12-letter words containing r, a, b
- cricket ball — the ball used to play cricket
- cristobalite — a white microcrystalline mineral consisting of silica and occurring in volcanic rocks. Formula: SiO2
- criticisable — Alternative form of criticizable.
- criticizable — to censure or find fault with.
- cross-bearer — a person who carries or holds a cross, especially in a religious procession.
- crossability — the quality of being crossable
- crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
- crossbarring — stripes, esp those of an animal
- crumble away — disintegrate
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- crystal ball — If you say that someone, especially an expert, looks into a crystal ball, you mean that they are trying to predict the future. Crystal balls are traditionally used by fortune-tellers.
- cuiaba-river — a river in SW Brazil. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- culebra peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,069 feet (4288 meters).
- currency bar — a long narrow iron bar, often sword-like or spear-like in shape, dating from the pre-Roman and Roman period in Britain; the purpose of currency bars is not certain, and while they may have been used in trade, they may have had a ritual significance
- cyber monday — the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest online shopping days.
- cyberathlete — a professional player of computer games
- cyberattacks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cyberattack.
- cybercasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- cybernetical — of or relating to cybernetics
- cyberreality — A reality created in cyberspace.
- cyberspastic — (humour) A person suffering from information overload while browsing the Internet or web. Compare webhead.
- cyberstalker — (Internet) A stalker who operates online.
- cytomembrane — a membrane around a cell that encloses cytoplasm and acts as a semi-permeable barrier
- danube river — a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea. 1725 miles (2775 km) long.
- dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
- day labourer — an unskilled worker hired and paid by the day
- deambulatory — a place for walking often with a covering overhead
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- debonairness — The state or quality of being debonair.
- debrouillard — (one who is) skilled or resourceful at handling any difficulty
- decarbonated — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonate.
- decarbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonize.
- decarbonizer — One who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
- decarburized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarburize.
- decerebrated — Simple past tense and past participle of decerebrate.
- decipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- defibrillate — to stop fibrillation of (the heart), as by the use of electric current
- deformed bar — a rod for reinforcing concrete, having surface irregularities, as transverse ridges, to improve the bond.
- delaware bay — an inlet of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Delaware river
- deliberately — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- deliberating — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
- deliberative — A deliberative institution or procedure has the power or the right to make important decisions.
- deliverables — items named in a contract, course, or project that must be delivered for its successful completion
- della robbia — ˈLu‧ca (ˈlukɑ ) ; lo̅oˈkä) 1400?-82; Florentine sculptor & worker in enameled terra cotta: member of a family of artists
- delray beach — a city in SE Florida.
- demonstrable — A demonstrable fact or quality can be shown to be true or to exist.
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.