13-letter words containing a, b, l, i
- broccoli rabe — a plant, Brassica rapa ruvo, of which the slightly bitter, dark-green leaves and clustered flower buds are eaten as a vegetable.
- brutalization — to make brutal.
- bufadienolide — any of a family of steroid lactones, occurring in toad venom and squill, that possess cardiac-stimulating and antitumor activity.
- buffalo chips — the dried dung of buffalo used as fuel, especially by early settlers on the western plains.
- buffalo plaid — a plaid with large blocks formed by the intersection of two different-color yarns, typically red and black.
- buffalo wings — spicy fried segments of chicken wings, usually served with celery sticks and a sauce of blue cheese
- building land — land on which construction can take place
- built-up mast — a wooden mast formed of several shaped, longitudinal pieces joined together.
- bullhead rail — a rail having a cross section with a bulbous top and bottom, the top being larger
- bully-ragging — to bully; harass: to bullyrag fraternity plebs.
- burglariously — in the manner of a burglar or buglary
- burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
- burning glass — a convex lens for concentrating the sun's rays into a small area to produce heat or fire
- 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.
- bustard quail — button quail.
- bustard-quail — any of several birds of the family Turnicidae, of warmer parts of the Old World, resembling but not related to the true quail. Also called bustard quail, hemipode.
- cabbalistical — cabbalistic
- cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
- cable railway — a railway on which individual cars are drawn along by a strong cable or metal chain operated by a stationary motor
- calculability — determinable by calculation; ascertainable: This map was designed so that distances by road are easily calculable.
- calisaya bark — the bark of any of several tropical trees of the rubiaceous genus Cinchona, esp C. calisaya, from which quinine is extracted
- candleberries — Plural form of candleberry.
- cannibalistic — Cannibalistic people and practices are connected with cannibalism.
- cannibalizing — Present participle of cannibalize.
- cannonballing — Present participle of cannonball.
- capitalizable — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- carbenicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin, C 17 H 16 N 2 Na 2 O 6 S, used against certain bacteria, especially those involved in urinary tract infections.
- carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
- carbolic acid — Carbolic acid or carbolic is a liquid that is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic.
- carbolic soap — a disinfectant soap containing phenol
- carbolic-acid — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- carbonylation — the introduction of a carbonyl group into a compound through chemical reaction
- carboxylation — a chemical reaction that introduces a carboxyl group into a molecule or compound, forming a carboxylic acid or a carboxylate
- carriage bolt — a round-headed bolt for timber, threaded along part of its shank, inserted into holes already drilled.
- catabolically — In terms of catabolism.
- categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
- categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
- cd-rewritable — Compact Disc Rewritable
- cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
- chalcostibite — a mineral, antimony copper sulfide, CuSbS 2 , occurring in lead-gray crystals.
- changeability — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- chargeability — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
- charitability — Charitableness.
- chastity belt — a locking beltlike device with a loop designed to go between a woman's legs in order to prevent her from having sexual intercourse
- chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
- child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
- circumorbital — (anatomy) Around the eye.
- clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- class library — (programming) A library of reusable classes for use with an object-oriented programming system.
- classic blues — a type of city blues performed by a female singer accompanied by a small group