13-letter words containing b, a, c, i, l
- notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
- noticeability — The quality of being easy to see or notice.
- objectionable — causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.
- objectionably — causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.
- obstetrically — (medicine) In terms of obstetrics.
- odontoblastic — Relating to odontoblasts.
- optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
- optical fiber — optical fibre
- optical fibre — (communications) (fibre optics, FO, US "fiber", light pipe) A plastic or glass (silicon dioxide) fibre no thicker than a human hair used to transmit information using infra-red or even visible light as the carrier (usually a laser). The light beam is an electromagnetic signal with a frequency in the range of 10^14 to 10^15 Hertz. Optical fibre is less susceptible to external noise than other transmission media, and is cheaper to make than copper wire, but it is much more difficult to connect. Optical fibres are difficult to tamper with (to monitor or inject data in the middle of a connection), making them appropriate for secure communications. The light beams do not escape from the medium because the material used provides total internal reflection. See also FDDI, Optical Carrier n, SONET.
- overbalancing — Present participle of overbalance.
- overexcitable — Excessively excitable.
- pablo picasso — Pablo [pah-bloh;; Spanish pah-vlaw] /ˈpɑ bloʊ;; Spanish ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1973, Spanish painter and sculptor in France.
- parabolically — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- particle beam — Physics. a concentrated stream of particles, as electrons, neutrons, or protons, generated for studying particle interactions, nuclear structure, crystal structure, etc.
- particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
- pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
- photocopiable — able or legally permitted to be photocopied
- placentia bay — a bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the SE coast of Newfoundland, Canada, W of the Avalon Peninsula. About 100 miles (160 km) long and 80 miles (129 km) wide.
- plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
- pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- prince albert — Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- principal boy — the leading male role in a pantomime, played by a woman
- probabilistic — Statistics. of or relating to probability: probabilistic forecasting.
- problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- public access — the availability of noncommercial television and radio broadcasting facilities to community groups or members of the public for programs of general interest to the community, especially as a condition of cable television franchises.
- public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
- public domain — the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection.
- public health — health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.
- quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- rambling club — a club for people who enjoy taking walks in the country
- recalibration — the act or process of recalibrating something
- recallability — the quality of being recallable
- receivability — the fact or condition of being receivable
- recyclability — to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse: recycling paper to save trees.
- reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
- relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- replicability — the quality or state of being replicable
- republicanism — republican government.
- republicanize — to make republican.
- republication — publication anew.
- resectability — the state of being resectable
- road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- san cristobal — a city in SW Venezuela.
- school phobia — a fear of going to or returning to school
- scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
- selectability — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.