12-letter words containing ce
- belly dancer — A belly dancer is a woman who performs a Middle Eastern dance in which she moves her hips and abdomen about.
- beyond price — invaluable or priceless
- bibb lettuce — a type of butterhead lettuce, formed in loose heads of very crisp, dark-green leaves
- bicentennial — A bicentennial is the same as a bicentenary.
- bicycle race — cycling (def 2).
- bid defiance — to resist boldly
- bimorph cell — a piezoelectric transducer consisting of two crystals cemented together, used in microphones, headphones, loudspeakers, etc. to convert vibrations into a voltage output or to convert a signal voltage into vibrations that can produce audible sounds
- black prince — Edward2 (Prince of Wales)
- black spruce — a coniferous tree, Picea mariana, of the northern regions of North America, growing mostly in cold bogs and having dark green needles
- blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
- body-centred — (of a crystal) having a lattice point at the centre of each unit cell as well as at the corners
- bombacaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Bombacaceae, a family of tropical trees, including the kapok tree and baobab, that have very thick stems, often with water-storing tissue
- bombe glacée — a dessert of ice cream lined or filled with custard, cake crumbs, etc
- boniface iii — pope a.d. 607.
- boniface vii — antipope a.d. 974, 984–985.
- bonne chance — good luck
- botticellian — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
- bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
- bounce light — Also, bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
- bowel cancer — cancer of the colon
- braced frame — a building frame employing a heavy, braced framework of solid girts mortised into solid posts the full height of the frame, with studs one story high filling the interstices.
- brachycephal — a person with a brachycephalic head
- brachycerous — (of insects) having short antennae
- brazen-faced — shameless or impudent
- bromoacetone — a colorless and highly toxic liquid, CH 2 BrCOCH 3 , used as a lachrymatory compound in tear gas and chemical warfare gas.
- bubble dance — a solo dance by a nude or nearly nude woman, as in a burlesque show, using one or more balloons for covering.
- buffer force — a force separating two opposing sides
- bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
- burseraceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Burseraceae, a tropical family of trees and shrubs having compound leaves and resin or balsam in their stems. The family includes bdellium and some balsams
- butter sauce — a sauce made of melted butter, often diluted with water, sometimes thickened with flour or egg yolk, or both, and seasoned with lemon juice.
- by my certie — assuredly
- cadmium cell — a photocell with a cadmium electrode that is especially sensitive to ultraviolet radiation
- calceamentum — (in ancient Rome) a sandal, boot, shoe, or other type of footwear
- caloreceptor — a receptor stimulated by heat.
- calorescence — the absorption of radiation by a body, subsequently re-emitted at a higher frequency (lower wavelength)
- camber piece — a centering for a flat arch, slightly crowned to allow for settling of the arch.
- cancellarial — relating to a chancellor
- cancellation — the fact or an instance of cancelling
- cancelpoodle — (messaging) (Or Cancelbunny) A manifestation of the Cancelmoose in the form of a more selective (and probably not automated) way to cancel Usenet articles. The term became common during the alt.religion.scientology wars of the mid-90s, during which Cancelpoodles were used. The "poodle" part is an allusion to one of the parties obliquely involved in the fray, who an earlier well-known witticism had compared to "a psychotic poodle".
- cancer stick — a cigarette.
- cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
- capacitances — Plural form of capacitance.
- capillaceous — having numerous filaments resembling hairs or threads
- carbonaceous — of, resembling, or containing carbon
- cash advance — an amount of money borrowed as a short-term loan against a salary, credit card, etc
- cash receipt — A cash receipt is a proof of purchase issued when the buyer has paid in cash.
- cebocephalic — Exhibiting or relating to cebocephaly.
- cecil rhodes — Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.
- cedar rapids — a city in the US, in E Iowa. Pop: 122 542 (2003 est)
- cedrelaceous — resembling or having the characteristics of a citron fruit