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13-letter words containing o, l, b, e, r

  • chlorobenzene — a colourless volatile flammable insoluble liquid with an almond-like odour, made from chlorine and benzene and used as a solvent and in the preparation of many organic compounds, esp phenol and DDT. Formula: C6H5Cl
  • chlorobromide — a chlorine and bromine compound joined to a metal
  • chocolate bar — a block of chocolate
  • clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
  • clapperboards — Plural form of clapperboard.
  • clare-obscure — chiaroscuro.
  • claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
  • climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
  • clothes brush — a brush used to remove dust, fluff, dirt, etc from clothes
  • cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
  • club together — If people club together to do something, they all give money towards the cost of it.
  • coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
  • cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
  • cobbler's wax — a resin used for waxing thread
  • cobelligerent — a country fighting in a war on the side of another country
  • cobol fingers — (jargon)   /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
  • cocarboxylase — thiamine pyrophosphate
  • collaborative — A collaborative piece of work is done by two or more people or groups working together.
  • cologne brown — Vandyke brown.
  • colomb-bechar — former name of Béchar.
  • comfortablest — Superlative form of comfortable.
  • commeasurable — having the same measure or extent; commensurate.
  • commensurable — having a common factor
  • commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
  • commuter belt — A commuter belt is the area surrounding a large city, where many people who work in the city live.
  • compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
  • concelebrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concelebrate.
  • congratulable — worthy of congratulation
  • conjecturable — Able to be conjectured upon.
  • constrainable — able to be constrained
  • constructible — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
  • contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
  • controllables — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
  • conveyor belt — A conveyor belt or a conveyor is a continuously-moving strip of rubber or metal which is used in factories for moving objects along so that they can be dealt with as quickly as possible.
  • copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
  • councilmember — a member of a council, especially a legislative council.
  • counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
  • counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
  • country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
  • coventry bell — a perennial garden plant, Campanula trachelium, of Eurasia, having coarsely toothed leaves and bluish-purple flowers.
  • cremorne bolt — (on a French window or the like) a pair of rods, moved by a knob mechanism, sliding into sockets in the head and sill of the opening to provide a secure fastening.
  • crowd trouble — bad behaviour by fans at a sports match
  • cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
  • danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
  • decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
  • decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
  • decarboxylate — to take away a carboxyl group from (an organic compound) or (of an organic compound) to lose a carboxyl group
  • deely boppers — hairband with two bobbing antennae-like attachments
  • defibrillator — A defibrillator is a machine that starts the heart beating normally again after a heart attack, by giving it an electric shock.
  • deformability — Deformability is the degree to which applying a force can make a particle or solid change shape.
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