9 Letter Words for Carbuncle
carbuncle
8 Letter Words for Carbuncle
caruncle
7 Letter Words for Carbuncle
bucrane, burlace, clauber, crenula, culebra, curable, lucarne, nebular, nuclear, unbrace, unclear
6 Letter Words for Carbuncle
accrue, alburn, alrune, auncel, bacule, becuna, becurl, branle, brelan, brunel, bucare, buccal, buccan, buncal, burela, cabler, caburn, cancel, cancer, carcel, carnel, cebuan, cercal, crance, cubane, cubera, cuneal, curace, encurl, lacune, lancer, launce, lucban, lucern, lunare, nebula, neural, rancel, raucle, relbun, rubace, ulnare, unable, unbale, unbare, unbear, unlace, unreal, urbane
5 Letter Words for Carbuncle
abler, abner, abune, accel, accur, acerb, alenu, alure, ancle, ancre, baler, balun, belar, berun, blaer, blanc, blare, blear, bluer, brace, bruce, brula, brule, brune, bucca, bunce, buran, burel, caber, cable, cabre, cacur, canel, caner, carle, carne, cebur, cecal, ceral, clare, clean, clear, crane, crena, cruce, cruel, cuban, cuber, cubla, cueca, cunea, eruca, lacer, lance, laure, learn, leban, lubra, lucan, lucre, lunar, nable, nacre, neral, nucal, rance, reban, recal, renal, rubel, ruble, ulcer, ulnae, ulnar, unare, unbar, uncle, urban, ureal, urena, urnae, urnal
4 Letter Words for Carbuncle
abel, able, acce, acer, acle, aclu, acne, acre, albe, alce, alec, alen, ance, anre, aren, arle, aube, aune, bale, balr, balu, banc, bane, bare, barn, baru, baul, baun, baur, beal, bean, bear, beau, bela, bena, bern, blae, blan, blea, bleu, blue, blur, brae, bran, bual, buna, bura, bure, burl, burn, cace, calc, canc, cane, carb, care, carl, carn, caul, cebu, ceca, cera, cern, clan, clar, club, clue, crab, cran, crub, crue, cuba, cube, cuca, cura, curb, cure, curl, curn, earl, earn, eccl, ecru, elan, encl, eral, erub, eruc, lace, laen, laer, lane, lare, larn, laun, laur, lean, lear, lena, luba, lube, luce, luna, lune, lura, lure, nabe, nabu, nace, nael, nale, narc, nare, naur, neal, near, nurl, race, rale, rane, raun, real, rean, rube, ruen, rule, rune, ulan, ulna, unal, unbe, unca, unce, ural, uran, urea, urna
3 Letter Words for Carbuncle
abc, abl, abn, abr, abu, acc, ace, aer, alb, alc, ale, aln, anc, ane, anu, arb, arc, are, arn, aru, aul, bac, bae, bal, ban, bar, bec, bel, ben, ber, bra, brl, bul, bun, bur, cab, cal, can, car, cbc, cel, cen, cer, clr, crc, crl, cru, cub, cue, cul, cun, cur, ean, ear, eau, ebn, ecb, ecc, ecu, ela, elb, enc, enl, era, ern, lab, lac, lan, lar, lca, lea, ler, leu, lnr, lub, lue, lur, nab, nae, nar, nbe, nea, neb, nub, nul, nur, rab, ran, rea, reb, rec, rel, rle, rna, rub, ruc, rue, run, ubc, uca, ula, ule, una, unb, unc, unl, ura, urb, ure, urn
Definitions for Carbuncle
[1] Pathology . a painful circumscribed inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, resulting in suppuration and sloughing, and having a tendency to spread somewhat like a boil, but more serious in its effects.
[2] a gemstone, especially a garnet, cut with a convex back and a cabochon surface.
[3] Also called London brown. a dark grayish, red-brown color.
[4] Obsolete . any rounded red gem.
[5] having the color carbuncle.
[6] an extensive skin eruption, similar to but larger than a boil, with several openings: caused by staphylococcal infection
[7] a rounded gemstone, esp a garnet cut without facets
[8] a dark reddish-greyish-brown colour
Words related to Carbuncle
sore, pimple, boil, stones
Words nearby Carbuncle
carboxyltransferase, carboxymethylcellulose, carboxypeptidase, carboy, carbro process, carbuncle, carbuncled, carbuncular, carbunculosis, carburate, carburation
Origin of Carbuncle
1150–1200; Middle English < Anglo-French < Latin carbunculus kind of precious stone, tumor, literally, live coal, equivalent to carbōn- (stem of carbō ) burning charcoal + -culus -cule1, apparently assimilated to derivates from short-vowel stems; cf. homunculus
Other words from Carbuncle
car•bun′ cu•lar (-kyə-lər ) adj.
Word origin for Carbuncle
C13: from Latin carbunculus diminutive of carbō coal
Synonyms for Carbuncle
boil, pimple, sore, stones
