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13-letter words containing a, b, t, i, l

  • arbitrational — relating to, involving, or resulting from arbitration
  • arboriculture — the cultivation of trees or shrubs, esp for the production of timber
  • ascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
  • ascertainably — In a way that can be ascertained.
  • assembly time — the time required for a computer to translate symbolic computer language into machine-language instructions.
  • assertability — The quality of being assertable.
  • assessability — The quality of being assessable.
  • assignability — The quality of being assignable.
  • associability — the condition of or the capacity to be associable or linked or related in thinking
  • asteroid belt — the concentrations of asteroids that move around the sun mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
  • atrabilarious — Characterized by melancholy or gloom.
  • attachability — The quality of being attachable.
  • attainability — capable of being attained.
  • attributional — of or relating to the act of attributing
  • attributively — pertaining to or having the character of attribution or an attribute.
  • auction block — Also called block. a platform from which an auctioneer sells: the old courthouse where slaves were sold from the auction block.
  • autostability — the property of being stable either as a result of inherent characteristics or of built-in devices
  • babbitt metal — any of a number of alloys originally based on tin, antimony, and copper but now often including lead: used esp in bearings
  • back-up light — a light on the rear of a motor vehicle to warn others that the vehicle is being reversed
  • backing light — Also called backing striplight, backing strip. Theater. a striplight providing diffused illumination for the background of a stage set.
  • bacteriocidal — Alternative spelling of bactericidal.
  • bacteriologic — a branch of microbiology dealing with the identification, study, and cultivation of bacteria and with their applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and biotechnology.
  • bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
  • bacteriolysis — the destruction or disintegration of bacteria
  • bacteriolytic — disintegration or dissolution of bacteria.
  • balanced diet — a diet consisting of the proper quantities and proportions of foods needed to maintain health or growth.
  • balancing act — If you perform a balancing act, you try to deal successfully with two or more people, groups, or situations that are in opposition to each other.
  • balkanization — If you disapprove of the division of a country into separate independent states, you can refer to the Balkanization of the country.
  • ballistically — of or relating to ballistics.
  • ballistospore — a spore, esp a fungal spore, that is forcefully ejected from its source
  • baltic shield — the wide area of ancient rock in Scandinavia
  • baltic states — the republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, which became constituent republics of the former Soviet Union in 1940, regaining their independence in 1991
  • baritone clef — an F clef locating F below middle C on the third line of the staff.
  • barley stripe — a disease of barley, characterized by blighted heads and chlorotic, brown, or frayed stripes on the leaves, caused by a fungus, Helminthosporium gramineum.
  • baroclinicity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
  • bartholinitis — Inflammation of Bartholin's cyst.
  • bartholomew i — (Dimitrios Archontonis) born 1940, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church since 1991.
  • barytocalcite — a mineral, double carbonate of calcium and barium, CaCO 3 ⋅BaCO 3 , usually found in veins of lead minerals.
  • base hospital — a hospital serving a large rural area
  • baseline cost — the projected cost for an undertaking at the time it is budgeted
  • bass clarinet — a clarinet with the lowest range, in the octave below the B-flat clarinet
  • bastard title — half title (def 1).
  • bastard-title — Also called bastard title. the first printed page of certain books, appearing after the end papers and before the title page and containing only the title of the book.
  • batan islands — a group of islands in the Philippines, north of Luzon. Capital: Basco. Pop: 16 467 (2000). Area: 197 sq km (76 sq miles)
  • bathylimnetic — (of an organism) living in the depths of lakes and marshes
  • baton twirler — someone who twirls a baton, esp a drum major or majorette
  • battle it out — If one group or person battles it out with another, they take part in a fight or contest against each other until one of them wins or a definite result is reached. You can also say that two groups or two people battle it out.
  • battlecruiser — A large warship of a type built in the early 20th century, carrying similar armament to a battleship but faster and more lightly armored.
  • be wild about — If you are wild about someone or something, you like them very much.
  • beam splitter — a system that divides a beam of light, electrons, etc, into two or more paths
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