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13-letter words containing a, e, g, n, i

  • bargain offer — something for sale at a low price
  • bargain price — a low price
  • barnsbreaking — noisy and exuberant activity; boisterous mischief-making
  • barrel engine — an engine having cylinders arranged around and parallel to a shaft, which they rotate by means of the contact of their piston rods with a swash plate or cam on the shaft.
  • basic english — a simplified form of English, proposed by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards, containing a vocabulary of approximately 850 of the commonest English words, intended as an international language
  • bastard eigne — the first-born illegitimate son of parents whose second son was legitimate.
  • battering ram — A battering ram is a long heavy piece of wood that is used to knock down the locked doors of buildings.
  • battering-ram — an ancient military device with a heavy horizontal ram for battering down walls, gates, etc.
  • batting order — the sequence in which hitters will bat in a given game, determined in advance by the team manager.
  • bcg (vaccine) — a vaccine prepared from an attenuated strain of the tubercle bacillus, used for immunization against tuberculosis
  • be hard going — If you say that something is hard going, you mean it is difficult and requires a lot of effort.
  • be upstanding — (in a court of law) a direction to all persons present to rise to their feet before the judge enters or leaves the court
  • beaking joint — a straight joint made by several members, as strips of flooring, ending at the same line.
  • beanbag chair — a chair like a large beanbag covered with vinyl, fabric, etc. and filled with foam pellets, as of polystyrene, that shift about to fit one's body
  • bearing plate — a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss.
  • bearing sword — a large sword carried for its owner by a squire or servant because of its size.
  • 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).
  • belgian congo — former Belgian colony (1908-60) in central Africa: now the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • belly landing — the landing of an aircraft on its fuselage without use of its landing gear
  • bengal quince — bael.
  • benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
  • bergamot mint — an aromatic herb, Mentha piperita citrata, having a lemonlike odor when crushed.
  • bering strait — a strait between Alaska and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean
  • beta globulin — a blood plasma protein that is separable from other globulins by electrophoresis.
  • beta-blocking — acting to inhibit the activity of the nerves that are stimulated by adrenaline
  • bible reading — a passage from the Bible, esp one read in a service
  • big enchilada — enchilada (def 2).
  • bignoniaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Bignoniaceae, a chiefly tropical family of trees, shrubs, and lianas, including jacaranda, bignonia, and catalpa
  • birectangular — having two right angles.
  • bitonal image — (graphics)   An image consisting only of a foreground colour and a background colour. Compare monochrome.
  • bitter orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • black english — the group of related dialects of American English spoken variously by many black people in the U.S.
  • blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
  • blastogenesis — the theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted only by germ plasm
  • board meeting — a meeting of the board of a company or other organization
  • boarding fees — fees paid for boarding at a school
  • boardinghouse — a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests
  • boiling range — A boiling range is the temperature range involved in the distillation of oil, from the start to the time when it evaporates.
  • book learning — knowledge gained from books rather than from direct personal experience
  • book-learning — knowledge acquired by reading books, as distinguished from that obtained through observation and experience.
  • booking agent — an agent who makes bookings, as reservations for travel or the theater or engagements for performers, for clients.
  • boolean logic — (logic)   A logic based on Boolean algebra.
  • boomerang kid — a young adult who, after having lived on his or her own for a time, returns to live in the parental home, usually due to financial problems caused by unemployment or the high cost of living independently
  • boraginaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Boraginaceae, a family of temperate and tropical typically hairy-leaved flowering plants that includes forget-me-not, lungwort, borage, comfrey, and heliotrope
  • bougainvillea — Bougainvillea is a climbing plant that has thin, red or purple flowers and grows mainly in hot countries.
  • bouquet garni — A bouquet garni is a bunch of herbs that are tied together and used in cooking to add flavour to the food.
  • bowling alley — A bowling alley is a building which contains several tracks for bowling.
  • brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
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