13-letter words containing a, b, l, e, i
- biomechanical — relating to biomechanics
- birectangular — having two right angles.
- bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
- bitonal image — (graphics) An image consisting only of a foreground colour and a background colour. Compare monochrome.
- bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
- black crappie — a dark, spotted crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
- black disease — an infectious necrotic hepatitis in sheep and occasionally cattle caused by toxins produced by infection with species of Clostridial. Secondary to liver fluke infestation, the disease is characterized by sudden death. So-called because of the black discolouration of subcutaneous tissues due to congestion and haemorrhage seen at post-mortem
- black english — the group of related dialects of American English spoken variously by many black people in the U.S.
- black section — (in Britain in the 1980s) an unofficial group within the Labour Party in any constituency that represented the interests of local Black people
- black skimmer — a black and white New World skimmer, Rynchops nigra, having a bill with a reddish-orange base.
- black studies — a program of studies in black history and culture offered by a school or college, often including Afro-American history and black literature.
- black-a-vised — having a dark complexion.
- blair's babes — (in Britain) the female Members of Parliament elected as part of Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour government in 1997
- blaise pascal — Blaise [bleyz;; French blez] /bleɪz;; French blɛz/ (Show IPA), 1623–62, French philosopher and mathematician.
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
- blanchisseuse — a washer-woman
- blandishments — Blandishments are pleasant things that someone says to another person in order to persuade them to do something.
- blasco ibanez — Vicente (biˈθente). 1867–1928, Spanish novelist, whose books include Blood and Sand (1909) and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916)
- blastogenesis — the theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted only by germ plasm
- blaze a trail — to explore new territories, areas of knowledge, etc, in such a way that others can follow
- blood-stained — stained with blood: a bloodstained knife.
- bloomfieldian — Linguistics. influenced by, resembling, or deriving from the linguistic theory and the methods of linguistic analysis advocated by Leonard Bloomfield, characterized especially by emphasis on the classification of overt formal features.
- boat neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- boiling range — A boiling range is the temperature range involved in the distillation of oil, from the start to the time when it evaporates.
- book learning — knowledge gained from books rather than from direct personal experience
- book-learning — knowledge acquired by reading books, as distinguished from that obtained through observation and experience.
- boolean logic — (logic) A logic based on Boolean algebra.
- borage family — any member of the plant family Boraginaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having simple, alternate, hairy leaves and usually blue, five-lobed flowers in a cluster that uncoils as they bloom, including borage, bugloss, and forget-me-not.
- borlotti bean — variety of kidney bean
- bougainvillea — Bougainvillea is a climbing plant that has thin, red or purple flowers and grows mainly in hot countries.
- bouillabaisse — Bouillabaisse is a rich stew or soup of fish and vegetables.
- boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
- bowling alley — A bowling alley is a building which contains several tracks for bowling.
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- braillewriter — a machine, similar to a typewriter, for writing texts in Braille.
- brazing metal — a nonferrous metal, as copper, zinc, or nickel, or an alloy, as hard solder, used for brazing together pieces of metal.
- breaking ball — any pitch that breaks; specif., a curve or slider
- breathability — fitness to be breathed
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- bridal shower — a party, held for a woman before her wedding, to which her friends bring gifts
- bridal wreath — any of several N temperate rosaceous shrubs of the genus Spiraea, esp S. prunifolia, cultivated for their sprays of small white flowers
- bridge player — a person who plays the game of bridge
- brilliantined — treated with brilliantine
- bristle-grass — any of various grasses of the genus Setaria, such as S. viridis, having a bristly inflorescence
- brittany blue — a medium greenish blue.
- broccoli rabe — a plant, Brassica rapa ruvo, of which the slightly bitter, dark-green leaves and clustered flower buds are eaten as a vegetable.
- bufadienolide — any of a family of steroid lactones, occurring in toad venom and squill, that possess cardiac-stimulating and antitumor activity.
- bullhead rail — a rail having a cross section with a bulbous top and bottom, the top being larger
- business plan — A business plan is a detailed plan for setting up or developing a business, especially one that is written in order to borrow money.
- cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.