13-letter words containing a, b, s, c, e, i
- brassicaceous — belonging to the plant family Brassicaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Cruciferae.
- break service — to win a game in which an opponent is serving
- buccaneerings — the characteristic actions of a buccaneer
- bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
- bureaucratist — a believer in bureaucracy
- business card — A person's business card or their card is a small card which they give to other people, and which has their name and details of their job and company printed on it.
- business case — a briefcase or attaché case.
- by contraries — contrary to what is expected
- cabin cruiser — A cabin cruiser is a motor boat which has a cabin for people to live or sleep in.
- cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
- cambyses (ii) — died 522 b.c.; king of Persia (529-522): son of Cyrus the Great
- candleberries — Plural form of candleberry.
- captain's bed — a bed consisting of a shallow box with drawers in the side and a mattress on top.
- 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
- caribbean sea — an almost landlocked sea, part of the Atlantic Ocean, bounded by the Caribbean islands, Central America, and the N coast of South America. Area: 2 718 200 sq km (1 049 500 sq miles)
- 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.
- chamber music — Chamber music is classical music written for a small number of instruments.
- 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
- chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
- circumambages — round-about methods
- citizens band — a two-way radio service (Citizens Radio Service) licensed by the FCC to a U.S. citizen for short-distance personal or business communications between fixed or mobile stations. Abbreviation: CB.
- city chambers — (in Scotland) the municipal building of a city; town hall
- clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- classic blues — a type of city blues performed by a female singer accompanied by a small group
- 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
- crash barrier — A crash barrier is a strong low fence built along the side of a road or between the two halves of a motorway in order to prevent accidents.
- crush barrier — a barrier erected to separate sections of large crowds in order to prevent crushing
- cubic measure — a system of units for the measurement of volumes, based on the cubic inch, the cubic centimetre, etc
- culpabilities — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- cyberactivism — Activism facilitated by the Internet.
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- despicability — Despicableness.
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- disciplinable — subject to or meriting disciplinary action: a disciplinable breach of rules.
- discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
- discreditable — bringing or liable to bring discredit.
- discreditably — In a discreditable manner.
- discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
- embracingness — the quality of something that embraces