13-letter words containing a, b, l, e
- bear the palm — to be the winner; take the prize
- bearing plate — a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss.
- beau brummell — any dandy or fop
- beautifulness — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
- beauty parlor — A beauty parlor is a place where women can go to have beauty treatments, for example, to have their hair, nails, or makeup done.
- bedding plane — the surface separating two successive layers of stratified rock
- bedding plant — A bedding plant is a plant which lasts for one year. It is put in a flower bed before it flowers, and is then removed when it has finished flowering.
- bedding-plant — bedmaker (def 1).
- bedside table — a small table beside a bed
- beetle-headed — a stupid person; blockhead.
- beetlebrained — stupid
- beggar's-lice — any of several plants, esp the stickseed, having small prickly fruits that adhere to clothing, fur, etc
- behaviourally — from a behavioural point of view
- beleaguerment — a blockade or siege
- belgian congo — former Belgian colony (1908-60) in central Africa: now the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo
- believability — to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
- bell purchase — a tackle consisting of two standing single blocks, two running single blocks, a fall, and a runner, so arranged that it gives a mechanical advantage of six, neglecting friction.
- bellefontaine — a city in W Ohio.
- belly landing — the landing of an aircraft on its fuselage without use of its landing gear
- benedictional — a book of benedictions or blessings
- beneficential — relating to beneficence
- bengal quince — bael.
- benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
- benzalacetone — benzylidene acetone.
- benzimidazole — a crystalline growth-inhibiting compound
- berkeleianism — the philosophical system of George Berkeley, holding that objects exist only when perceived, that God's perception sustains the universe, and that there is no independent substratum or substance in which these perceptions inhere
- berkeley yacc — (tool) (byacc, previously Zeus, then Zoo) Probably the best variant of the Yacc parser generator. Written by Robert Corbett <[email protected]>.
- beta globulin — a blood plasma protein that is separable from other globulins by electrophoresis.
- beta particle — a high-speed electron or positron emitted by a nucleus during radioactive decay or nuclear fission
- beta-blocking — acting to inhibit the activity of the nerves that are stimulated by adrenaline
- beta-naphthol — either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 1 0 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
- bethnal green — a former borough of London, England, N of the Thames.
- beyond recall — If something is beyond recall, it is no longer possible to remember how it was or to bring it back to its original condition.
- bias-ply tire — a vehicle tire in which the main plies or cords run across the bead.
- biased sample — a statistical sample in which the items selected share some property which influences their distribution
- bible reading — a passage from the Bible, esp one read in a service
- bibliographer — an expert in bibliography
- bibliothecary — a librarian
- bibliotherapy — the use of reading as therapy
- bicentennials — pertaining to or in honor of a 200th anniversary: bicentennial celebration; a bicentennial exposition.
- bicontinental — of, on, or involving two continents: a bicontinental survey.
- bicycle chain — a chain that transmits power from the pedals to the driving wheel of a bicycle
- bidenticulate — having two small teeth or toothlike processes.
- bidirectional — (of a printhead) capable of printing from left to right and from right to left
- bielsko-biala — a city in S Poland.
- bielsko-biała — a town in S Poland: created in 1951 by the union of Bielsko and Biała Krakowska; a leading textile centre since the 16th century. Pop: 356 000 (2005 est)
- big enchilada — enchilada (def 2).
- big-heartedly — in a big-hearted manner
- bigleaf maple — a tree, Acer macrophyllum, of western North America, having large, deeply lobed leaves and fragrant yellow flowers in drooping clusters.
- bilinear form — a function or functional of two variables that is linear with respect to each variable when the other variable is held fixed.