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13-letter words containing a, b, i, o, s, e

  • blastogenesis — the theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted only by germ plasm
  • blood-stained — stained with blood: a bloodstained knife.
  • boarding fees — fees paid for boarding at a school
  • boardinghouse — a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests
  • bois de vache — dried buffalo dung, used as fuel by Canadian and U.S. fur trappers in the 18th and 19th centuries.
  • boraginaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Boraginaceae, a family of temperate and tropical typically hairy-leaved flowering plants that includes forget-me-not, lungwort, borage, comfrey, and heliotrope
  • borna disease — viral disease found in mammals, esp horses
  • bouillabaisse — Bouillabaisse is a rich stew or soup of fish and vegetables.
  • boys' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for boys, founded in 1883, with the aim of promoting discipline and self-respect
  • brain surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in brain surgery
  • brassicaceous — belonging to the plant family Brassicaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Cruciferae.
  • brevirostrate — having a short beak or bill
  • bridal shower — a party, held for a woman before her wedding, to which her friends bring gifts
  • businesswoman — A businesswoman is a woman who works in business.
  • by contraries — contrary to what is expected
  • carbon tissue — a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process
  • carbon-tissue — paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
  • carboniferous — yielding coal or carbon
  • categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
  • cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
  • chalcostibite — a mineral, antimony copper sulfide, CuSbS 2 , occurring in lead-gray crystals.
  • clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
  • coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
  • cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
  • combativeness — The state of being combative.
  • compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
  • confiscatable — confiscable
  • constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
  • constrainable — able to be constrained
  • deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
  • desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
  • desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
  • diabetologist — a person who studies diabetes
  • discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
  • dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
  • ebola (virus) — an RNA virus (family Filoviridae) that causes fever, internal bleeding, and, often, death
  • ethnobotanist — A scholar or researcher in the field of ethnobotany.
  • exacerbations — Plural form of exacerbation.
  • frobisher bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE Canada, in the SE coast of Baffin Island
  • garcia robles — Alfonso [al-fon-soh,, -zoh;; Spanish ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ,, -zoʊ;; Spanish ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–91, Mexican diplomat: Nobel Prize 1982.
  • hessian boots — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
  • heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
  • hiberno-saxon — having the characteristics of both the Irish and English; Anglo-Irish.
  • hill of beans — something of trifling value; virtually nothing at all: The problem didn't amount to a hill of beans.
  • housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
  • hydroaerobics — aerobic exercises performed in water, as in a swimming pool.
  • immovableness — The quality of being immovable.
  • imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
  • in-observance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
  • incompatibles — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
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