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13-letter words containing b, a, c, n, e

  • rauschenbusch — Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
  • recalibration — the act or process of recalibrating something
  • recombination — any of several processes by which genetic material of different origins becomes combined. It most commonly occurs between two sets of parental chromosomes during production of germ cells
  • recommendable — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
  • recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
  • redondo beach — a city in SW California.
  • 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).
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • republicanize — to make republican.
  • republication — publication anew.
  • rock barnacle — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
  • sabin vaccine — an orally administered vaccine of live viruses for immunization against poliomyelitis.
  • sacred baboon — hamadryas baboon.
  • saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
  • sandwich beam — flitch beam.
  • satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • second ballot — an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates
  • second banana — a comic who supports the leading comedian, often as a straight man, especially in burlesque or vaudeville.
  • semicarbazone — a product that occurs as a result of aldehyde or ketone reacting with semicarbazide
  • shingle beach — a beach made of a mass of small pieces of rough stone
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • skunk cabbage — a low, fetid, broad-leaved North American plant, Symplocarpus foetidus, of the arum family, having a brownish-purple and green mottled spathe surrounding a stout spadix, growing in moist ground.
  • sonic barrier — sound barrier.
  • space blanket — a plastic insulating body wrapping coated on one or both sides with aluminium foil which reflects back most of the body heat lost by radiation: carried by climbers, mountaineers, etc, for use in cases of exposure or exhaustion
  • streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
  • sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • subappearance — a slight appearance
  • subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
  • sublanceolate — (of leaves, etc) almost spear-shaped
  • substanceless — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
  • table dancing — Table dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances in a sexy way close to a customer or group of customers.
  • table licence — a licence authorizing the sale of alcoholic drinks with meals only
  • teachableness — the quality or condition of being teachable
  • techno-babble — technical jargon relating to computing and other technological subjects
  • the caribbean — the states and islands of the Caribbean Sea, including the West Indies, when considered as a geopolitical region
  • the new black — If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable.
  • thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
  • 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
  • trade balance — balance of trade.
  • 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
  • trial balance — a statement of all the open debit and credit items, made preliminary to balancing a double-entry ledger.
  • tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
  • tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
  • un-actionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
  • un-attachable — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
  • unaccountable — impossible to account for; unexplained; inexplicable: The boat has an unaccountable tendency to yaw.
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