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12-letter words containing c, o, r, b, i

  • 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)
  • corn bunting — a heavily built European songbird, Emberiza calandra, with a streaked brown plumage: family Emberizidae (buntings)
  • corncob pipe — a pipe made from a dried corncob
  • coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
  • cristobalite — a white microcrystalline mineral consisting of silica and occurring in volcanic rocks. Formula: SiO2
  • crossability — the quality of being crossable
  • crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
  • crossbarring — stripes, esp those of an animal
  • cryoglobulin — an abnormal immunoglobulin, present in the blood in certain diseases, that precipitates below about 10°C, obstructing small blood vessels in the fingers and toes
  • cryptobiosis — a temporary state in an organism in which metabolic activity is absent or undetectable
  • cryptobiotic — Of or pertaining to cryptobiosis.
  • cuir-bouilli — a type of leather hardened by soaking in wax, used for armour before the 14th century
  • currycombing — Present participle of currycomb.
  • cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
  • decarbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonize.
  • decarbonizer — One who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
  • dicarboxylic — containing two carboxyl groups in the molecule
  • direct labor — labor performed, as by workers on a production line, and considered in computing costs per unit of production.
  • discoverable — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
  • drop a brick — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
  • drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
  • elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
  • embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
  • exacerbation — An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease).
  • fabrications — Plural form of fabrication.
  • factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
  • factorizable — (mathematics, of an integer or polynomial etc) Able to be factorized.
  • fascia-board — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
  • fiber optics — the branch of optics that deals with the transmission of light through transparent fibers, as in the form of pulses for the transmission of data or communications, or through fiber bundles for the transmission of images.
  • fibre optics — optical fibre
  • fibrinogenic — producing fibrin.
  • fibrinolytic — the disintegration or dissolution of fibrin, especially by enzymatic action.
  • fibroblastic — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
  • fibrosarcoma — a sarcoma derived from fibroblast cells, often able to generate collagen.
  • flow breccia — a volcanic breccia that has solidified from a lava flow.
  • forcibleness — The quality of being forcible.
  • fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
  • friction rub — the sound, heard through a stethoscope, made by the rubbing together of the two inflamed layers of pericardium in patients with pericarditis or of pleura in patients with pleurisy
  • garbological — Of or relating to garbology.
  • goldbricking — Present participle of goldbrick.
  • gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
  • halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
  • haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
  • helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
  • horizon club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members of high-school age.
  • hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
  • incomparable — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
  • incomparably — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
  • incorporable — able to be incorporated.
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