11-letter words containing c, u, r, b, i
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- quick bread — bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.
- recarburize — to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
- recruitable — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- relubricate — to lubricate again or with new lubricant
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- resubscribe — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- ribonucleic — an acid derived from ribose
- rowing club — rowboat association
- rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- rumbustical — rumbustious
- 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
- scuba diver — sb who dives underwater
- service bus — a public bus with a regular route
- sub-article — a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- sub-chronic — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- subcardinal — (of veins) next to the cardinal veins
- subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
- subcritical — Physics. pertaining to a state, value, or quantity that is less than critical, especially to a mass of radioactive material.
- subcurative — of a dosage which is not strong enough to have a curing effect
- subdirector — an assistant or secondary director
- subdistrict — a division of a district.
- 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.
- subliteracy — below average literacy
- subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
- subscribing — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- subtractive — tending to subtract; having power to subtract.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
- superscribe — to write (words, letters, one's name, address, etc.) above or on something.
- trombiculid — (of a mite) belonging to the family Trombiculidae
- 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).
- tuberculize — to infect or become infected with tuberculosis
- tuberculoid — resembling a tubercle.
- unbarricade — to unblock or open (a door, etc); to free from a barrier or obstacle
- underbodice — a bodice worn under an outer bodice.
- undescribed — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- uninscribed — having no writing, letters, or design inscribed on the surface
- unreducible — not able to be reduced or made into a simpler form or smaller quantity; irreducible
- unsubscribe — to cancel a subscription to or remove a name from an online mailing list, publication, or service.
- urbiculture — the way of life characteristic of cities.