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

  • boutros-ghali — ˈBoutros (ˈbutroʊs ) ; bo̅oˈtrōs) 1922- ; Egypt. diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations (1992-96)
  • boys' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for boys, founded in 1883, with the aim of promoting discipline and self-respect
  • brachiosaurus — a dinosaur of the genus Brachiosaurus, up to 30 metres long: the largest land animal ever known
  • braggadocious — boastful
  • brain surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in brain surgery
  • brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
  • brassfounding — the practice of making things from brass
  • 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
  • bring to pass — to cause to happen
  • bristol board — a heavy smooth cardboard of fine quality, used for printing and drawing
  • broca-aphasia — a type of aphasia caused by a lesion in Broca's area of the brain, characterized by misarticulated speech and lack of grammatical morphemes.
  • burglariously — in the manner of a burglar or buglary
  • busto arsizio — a city in Lombardy, N Italy.
  • by contraries — contrary to what is expected
  • carbolic soap — a disinfectant soap containing phenol
  • 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
  • carbonisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of carbonization.
  • categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
  • cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
  • christmas box — a tip or present given at Christmas, esp to postmen, tradesmen, etc
  • clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
  • coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
  • cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
  • combinatorics — a branch of mathematics dealing with combinations and permutations
  • compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
  • constrainable — able to be constrained
  • contrabandism — the practice of trading contraband goods
  • contrabandist — a person who trades in contraband goods; smuggler
  • contrabassist — Someone who plays the contrabass.
  • deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
  • disambiguator — Anything that serves to disambiguate.
  • 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.
  • dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
  • disobligatory — not obligatory
  • durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
  • ebola (virus) — an RNA virus (family Filoviridae) that causes fever, internal bleeding, and, often, death
  • exacerbations — Plural form of exacerbation.
  • fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
  • fibrovascular — composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants: a fibrovascular bundle.
  • floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
  • francis baconFrancis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
  • frobisher bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE Canada, in the SE coast of Baffin Island
  • gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
  • 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.
  • heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
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