13-letter words containing a, t, s, b, c
- bass clarinet — a clarinet with the lowest range, in the octave below the B-flat clarinet
- batch-process — to perform batch processing on (files)
- 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.
- beacon status — a ranking awarded by the government to an organization, rendering it eligible for extra funding, and aimed at encouraging organizations to share good practice with each other
- behavioristic — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- berchtesgaden — a town in Germany, in SE Bavaria: site of the fortified mountain retreat of Adolf Hitler. Pop: 7667 (2003 est)
- best practice — Best practice is the way of running a business or providing a service that is recognized as correct or most effective.
- bicentennials — pertaining to or in honor of a 200th anniversary: bicentennial celebration; a bicentennial exposition.
- biculturalism — the characteristics, or policy, of a two-cultured society
- bimetallistic — relating to bimetallism
- biostatistics — the use of statistics to analyse biological data
- biosystematic — relating to biosystematics
- biscuit bread — biscuits or a biscuit: I like biscuit bread more than corn bread for supper.
- bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
- black mustard — a Eurasian plant, Brassica (or Sinapsis) nigra, with clusters of yellow flowers and pungent seeds from which the condiment mustard is made: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- black section — (in Britain in the 1980s) an unofficial group within the Labour Party in any constituency that represented the interests of local Black people
- black studies — a program of studies in black history and culture offered by a school or college, often including Afro-American history and black literature.
- blacksmithing — the work of a blacksmith.
- blanket chest — a chest, with or without drawers, having a rectangular space under a lifting lid or top, used for storing blankets, bedding, or clothing.
- blast furnace — A blast furnace is a large structure in which iron ore is heated under pressure so that it melts and the pure iron metal separates out and can be collected.
- blastomycosis — a fungal infection particularly affecting the lungs
- body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
- bombastically — (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
- booster cable — either of a pair of electric cables having clamps at each end and used for starting the engine of a vehicle whose battery is dead.
- bouncy castle — A bouncy castle is a large object filled with air, often in the shape of a castle, which children play on at a fairground or other outdoor event.
- brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
- breast cancer — cancer affecting the breasts
- breast pocket — The breast pocket of a man's coat or jacket is a pocket, usually on the inside, next to his chest.
- breeches part — a male role played by an actress.
- buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
- buckeye state — Ohio (used as a nickname).
- bureaucratese — wordy, jargon-filled, overcomplicated language considered typical of bureaucrats
- bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
- bureaucratist — a believer in bureaucracy
- buster collar — a round collar, similar to a lampshade in shape, that is fitted round the neck of an animal or bird, for example to prevent it removing or interfering with a dressing or other treatment
- butcher's saw — a type of hacksaw used especially by butchers for cutting through meat and bones.
- by contraries — contrary to what is expected
- cabbalistical — cabbalistic
- cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
- calabash tree — a tropical American evergreen tree, Crescentia cujete, that produces large round gourds: family Bignoniaceae
- cannibalistic — Cannibalistic people and practices are connected with cannibalism.
- capstan table — drum table.
- captain's bed — a bed consisting of a shallow box with drawers in the side and a mattress on top.
- car boot sale — A car boot sale is a sale where people sell things they own and do not want from a little stall or from the back of their car.
- carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
- carbon offset — a compensatory measure made by an individual or company for carbon emissions, usually through sponsoring activities or projects which increase carbon dioxide absorption, such as tree planting
- 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.
- carbonisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of carbonization.
- carpetbaggers — U.S. History. a Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War and became active in Republican politics, especially so as to profiteer from the unsettled social and political conditions of the area during Reconstruction.