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

  • cabin fever — If you describe someone as having cabin fever, you mean that they feel restless and irritable because they have been indoors in one place for too long.
  • cabin trunk — a large trunk specially designed to be used on journeys, and often having large handles at either end to make it easy to move
  • cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
  • calibrating — Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
  • calibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
  • canal barge — a long narrow boat used on canals, esp for carrying freight
  • candelabras — Plural form of candelabra.
  • candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
  • candleberry — bayberry (sense 1)
  • canoe birch — paper birch.
  • cape breton — an island forming the NE part of Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 3970 sq. mi. (10,280 sq. km).
  • capstan bar — a lever, often wooden, for turning a capstan
  • car bombing — an instance when a bomb which someone has hidden under or in a car explodes
  • carabineers — Plural form of carabineer.
  • carabineros — Plural form of carabinero.
  • carabiniere — an Italian national policeman
  • carabinieri — a member of the Italian national police force, organized as a military unit and charged with maintaining public security and order as well as assisting local police.
  • carbamidine — guanidine.
  • carbapenems — Plural form of carbapenem.
  • carbocation — (chemistry) any cation containing an excess positive charge on one or more carbon atoms.
  • carbon copy — If you say that one person or thing is a carbon copy of another, you mean that they look or behave exactly like them.
  • carbon sink — areas of vegetation, esp forests, and the phytoplankton-rich seas that absorb the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels
  • carbon-copy — a duplicate of anything written or typed, made by using a photocopier or, formerly, by using carbon paper. Abbreviation: cc. a copy of an email or other electronic document that is sent to one or more people in addition to the primary addressee. Abbreviation: cc.
  • carbon-date — to determine the age of an organic object by examining the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-14
  • carbonating — Present participle of carbonate.
  • carbonation — absorption of or reaction with carbon dioxide
  • carbonatite — a rare intrusive or extrusive igneous rock, mostly found in Africa, that contains a high proportion of carbonate minerals
  • carbonizing — Present participle of carbonize.
  • carbonnades — Plural form of carbonnade.
  • carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
  • carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
  • carbuncular — of, relating to, or resembling a carbuncle, especially having a carbuncle or a red and inflamed area.
  • carburation — the process of mixing a hydrocarbon fuel with a correct amount of air to make an explosive mixture for an internal-combustion engine
  • carburetant — a substance, as gasoline or benzene, added to air or gas to carburet it
  • carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
  • carbylamine — any of a group of organic cyanides containing the radical NC
  • castor bean — the seed of this plant
  • celebrating — Present participle of celebrate.
  • celebration — A celebration is a special enjoyable event that people organize because something pleasant has happened or because it is someone's birthday or anniversary.
  • celtiberian — a member of a Celtic people (Celtiberi) who inhabited the Iberian peninsula during classical times
  • center back — the player in the middle of the back line.
  • centerboard — a movable board or metal plate that, when lowered through a slot in the floor of a shallow-draft sailboat, functions like a keel to reduce leeward drift or increase stability, esp. one that moves on a pivot
  • centreboard — a supplementary keel for a sailing vessel, which may be adjusted by raising and lowering
  • centrobaric — of or concerned with a centre of gravity
  • cerebrating — Present participle of cerebrate.
  • cerebration — the act of thinking; consideration; thought
  • chamberhand — a worker in the cold storage area of a slaughterhouse
  • chamberlain — A chamberlain is the person who is in charge of the household affairs of a king, queen, or person of high social rank.
  • char-a-banc — a large bus used on sightseeing tours, especially one with open sides and no center aisle.
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