11-letter words containing c, r, a, n, b
- obsecration — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- observances — Plural form of observance.
- overbalance — to outweigh: The opportunity overbalances the disadvantages of leaving town.
- precambrian — noting or pertaining to the earliest era of earth history, ending 570 million years ago, during which the earth's crust formed and life first appeared in the seas.
- prosobranch — a gastropod mollusc of the subclass Prosobranchia, which includes conches, limpets, abalones, and numerous aquatic and terrestrial snails
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- radiocarbon — Also called carbon 14. a radioactive isotope of carbon with mass number 14 and a half-life of about 5730 years: widely used in the dating of organic materials.
- recombinant — of or resulting from new combinations of genetic material: recombinant cells.
- remembrance — a retained mental impression; memory.
- resemblance — the state or fact of resembling; similarity.
- rhabdomancy — divination by means of a rod or wand, especially in discovering ores, springs of water, etc.
- roman brick — a long, thin face brick, usually yellow-brown and having a length about eight times its thickness.
- rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- saarbrucken — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- sennacherib — died 681 b.c, king of Assyria 705–681.
- snapperback — the center on the offensive team.
- subcardinal — (of veins) next to the cardinal veins
- subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
- 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.
- subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
- 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.
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- tabernacles — any place or house of worship, especially one designed for a large congregation.
- tectibranch — a mollusc of the suborder Tectibranchia (or Tectibranchiata) (order: Opisthobranchia) which includes the sea slugs and sea hares
- tocharian b — the western dialect of Tocharian
- transcriber — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- trunk cabin — a cabin of a yacht that presents a long, low profile with a relatively unbroken line fore and aft. Compare doghouse (def 2).
- unbarricade — to unblock or open (a door, etc); to free from a barrier or obstacle
- unbracketed — not bracketed; not enclosed by brackets; not connected together by brackets
- uncrossable — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- uncrushable — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- unforceable — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- unreachable — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- unscrambler — a person or thing that unscrambles.
- unscrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- untraceable — capable of being traced.
- untrackable — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- untractable — easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding: a tractable child; a tractable disposition.
- urban dance — a dance or dance style originated by urban American blacks, often performed to rap music.
- urban decay — the decay and deterioration of an urban area due to neglect or age
- war cabinet — government wartime committee
- zebra finch — a small Australian waxbill, Poephila guttata, that has black-and-white barred plumage and a chestnut ear patch: popular as a cage bird.