11-letter words containing r, a, b, o
- brown heart — a brown discoloration of the flesh of stored apples, resulting from high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- brown hyena — a hyena, Hyaena brunnea, of southern Africa, having a blackish-gray coat: its dwindling population is now protected.
- brown paper — a coarse unbleached paper used for wrapping
- brown patch — a fungus disease of turf grass that results in circular areas of brown, dead grass.
- brown sauce — a sauce made from cooked fat and flour
- brown snake — any of various common venomous snakes of the genus Pseudonaja
- brown sugar — Brown sugar is sugar that has not been refined, or is only partly refined. It is golden brown in color.
- brown toast — toasted wholemeal bread
- brown water — shallow water, as opposed to deep (blue) water.
- brown-state — (of linen and lace fabrics) undyed
- brunch coat — a knee-length housecoat.
- buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
- bull-roarer — a wooden slat that produces a roaring sound when whirled around one's head on the end of a string or thong, used by some peoples of the world in religious ceremonies and by others as a toy.
- burglarious — of, constituting, or inclined to burglary
- burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
- bush parole — an escape from prison.
- butorphanol — a narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 2 , administered by injection to treat moderate to severe pain.
- butyraceous — of, containing, or resembling butter
- buy forward — If you buy forward, you buy at a future date for a price agreed upon today.
- byelorussia — Official name Belarus. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in E Europe, N of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Capital: Minsk.
- cabbageworm — any caterpillar that feeds on cabbages, esp that of the cabbage white
- cabin court — Older Use. a roadside motel having cabins.
- cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
- cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
- calibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- calico crab — a brightly speckled swimming crab, Ovalipes ocellatus, of sandy beaches along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- camp robber — Canada jay
- canoe birch — paper birch.
- cape breton — an island forming the NE part of Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 3970 sq. mi. (10,280 sq. km).
- car bombing — an instance when a bomb which someone has hidden under or in a car explodes
- carabineros — Plural form of carabinero.
- carbimazole — a drug that inhibits the synthesis of the hormone thyroxine, used in the management of hyperthyroidism
- carbocation — (chemistry) any cation containing an excess positive charge on one or more carbon atoms.
- carbocyclic — (of a chemical compound) containing a closed ring of carbon atoms
- carbon copy — If you say that one person or thing is a carbon copy of another, you mean that they look or behave exactly like them.
- carbon sink — areas of vegetation, esp forests, and the phytoplankton-rich seas that absorb the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels
- carbon-copy — a duplicate of anything written or typed, made by using a photocopier or, formerly, by using carbon paper. Abbreviation: cc. a copy of an email or other electronic document that is sent to one or more people in addition to the primary addressee. Abbreviation: cc.
- carbon-date — to determine the age of an organic object by examining the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-14
- carbonating — Present participle of carbonate.
- carbonation — absorption of or reaction with carbon dioxide
- carbonatite — a rare intrusive or extrusive igneous rock, mostly found in Africa, that contains a high proportion of carbonate minerals
- carbonizing — Present participle of carbonize.
- carbonnades — Plural form of carbonnade.
- carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
- carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
- carboxylase — any enzyme that catalyses the release of carbon dioxide from certain acids
- carboxylate — any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups
- carburation — the process of mixing a hydrocarbon fuel with a correct amount of air to make an explosive mixture for an internal-combustion engine
- carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
- carburetors — Plural form of carburetor.