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13-letter words containing a, b, e, t, o, r

  • rock the boat — to move or sway to and fro or from side to side.
  • rotary beater — a culinary utensil or device, as an eggbeater, with one or more sets of rotary blades for beating, whipping, mixing, etc.
  • saber-toothed — having long, saberlike upper canine teeth, sometimes extending below the margin of the lower jaw.
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • secret ballot — a vote in which the confidentiality of how one votes is safeguarded.
  • skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • snowball tree — any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Viburnum, esp V. opulus var. roseum, a sterile cultivated variety with spherical clusters of white or pinkish flowers
  • sodium borate — borax1 .
  • solar battery — an array of solar cells, used as a source of electrical power.
  • solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
  • sound blaster — (hardware)   The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
  • spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
  • station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
  • step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
  • stone bramble — a herbaceous Eurasian rosaceous plant, Rubus saxatilis, of stony places, having white flowers and berry-like scarlet fruits (drupelets)
  • store baggage — If a hotel stores baggage, it puts a guest's baggage in a storage room until it is needed by the guest.
  • streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • subcategorize — to split into subcategories
  • subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • subterraneous — existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.
  • sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
  • take by storm — be a sudden success
  • take on board — be receptive
  • temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
  • temporal lobe — the lateral lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the occipital lobe.
  • the boat race — a rowing event held annually in the spring, in which an eight representing Oxford University rows against one representing Cambridge University on the Thames between Putney and Mortlake
  • the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
  • the noble art — boxing
  • thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
  • thiocarbamide — thiourea.
  • thoroughbrace — either of two strong leather straps upon which the body of certain types of carriage is supported
  • thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • throttle back — If you throttle back, or you throttle back the engine, when driving a motor vehicle or flying an aircraft, you make it go slower by reducing the quantity of fuel entering the engine.
  • tibeto-burman — a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan languages, including especially Tibetan and Burmese.
  • to bear fruit — If the effort that you put into something or a particular way of doing something bears fruit, it is successful and produces good results.
  • to break even — When a company or a person running a business breaks even, they make neither a profit nor a loss.
  • to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
  • tobacco heart — a functional disorder of the heart, characterized by a rapid and often irregular pulse, caused by excessive use of tobacco.
  • trade embargo — a government order imposing a trade barrier
  • transformable — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
  • turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
  • uncomfortable — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
  • uncorrectable — not able to be fixed
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