12-letter words containing r, a, b
- cassel brown — Vandyke brown.
- catbird seat — an enviable position, as of power
- catch a crab — to make a stroke in which the oar either misses the water or digs too deeply, causing the rower to fall backwards
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- celebreality — a television genre that is unscripted and involves either the day-to-day documentation of a celebrity’s life or competitive challenges that a celebrity or celebrities must perform
- celibatarian — inclined towards or characterized by celibacy
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- central bank — a national bank that does business mainly with a government and with other banks: it regulates the volume and cost of credit
- cerebrations — Plural form of cerebration.
- cerebropathy — A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed.
- cerebrotonia — a personality type characterized by restraint, alertness, and an intellectual approach to life: said to be correlated with an ectomorph body type
- chamber tomb — a prehistoric tomb with a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
- chamberlains — Plural form of chamberlain.
- chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
- chambersburg — a city in central Pennsylvania.
- chapeau bras — a small three-cornered hat, worn by gentlemen in full dress in the 18th century, that could be folded flat and carried under the arm.
- chapter book — a children's book, typically a work of fiction, of moderate length and complexity, divided into chapters and intended for readers approximately seven to ten years old
- charbroiling — Present participle of charbroil.
- charlesbourg — city in S Quebec, Canada: pop. 71,000
- chartbusters — Plural form of chartbuster.
- chatterboxes — Plural form of chatterbox.
- checkerboard — A checkerboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing checkers or chess.
- cheese board — A cheese board is a board from which cheese is served at a meal.
- cheeseboards — Plural form of cheeseboard.
- chequerboard — Alternative spelling of checkerboard.
- cherubically — In a cherubic way.
- child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
- child labour — the full-time employment of children below a minimum age laid down by statute
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- chinaberries — Plural form of chinaberry.
- chinning bar — a piece of equipment used for doing pull-ups
- chlorambucil — an alkylating drug derived from nitrogen mustard, administered orally in the treatment of leukaemia and other malignant diseases. Formula: C14H19Cl2NO2
- chlorocarbon — a chemical compound containing carbon and chlorine, as carbon tetrachloride, or containing carbon, chlorine, and hydrogen, as chloroform.
- chondroblast — a type of cell that develops into a chondrocyte or cartilage cell
- chromophobia — Lb biology The quality of being resistant to staining.
- chronophobia — Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
- ciliary body — the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris
- circulatable — Capable of being circulated.
- 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
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- clapperboard — A clapperboard consists of two pieces of wood that are connected by a hinge and hit together before each scene when making a film, to make it easier to match the sound and pictures of different scenes.
- clara barton — Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- class b drug — (in Britain) any of the second most dangerous group of controlled drugs, including amphetamine
- cloud banner — banner cloud.
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
- cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
- cocktail bar — a bar which serves cocktails