11-letter words containing c, o, u, r, b
- microbursts — Plural form of microburst.
- microtubule — a hollow cylindrical structure in the cytoplasm of most cells, involved in intracellular shape and transport.
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- obfuscatory — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- 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.
- obscurities — Plural form of obscurity.
- obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
- obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- obstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- orbicularis — a muscle surrounding an opening
- orbicularly — In an orbicular fashion.
- procerebrum — (in certain invertebrates) the front part of the central nervous system
- produceable — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- public room — a lounge or other room that is open to all, especially in a hotel or on a ship.
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- ribonucleic — an acid derived from ribose
- rock beauty — a gold and black butterflyfish, Holocanthus tricolor, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.
- rotary club — a local club of business and professional men that is a member of a world-wide organization of similar clubs (Rotary International) devoted to serving the community and promoting world peace.
- rowing club — rowboat association
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- sacrolumbar — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- scaberulous — tending to be scabrous or slightly rough to the touch
- scarborough — a seaport in North Yorkshire, in NE England.
- schrödinbug — (jargon, programming) /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
- scribacious — having the tendency to write a lot or too much
- scrobicular — of or relating to the smooth areas on a sea urchin surrounding its nodules
- scrub round — to waive; avoid or ignore
- source book — an original writing, as a document, record, or diary, that supplies an authoritative basis for future writing, study, evaluation, etc.
- sub-chronic — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- sub-product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- sub-project — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- subchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- subcolumnar — almost or imperfectly columnar.
- subcontract — a contract by which one agrees to render services or to provide materials necessary for the performance of another contract.
- subcontrary — one of two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false.
- subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
- subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
- subdirector — an assistant or secondary director
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
- substractor — a person who subtracts or takes away
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.