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11-letter words containing o, r, b, i, c, u

  • rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
  • 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
  • sub-chronic — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
  • subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
  • subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
  • subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
  • subdirector — an assistant or secondary director
  • 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.
  • subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
  • subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
  • subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
  • trombiculid — (of a mite) belonging to the family Trombiculidae
  • tuberculoid — resembling a tubercle.
  • underbodice — a bodice worn under an outer bodice.
  • us robotics — U.S. Robotics, Inc.
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