13-letter words containing a, r, i, s
- binary system — a system involving only two elements, as 0 and 1 or yes and no.
- bipartisanism — the quality of being bipartisan
- birth parents — a child's biological parents, regardless of whether they subsequently bring up the child
- birthday bash — a birthday party
- birthday suit — If you are in your birthday suit, you are not wearing any clothes.
- biscuit bread — biscuits or a biscuit: I like biscuit bread more than corn bread for supper.
- black russian — a drink made from one part coffee liqueur and two parts vodka, served over ice.
- black skimmer — a black and white New World skimmer, Rynchops nigra, having a bill with a reddish-orange base.
- blair's babes — (in Britain) the female Members of Parliament elected as part of Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour government in 1997
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
- boarding fees — fees paid for boarding at a school
- boarding pass — A boarding pass is a card that a passenger must have when boarding a plane or a boat.
- boardinghouse — a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests
- 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
- borna disease — viral disease found in mammals, esp horses
- bosman ruling — an EU ruling that allows out-of-contract footballers to leave their clubs without the clubs receiving a transfer fee
- boston matrix — a two-dimensional matrix, used in planning the business strategy of a large organization, that identifies those business units in the organization that generate cash and those that use it
- 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 scanner — a machine used to perform brain scans
- brain surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in brain surgery
- brain surgery — operation on the brain
- brain truster — a member of a brain trust; an important but usually unofficial adviser.
- brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
- brass rubbing — A brass rubbing is a picture made by placing a piece of paper over a brass plate that has writing or a picture on it, and rubbing it with a wax crayon.
- brass-rubbing — an antiquarian's technique for copying designs from incised brass memorial slabs and the like.
- brassfounding — the practice of making things from brass
- 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
- breaker strip — breaker1 (def 4).
- breaker-strip — a person or thing that breaks.
- breaking news — news of events that have taken place very recently or are in the process of taking place
- breast timber — wale1 (def 5).
- breast-timber — a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
- brevirostrate — having a short beak or bill
- bridal shower — a party, held for a woman before her wedding, to which her friends bring gifts
- brief against — If someone, especially a politician, briefs against another person, he or she tries to harm the other person's reputation by saying something unfavourable about them.
- bring to pass — to cause to happen
- brinksmanship — the technique or practice of maneuvering a dangerous situation to the limits of tolerance or safety in order to secure the greatest advantage, especially by creating diplomatic crises.
- bristle-grass — any of various grasses of the genus Setaria, such as S. viridis, having a bristly inflorescence
- bristol board — a heavy smooth cardboard of fine quality, used for printing and drawing
- british asian — A British Asian person is someone of Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi origin who has grown up in Britain.
- british india — the 17 provinces of India formerly governed by the British under the British sovereign: ceased to exist in 1947 when the independent states of India and Pakistan were created
- 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.
- buccaneerings — the characteristic actions of a buccaneer
- bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
- bureaucratist — a believer in bureaucracy
- burglariously — in the manner of a burglar or buglary