French people, and French culture, products, etc.
  • front bench — (used with a singular verb) (in the House of Commons) either of two seats near the Speaker, on which the leaders of the major parties sit.
  • halocarbons — Plural form of halocarbon.
  • hornblendic — Of or pertaining to hornblende.
  • hybrid corn — a crossbred corn, especially the grain of corn developed by hybridization of repeatedly self-pollinated, and therefore genetically pure, varieties.
  • hydrocarbon — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
  • imbrication — an overlapping, as of tiles or shingles.
  • incoercible — incapable of being coerced or compelled.
  • incombering — Present participle of incomber.
  • incrossbred — of or relating to the progeny that result from crossing inbred lines or varieties.
  • ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
  • langobardic — Lombard1 (def 4).
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
  • march brown — an angler's name for the dun and spinner of various mayflies or an artificial fly imitating one of these
  • mockingbird — any of several gray, black, and white songbirds of the genus Mimus, especially M. polyglottos, of the U.S. and Mexico, noted for their ability to mimic the songs of other birds.
  • multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
  • necrobiosis — the death of cells or tissue caused by aging or disease.
  • necrophobia — an abnormal fear of death; thanatophobia.
  • neo-hebraic — Hebrew as spoken and written since the Diaspora
  • 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-aerobic — (of an organism or tissue) requiring the presence of air or free oxygen for life.
  • nonabstract — Not abstract.
  • noncredible — capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
  • noticeboard — Alternative spelling of notice board.
  • obscuration — the act of obscuring.
  • obscurement — The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.
  • obscureness — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
  • obsecration — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
  • observances — Plural form of observance.
  • obstriction — the condition of being under an obligation, or a duty or compulsion that causes obligation
  • obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
  • obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
  • overbalance — to outweigh: The opportunity overbalances the disadvantages of leaving town.
  • prosobranch — a gastropod mollusc of the subclass Prosobranchia, which includes conches, limpets, abalones, and numerous aquatic and terrestrial snails
  • pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
  • radiocarbon — Also called carbon 14. a radioactive isotope of carbon with mass number 14 and a half-life of about 5730 years: widely used in the dating of organic materials.
  • recombinant — of or resulting from new combinations of genetic material: recombinant cells.
  • rhabdomancy — divination by means of a rod or wand, especially in discovering ores, springs of water, etc.
  • ribbon copy — the original copy of a number of typewritten copies (distinguished from carbon copy).
  • ribonucleic — an acid derived from ribose
  • rock blenny — a prickleback, Xiphister mucosus, of the Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska.
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