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13-letter words containing c, o, r, n, b, e

  • carbonneutral — pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral; a carbon-neutral brewery.
  • carlton table — an English writing table of c1800, having curved rear corners and a top with drawers surmounted by a U -shaped section of drawers and cabinets, topped by a brass or ormolu gallery surrounding three sides of the writing area.
  • cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
  • chamber organ — a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
  • chlorobenzene — a colourless volatile flammable insoluble liquid with an almond-like odour, made from chlorine and benzene and used as a solvent and in the preparation of many organic compounds, esp phenol and DDT. Formula: C6H5Cl
  • cinnamon bear — a reddish-brown variety of the American black bear
  • climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
  • cobelligerent — a country fighting in a war on the side of another country
  • cobol fingers — (jargon)   /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
  • cockney bream — a young snapper fish
  • cologne brown — Vandyke brown.
  • commensurable — having a common factor
  • commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
  • concelebrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concelebrate.
  • concertgebouw — a concert hall in Amsterdam, inaugurated in 1888: the Concertgebouw Orchestra established in 1888, has been independent of the hall since World War II
  • congratulable — worthy of congratulation
  • congress boot — a high shoe with an elastic insert in each side
  • conjecturable — Able to be conjectured upon.
  • constrainable — able to be constrained
  • constructible — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
  • contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
  • contribute to — to have a share in bringing about (a result); be partly responsible for
  • controllables — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
  • conveyor belt — A conveyor belt or a conveyor is a continuously-moving strip of rubber or metal which is used in factories for moving objects along so that they can be dealt with as quickly as possible.
  • core business — the business activity that is main source of a company's profits and success, usually the activity that the company was originally set up to carry out
  • councilmember — a member of a council, especially a legislative council.
  • counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
  • counterbidder — a person or organization that makes a bid in opposition to another bid
  • counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
  • counterboring — a tool for enlarging a drilled hole for a portion of its length, as to permit sinking a screw head.
  • counterphobic — seeking out a situation that one fears in an attempt to overcome the fear.
  • country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
  • coventry bell — a perennial garden plant, Campanula trachelium, of Eurasia, having coarsely toothed leaves and bluish-purple flowers.
  • cover bidding — the act of tendering an artificially high price for a contract, on the assumption that the tender will not be accepted
  • cranberry bog — a bog in which cranberry plants are cultivated.
  • cremorne bolt — (on a French window or the like) a pair of rods, moved by a knob mechanism, sliding into sockets in the head and sill of the opening to provide a secure fastening.
  • cross bedding — layering within one or more beds in a series of rock strata that does not run parallel to the plane of stratification
  • cross-benches — (in the UK parliament) an area for members who are not allied to a particular party
  • crossbenchers — Plural form of crossbencher.
  • crossbreeding — Present participle of crossbreed.
  • currant borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Ramosia tipuliformis, that bores into the stems of currants.
  • currency bond — a bond payable in legal tender.
  • cyanobacteria — a group of photosynthetic bacteria (phylum Cyanobacteria) containing a blue photosynthetic pigment
  • cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
  • cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
  • decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
  • decarbonation — to remove carbon dioxide from.
  • decarbonizing — Present participle of decarbonize.
  • decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
  • decerebration — Surgery. to remove the cerebrum.
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