13-letter words containing b, a, i, l
- repairability — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- repeatability — to say or utter again (something already said): to repeat a word for emphasis.
- replenishable — able to be replenished
- replicability — the quality or state of being replicable
- republicanism — republican government.
- republicanize — to make republican.
- republication — publication anew.
- resectability — the state of being resectable
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- retainability — to keep possession of.
- retrofittable — to modify equipment (in airplanes, automobiles, a factory, etc.) that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture.
- rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
- rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
- ribosomal rna — a type of RNA, distinguished by its length and abundance, functioning in protein synthesis as a component of ribosomes. Abbreviation: rRNA.
- riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
- 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.
- robben island — a small island in South Africa, 11 km (7 miles) off the Cape Peninsula: formerly used by the South African government to house political prisoners
- rollerblading — skating on rollerblades
- rub' al khali — a desert in S Arabia, mainly in Saudi Arabia, extending southeast from Nejd to Hadramaut and northeast from Yemen to the United Arab Emirates. Area: about 777 000 sq km (300 000 sq miles)
- rub` al khali — a desert in S Arabia, N of Hadhramaut and extending from Yemen to Oman. About 250,000 sq. mi. (647,500 sq. km).
- running belay — the clipping of the rope through a karabiner attached to a sling, piton, nut, etc, secured to the mountain: used by a leading climber of a team to reduce the length of a possible fall
- 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.
- sanitary belt — a narrow belt, usually of elastic, for holding a sanitary napkin in place.
- 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.
- seasonability — fact of being seasonable
- selectability — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- semipermeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
- sensible heat — Sensible heat is heat which is exchanged in an energy generation system, and which only affects the temperature of one or more substances.
- septisyllable — a word made up of seven syllables.
- serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
- serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
- shambolically — in a completely disorganized or chaotic manner
- shield bearer — an attendant who carries the shield or arms of a warrior.
- shingle beach — a beach made of a mass of small pieces of rough stone
- shot-blasting — the cleaning of metal, etc, by a stream of shot
- silent barter — dumb barter.
- simon bolivar — Simón [sahy-muh n;; Spanish see-mawn] /ˈsaɪ mən;; Spanish siˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), ("El Libertador") 1783–1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- single-barrel — a gun having one barrel, especially a shotgun.
- sinterability — the capacity to be sintered
- sinumbra lamp — an unshaded sperm-oil lamp consisting of a translucent glass globe supported on a pedestal: a form of astral lamp.
- sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
- skilled labor — labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.
- social phobia — a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations
- solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- space biology — exobiology.
- spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.