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

  • black economy — The black economy consists of the buying, selling, and producing of goods or services that goes on without the government being informed, so that people can avoid paying tax on them.
  • black english — the group of related dialects of American English spoken variously by many black people in the U.S.
  • black panther — (in the US) a member of a militant Black political party (1965–82) founded to end the political dominance of White people
  • 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
  • blanchisseuse — a washer-woman
  • 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.
  • blasco ibanez — Vicente (biˈθente). 1867–1928, Spanish novelist, whose books include Blood and Sand (1909) and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916)
  • 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.
  • boat neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
  • boolean logic — (logic)   A logic based on Boolean algebra.
  • bounced flash — a flash bounced off a reflective surface, as a ceiling or wall, to illuminate a subject indirectly.
  • 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.
  • brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
  • breechloading — loaded at the breech.
  • burnham scale — the salary scale for teachers in English state schools, which is revised periodically
  • cab rank rule — the rule that obliges barristers to take on any client in strict rotation
  • cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
  • call sb names — If someone calls you names, they insult you by saying unpleasant things to you or about you.
  • candleberries — Plural form of candleberry.
  • cap and bells — the traditional garb of a court jester, including a cap with bells attached to it
  • capstan table — drum table.
  • carbenicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin, C 17 H 16 N 2 Na 2 O 6 S, used against certain bacteria, especially those involved in urinary tract infections.
  • carbonneutral — pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral; a carbon-neutral brewery.
  • carlton table — an English writing table of c1800, having curved rear corners and a top with drawers surmounted by a U -shaped section of drawers and cabinets, topped by a brass or ormolu gallery surrounding three sides of the writing area.
  • carte blanche — If someone gives you carte blanche, they give you the authority to do whatever you think is right.
  • cell membrane — a very thin membrane, composed of lipids and protein, that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell and controls the passage of substances into and out of the cell
  • cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
  • cerulean blue — a light-blue to strong greenish-blue color.
  • challengeable — a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.
  • changeability — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
  • channel black — the soot of a natural gas flame, used in paints; fine carbon.
  • chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
  • child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
  • clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
  • clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
  • cleavableness — the quality of being cleavable
  • cleveland bay — one of the oldest British breeds of clean-legged, light draught farm and carriage horse, originating from Yorkshire
  • commensurable — having a common factor
  • commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
  • companionable — If you describe a person as companionable, you mean they are friendly and pleasant to be with.
  • concelebrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concelebrate.
  • concept album — an album that has a unifying theme or that tells a single story
  • conditionable — able to be conditioned
  • confiscatable — confiscable
  • congratulable — worthy of congratulation
  • conjecturable — Able to be conjectured upon.
  • console table — a table with one or more curved legs of bracket-like construction, designed to stand against a wall
  • constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
  • constrainable — able to be constrained
  • contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
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