13-letter words containing c, u, t, a, b
- double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
- double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
- duplicability — The quality of being duplicable.
- dzibilchaltun — a large, ancient Mayan ceremonial and commercial center near Mérida, Mexico, founded perhaps as early as 3000 b.c. and in continuous use until the 16th century.
- excludability — The ability to be excluded.
- faculty board — the governing body of a faculty
- fault breccia — angular rock fragments produced by fracture and grinding during faulting and distributed within or adjacent to the fault plane.
- flatbed truck — a truck with a flat platform for its body
- fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
- garbage chute — sloped channel for rubbish disposal
- garbage truck — lorry that collects refuse
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- hubristically — in a presumptuous or arrogant manner
- inconstruable — unable to be construed
- incorruptable — Misspelling of incorruptible.
- inculpability — Lack of culpability; freedom from blame.
- indisturbance — Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose.
- ineducability — Inability to be educated.
- lactobacillus — any long, slender, rod-shaped, anaerobic bacterium of the genus Lactobacillus, that produces large amounts of lactic acid in the fermentation of carbohydrates, especially in milk.
- lactoglobulin — A protein or mixture of similar proteins occurring in milk, obtained after the removal of casein and precipitated in a salt solution.
- laughter club — a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect
- lumber jacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
- mescal button — one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, especially by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- multiplicable — capable of being multiplied.
- multisyllabic — polysyllabic.
- mycobacterium — A bacterium of a group that includes the causative agents of leprosy and tuberculosis.
- news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
- notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
- object clause — the clause that acts as the object of a verb
- octane number — (of gasoline) a designation of antiknock quality, numerically equal to the percentage of isooctane by volume in a mixture of isooctane and normal heptane that matches the given gasoline in antiknock characteristics.
- pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
- probate court — a special court with power over administration of estates of deceased persons, the probate of wills, etc.
- public health — health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.
- quarterbacked — Simple past tense and past participle of quarterback.
- quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- republication — publication anew.
- saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
- satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
- sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- shark biscuit — a bodyboard
- stock buyback — buyback (def 3).
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
- suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation