9-letter words containing n, c, b
- broomcorn — a variety of sorghum, Sorghum vulgare technicum, the long stiff flower stalks of which have been used for making brooms
- brown cow — a drink made by mixing cola and milk
- brunching — a meal that serves as both breakfast and lunch.
- brunswick — a former duchy (1635–1918) and state (1918–46) of central Germany, now part of the state of Lower Saxony; formerly (1949–90) part of West Germany
- brythonic — the S group of Celtic languages, consisting of Welsh, Cornish, and Breton
- buccaneer — A buccaneer was a pirate, especially one who attacked and stole from Spanish ships in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- bucentaur — the state barge of Venice from which the doge and other officials dropped a ring into the sea on Ascension Day to symbolize the ceremonial marriage of the state with the Adriatic
- buck bean — a bog plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, of the gentian family, having narrow clusters of white or pink flowers.
- buckhound — a hound, smaller than a staghound, used for hunting the smaller breeds of deer, esp fallow deer
- buckskins — (in the US and Canada) breeches, shoes, or a suit of buckskin
- buckthorn — any of several thorny small-flowered shrubs of the genus Rhamnus, esp the Eurasian species R. cathartica, whose berries were formerly used as a purgative: family Rhamnaceae
- bucranium — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- bull neck — a short thick neck
- bullfinch — A bullfinch is a type of small European bird. The male has a black head and a pinkish-red breast.
- butchness — the state of being butch
- by chance — Something that happens by chance was not planned by anyone.
- by inches — a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- cab stand — A cab stand is a place where taxis wait for passengers, for example, at an airport or outside a station.
- caballine — pertaining to a horse
- caballing — a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
- cabernets — Plural form of cabernet.
- cabin boy — a boy who waits on the officers and passengers of a ship
- cabinetry — cabinets collectively
- cabinmate — a person with whom one shares a cabin
- cabochons — Plural form of cabochon.
- cabstands — Plural form of cabstand.
- calabrian — of or relating to Calabria or its inhabitants
- cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- cambodian — of or relating to Cambodia or its inhabitants
- canalboat — a long narrow boat used on canals, esp for carrying freight
- canberran — a native or inhabitant of Canberra
- cancelbot — a computer program that deletes unwanted mailings to internet usergroups
- candomble — any of a number of similar religious cults in Brazil that combine elements of Roman Catholicism with elements of West African, esp Yoruba, and South American Indian religions
- candy bar — A candy bar is a long, thin, sweet food, usually covered in chocolate.
- canebrake — a thicket of canes
- canebreak — Alternative spelling of canebrake.
- cannibals — Plural form of cannibal.
- canoeable — (of a river, etc) able to be navigated in a canoe
- canrobert — François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- cantabank — an itinerant singer
- cantabile — (to be performed) in a singing style, i.e. flowingly and melodiously
- cantabria — a province and autonomous community in N Spain
- carabiner — in mountain climbing, an oval metal ring with a snap link used to fasten a rope to the piton
- carbamino — relating to the compound produced when carbon dioxide reacts with an amino group
- carbanion — a negatively charged organic ion in which most of the negative charge is localized on a carbon atom
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
- carbineer — (formerly) a soldier equipped with a carbine
- carbon 12 — the isotopic carbon atom that comprises 99 percent of naturally occurring carbon, and that since 1961 has been used as the standard for atomic weight by representing a unit of 12.00000.
- carbon 13 — the stable isotope of carbon having an atomic mass number 13, used as a tracer.
- carbon 14 — radiocarbon (def 1).