10-letter words containing ab
- cabanatuan — city in SC Luzon, in the Philippines: pop. 173,000
- cabin crew — The cabin crew on an aircraft are the people whose job is to look after the passengers.
- cabin deck — the deck above the weather deck in the bridge house of a ship.
- cabin hook — a hook and eye for fastening a cabinet door or the like.
- cabineteer — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of a governmental cabinet.
- cable bend — a knot or clinch for attaching a cable to an anchor or mooring post.
- cable buoy — a buoy marking or supporting part of a submerged cable.
- cable-knit — knitted using the cable stitch
- cable-laid — (of a rope) made of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction
- cablecasts — Plural form of cablecast.
- cablegrams — Plural form of cablegram.
- cablephoto — a photographic image transmitted via cable, especially for use by newspapers or in police work.
- cabo verde — a republic in the Atlantic off the coast of West Africa, consisting of a group of ten islands and five islets: an overseas territory of Portugal until 1975, when the islands became independent. Official language: Portuguese. Religion: Christian (Roman Catholic) majority; animist minority. Currency: Cape Verdean escudo. Capital: Praia. Pop: 531 046 (2013 est). Area: 4033 sq km (1557 sq miles)
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- calabashes — Plural form of calabash.
- calabooses — Plural form of calaboose.
- calcinable — able to be calcined
- calculable — Calculable amounts or consequences can be calculated.
- cancelable — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- candelabra — A candelabra is an ornamental holder for two or more candles.
- cannabinol — a non-psychoactive cannabinoid, C21H26O
- cantabiles — Plural form of cantabile.
- cantabrian — of, relating to or from the province of Cantabria
- capability — If you have the capability or the capabilities to do something, you have the ability or the qualities that are necessary to do it.
- capablanca — José Raúl (xoˈse raˈul), called Capa or the Chess Machine 1888–1942, Cuban chess player; world champion 1921–27
- capable of — susceptible of; admitting of; open to
- capsizable — able to be capsized
- capturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- carabineer — a soldier armed with a carbine
- carabinero — a Chilean police officer
- carabiners — Plural form of carabiner.
- carabinier — (formerly) a soldier armed with a carbine.
- card table — A card table is a small light table which can be folded up and which is sometimes used for playing games of cards on.
- care label — a label attached to a garment providing information on how to wash, dry, and iron the garment
- caressable — an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- carpetable — Suitable for being carpeted.
- casabianca — Louis de [lwee duh] /lwi də/ (Show IPA), c1755–98, French naval officer.
- casablanca — a port in NW Morocco, on the Atlantic: largest city in the country; industrial centre. Pop: 3 523 000 (2003)
- cast about — to make a mental or visual search
- catabiosis — (medicine) The physiological process by which cells physically degrade due to age.
- catabiotic — Of or pertaining to catabiosis.
- catabolise — to cause (a nutrient or other substance) to undergo catabolism.
- catabolism — a metabolic process in which complex molecules are broken down into simple ones with the release of energy; destructive metabolism
- catabolite — a substance produced as a result of catabolism
- catabolize — to subject to catabolism
- censurable — deserving censure, condemnation, or blame
- changeable — Someone or something that is changeable is likely to change many times.
- changeably — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- charabancs — Plural form of charabanc.
- chargeable — If something is chargeable, you have to pay a sum of money for it.