12-letter words containing r, o, b, c
- radio-carbon — Also called carbon 14. a radioactive isotope of carbon with mass number 14 and a half-life of about 5730 years: widely used in the dating of organic materials.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rattail comb — a comb for the hair having a narrow, pointed handle used in styling the hair.
- receipt book — book containing receipt slips
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
- record label — recorded music production company
- reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
- renounceable — of a nature that can be renounced
- reproachable — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- ribbon cable — (hardware) A type of flat multicore cable with cores positioned side-by-side, making it quick and relatively easy to clamp an Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) across all cores. Ribbon cables typically have grey insulation with cores on a 0.050" pitch and a red stripe marking Pin 1. They are less resilient than screened, multicore cable and are usually used inside equipment where little movement or plugging and unplugging are expected. A common use is connecting a disk drive to the motherboard in a PC.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
- rock climber — sb who scales mountains
- rock lobster — spiny lobster.
- rock wallaby — any wallaby of the genus Petrogale, having a banded or striped coat, slender body, and long legs and feet, inhabiting caves and rocky areas in Australia.
- root climber — a plant that clings to a surface and climbs by means of adventitious roots, as the ivy, Hedera helix.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- school board — a local board or committee in charge of public education.
- schussboomer — a skier who is skilled at schussing.
- scissor bill — a type of skimmer bird
- scotch broom — the broom, Cytisus scoparius.
- scotch broth — a thick soup prepared from mutton, vegetables, and barley.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- scraperboard — scratchboard.
- scratchboard — a cardboard coated with impermeable white clay and covered by a layer of ink that is scratched or scraped in patterns revealing the white surface below.
- scrieveboard — the drawing board of a shipbuilder
- scrive board — a floorlike construction on which the lines of a vessel can be drawn or scribed at full size.
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- service book — a book containing the forms of worship used in divine services.
- soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- stockbreeder — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- stockbroking — business of buying and selling stock
- sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- submicrogram — containing or relating to a mass of less than one microgram
- submolecular — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- subopercular — of or relating to the suboperculum
- suboperculum — a bone in fishes behind the operculum or gill covering
- suborbicular — nearly circular or orblike
- subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.