13-letter words containing b, a, l, e, s
- bridal shower — a party, held for a woman before her wedding, to which her friends bring gifts
- bristle-grass — any of various grasses of the genus Setaria, such as S. viridis, having a bristly inflorescence
- broadly based — Something that is broadly based involves many different kinds of things or people.
- brussels lace — a fine lace with a raised or appliqué design
- bundle sheath — a layer of cells in plant leaves and stems that surrounds a vascular bundle.
- burgess shale — a bed of Cambrian sedimentary rock in the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia containing many unique invertebrate fossils
- burmese glass — an American art glass of the late 19th century, ranging from greenish-yellow to pink.
- burnham scale — the salary scale for teachers in English state schools, which is revised periodically
- business plan — A business plan is a detailed plan for setting up or developing a business, especially one that is written in order to borrow money.
- 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
- butler's tray — a tray resting on or attached to an X-shaped, often folding stand, on which are kept drink bottles and glasses
- cable release — a short length of flexible cable, used to operate the shutter of a camera without shaking it
- calabash tree — a tropical American evergreen tree, Crescentia cujete, that produces large round gourds: family Bignoniaceae
- 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.
- 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.
- categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
- cause celebre — A cause célèbre is an issue, person, or criminal trial that has attracted a lot of public attention and discussion.
- cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
- chalcostibite — a mineral, antimony copper sulfide, CuSbS 2 , occurring in lead-gray crystals.
- charles abbot — Charles Greeley, 1872–1973, U.S. astrophysicist.
- chastity belt — a locking beltlike device with a loop designed to go between a woman's legs in order to prevent her from having sexual intercourse
- clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- clapperboards — Plural form of clapperboard.
- clare-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- classic blues — a type of city blues performed by a female singer accompanied by a small group
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- cleavableness — the quality of being cleavable
- clothesbasket — a basket for holding and carrying laundry.
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- cobbler's wax — a resin used for waxing thread
- cocarboxylase — thiamine pyrophosphate
- comfortablest — Superlative form of comfortable.
- commeasurable — having the same measure or extent; commensurate.
- commensurable — having a common factor
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
- concelebrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concelebrate.
- confiscatable — confiscable
- 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
- controllables — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
- counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
- culpabilities — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.