11-letter words containing r, o, b, c
- forbiddance — the act of forbidding.
- forcing bid — a bid, often at a higher level than is required, that is understood to oblige the bidder's partner to reply
- four-h club — an organization sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, established chiefly to instruct young people, originally in rural areas, in modern farming methods and other useful skills, as carpentry and home economics.
- francophobe — Also, Francophobic. fearing or hating France, the French people, and French culture, products, etc.
- frescobaldi — Girolamo [jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1583–1643, Italian organist and composer.
- front bench — (used with a singular verb) (in the House of Commons) either of two seats near the Speaker, on which the leaders of the major parties sit.
- germaphobic — Alternative form of germophobic.
- germophobic — Morbidly afraid of germs.
- goldbricked — Simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick.
- goldbricker — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- great abaco — two islands (Great Abaco and Little Abaco) in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- halocarbons — Plural form of halocarbon.
- heart block — a defect in the electrical impulses of the heart resulting in any of various arrhythmias or irregularities in the heartbeat.
- herb doctor — a person who practices healing by the use of herbs.
- hierophobic — a person who suffers from hierophobia
- hornblendic — Of or pertaining to hornblende.
- horse block — a step or block of stone, wood, etc., for getting on or off a horse or in or out of a vehicle.
- hybrid corn — a crossbred corn, especially the grain of corn developed by hybridization of repeatedly self-pollinated, and therefore genetically pure, varieties.
- hybrid rock — an igneous rock formed by molten magma incorporating pre-existing rock through which it passes
- hydrobromic — of or derived from hydrobromic acid.
- hydrocarbon — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hydrophobic — of or relating to hydrophobia.
- imbrication — an overlapping, as of tiles or shingles.
- incoercible — incapable of being coerced or compelled.
- incombering — Present participle of incomber.
- incrossbred — of or relating to the progeny that result from crossing inbred lines or varieties.
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- irrevocable — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- irrevocably — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- isallobaric — relating to isobars
- ivory black — a fine black pigment made by calcining ivory.
- jabberwocky — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
- jacob's rod — asphodel (sense 1)
- labor force — work force.
- labour camp — A labour camp is a kind of prison, where the prisoners are forced to do hard, physical work, usually outdoors.
- langobardic — Lombard1 (def 4).
- lobsterback — redcoat.
- local derby — a football match between two teams from the same area
- lochaber ax — a Scottish battle-ax of the 16th century, having a tall, cleaverlike blade with a hook at its upper end.
- locust bird — any of various pratincoles, esp Glareola nordmanni (black-winged pratincole), that feed on locusts
- long branch — a city in E New Jersey: seaside resort.
- lophobranch — belonging or pertaining to the Lophobranchii, the group of fishes comprising the pipefishes, sea horses, snipefishes, trumpetfishes, etc.
- lord cobham — title of Sir John Oldcastle
- lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
- lucubratory — Composed by candlelight, or at night.
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- macrobiosis — long life.
- macrobiotic — of or relating to macrobiotics or its dietary practices.
- march brown — an angler's name for the dun and spinner of various mayflies or an artificial fly imitating one of these