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13-letter words containing a, l, b, e

  • teachableness — the quality or condition of being teachable
  • team handball — a game, similar to soccer, played between two teams of seven players who catch, dribble, throw, or hit the ball with the hands.
  • techno-babble — technical jargon relating to computing and other technological subjects
  • temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
  • temporal lobe — the lateral lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the occipital lobe.
  • terbium metal — any of a subgroup of rare-earth metals, of which the cerium and yttrium metals comprise the other two subgroups.
  • tetrasyllable — a word or line of verse of four syllables.
  • the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
  • the beautiful — the quality of beauty
  • the big apple — New York City
  • the new black — If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable.
  • the noble art — boxing
  • the-big-apple — New York City.
  • thermal baths — warm water spa
  • thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
  • thiabendazole — a drug used as an antifungal treatment and as an anthelmintic
  • thinkableness — the state or quality of being conceivable or thinkable
  • thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
  • throttle back — If you throttle back, or you throttle back the engine, when driving a motor vehicle or flying an aircraft, you make it go slower by reducing the quantity of fuel entering the engine.
  • tidal barrage — a barrier that traps water at high tide, creating a tidal basin
  • toque blanche — the tall white hat traditionally worn by a chef
  • touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
  • tracer bullet — a bullet containing a tracer.
  • trade balance — balance of trade.
  • transferrable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • transformable — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transmissible — capable of being transmitted.
  • transmittable — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
  • traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
  • treasury bill — an obligation of the U.S. government represented by promissory notes in denominations ranging from $1000 to $1,000,000, with a maturity of about 90 days but bearing no interest, and sold periodically at a discount on the market.
  • treble chance — a method of betting in football pools in which the chances of winning are related to the number of draws and the number of home and away wins forecast by the competitor
  • trestle table — a table having transverse slabs or rigid frames for supports, and usually strengthened by a long stretcher.
  • trial balance — a statement of all the open debit and credit items, made preliminary to balancing a double-entry ledger.
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • trumpet blast — the sound of a single note made by a trumpet
  • tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
  • tubular bells — Often, tubular bells. one of a set of tuned metal tubes of different lengths used as a musical instrument, suspended vertically from a frame and struck with a mallet to produce sounds or melodies.
  • tubular skate — a type of ice skate consisting of a steel blade set into an aluminum tube and connected to the shoe by tubular supports, used for both hockey and racing skates.
  • tubular steel — steel in the shape of a cylinder or long narrow rectangle; tube-shaped steel
  • turbine blade — any of a number of bladelike vanes assembled around the periphery of a turbine rotor to guide the steam or gas flow
  • tuva republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: mountainous. Capital: Kizyl. Pop: 305 500 (2002). Area: 170 500 sq km (65 800 sq miles)
  • ultra-liberal — extremely liberal, especially in politics.
  • ultrareliable — extremely reliable
  • ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
  • umbrella bird — any of several large trogons of the genus Cephalopterus, of Central and South America, as C. ornatus, having an umbrellalike crest above the head.
  • umbrella leaf — a rare, large-leaved perennial herb, Diphylleia cymosa, of the southeastern U.S., having white flowers and small, blue berries.
  • umbrella palm — an Australian feather palm, Hedyscepe canterburyana, characterized by the umbrellalike manner of growth of its leaves.
  • umbrella pine — a Japanese evergreen tree, Sciadopitys verticillata, having linear leaves growing in umbrellalike whorls, cultivated as an ornamental.
  • umbrella step — (in the game of giant steps) a step executed by extending one foot forward and whirling on the heel.
  • umbrella tent — a small tent with a metal frame consisting of ribs that radiate from a single supporting pole.
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