12-letter words containing c, o, u, r, b
- cocoa butter — a yellowish-white waxy solid that is obtained from cocoa beans and used for confectionery, soap, etc
- coconut crab — a large, terrestrial crab, Birgus latro, of islands in the South Pacific, that feeds on coconuts.
- colour-blind — Someone who is colour-blind cannot see the difference between colours, especially between red and green.
- computer bus — bus
- confabulator — to converse informally; chat.
- configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
- contributary — contributory
- contributers — Misspelling of contributors.
- contributing — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contribution — If you make a contribution to something, you do something to help make it successful or to produce it.
- contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contributors — Plural form of contributor.
- contributory — A contributory factor of a problem or accident is one of the things which caused it to exist or happen.
- conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
- corbel vault — a structure having the form of a vault but constructed on the principle of a corbel arch.
- core subject — the three foundation subjects (English, mathematics, and science) that are compulsory throughout each key stage in the National Curriculum
- 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)
- coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
- counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
- counterbluff — a bluff made in opposition to another bluff
- counterbrace — a rope on the leeward side of a ship, controlling the position of the fore-topsail
- country club — A country club is a club in the country where you can play sports and attend social events.
- country-born — born in the country
- country-bred — brought up in the country
- county board — the governing body of a U.S. county consisting usually of three or more elected members.
- courtesy bus — a free bus
- crookes tube — a type of cathode-ray tube in which the electrons are produced by a glow discharge in a low-pressure gas
- 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
- cub reporter — A cub reporter is a young newspaper journalist who is still being trained.
- cuir-bouilli — a type of leather hardened by soaking in wax, used for armour before the 14th century
- cumbersomely — In a cumbersome way.
- cumbrousness — The state or quality of being cumbrous.
- currycombing — Present participle of currycomb.
- cyber mosque — a website dealing with Islamic religious matters
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- double cream — (in France) a fresh, soft cheese with at least 60 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.
- double crown — a size of printing paper, 20 × 30 inches (51 × 76 cm).
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- double truck — Typesetting. a chase for holding the type for a center spread, especially for a newspaper.
- double-cross — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- doubledecker — Alternative spelling of double-decker.
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- dutch borneo — the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.
- dutch harbor — a U.S. naval base on Unalaska Island, in the Aleutian Islands.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- fluorocarbon — any of a class of compounds produced by substituting fluorine for hydrogen in a hydrocarbon, and characterized by great chemical stability: used chiefly as a lubricant, refrigerant, fire extinguishing agent, and in industrial and other applications in which chemical, electrical, flame, and heat resistance is essential; banned as an aerosol propellant in the U.S. because of concern about ozone layer depletion.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- 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