12-letter words containing i, c, b, m
- chamberlains — Plural form of chamberlain.
- chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- chlorambucil — an alkylating drug derived from nitrogen mustard, administered orally in the treatment of leukaemia and other malignant diseases. Formula: C14H19Cl2NO2
- chromophobia — Lb biology The quality of being resistant to staining.
- cinnamon bun — a honey bun flavored with cinnamon and often containing raisins.
- circumbinary — (astronomy) Of, pertaining to, or having an orbit around a binary star.
- circumboreal — of or having to do with plants and animals inhabiting boreal regions of North America and Eurasia
- circumscribe — If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
- clavicembalo — a harpsichord.
- clean-limbed — having well-proportioned limbs
- climbingfish — climbing perch.
- cobaltammine — any of the various complex derivatives of cobalt containing one or more molecules of ammonia bonded to the cobalt.
- combat knife — a large knife for military use
- combinations — a one-piece woollen undergarment with long sleeves and legs
- combustibles — Plural form of combustible.
- commiserable — worthy of commiseration; pitiable
- communicable — A communicable disease is one that can be passed on to other people.
- communicably — capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
- complainable — That may be complained of.
- compressible — If something is compressible, its volume can change when pressure is applied to it.
- connubialism — the state of being married
- contaminable — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
- contemptible — If you feel that someone or something is contemptible, you feel strong dislike and disrespect for them.
- contemptibly — deserving of or held in contempt; despicable.
- 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)
- crime-buster — a law officer who specializes in fighting large-scale organized crime
- cub mistress — a woman who organizes a pack of cub scouts
- cumulonimbus — Cumulonimbus is a type of cloud, similar to cumulus, that extends to a great height and is associated with thunderstorms.
- currycombing — Present participle of currycomb.
- cusip number — A CUSIP number is a number that identifies an individual security like a stock or a bond.
- custom-build — to make according to the specifications of an individual buyer
- custom-built — If something is custom-built, it is built according to someone's special requirements.
- customisable — Alternative spelling of customizable.
- customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- diamondbacks — Plural form of diamondback.
- disencumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disencumber.
- dissemblance — dissembling; dissimulation.
- domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- dynamic dbms — dynamic database management system
- ectosymbiont — (biology) A partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity.
- emblematical — See emblematic.
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- fibrosarcoma — a sarcoma derived from fibroblast cells, often able to generate collagen.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- high wycombe — a town in S central England, in S Buckinghamshire: furniture industry. Pop: 77 178 (2001)
- hillclimbing — (sports) A form of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock on an uphill course.
- honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.