13-letter words containing b, a, l, i
- alphabetizing — Present participle of alphabetize.
- aluminum book — (publication) Due to a technical screwup some printings of the second edition are actually what the author calls "yucky green". See also book titles.
- ambassadorial — Ambassadorial means belonging or relating to an ambassador.
- ambisexuality — the state of being ambisexual
- amphiblastula — the free-swimming larva of certain sponges, which consists of a hollow spherical mass of cells some of which have flagella
- amphibologies — Plural form of amphibology.
- anaerobically — (of an organism or tissue) living in the absence of air or free oxygen.
- analphabetism — the inability to read and write, illiteracy
- analysability — the capacity of something or someone to be analysed
- analyzability — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- aniline black — the black dye obtained by the oxidation of aniline hydrochloride, used for dyeing textiles, especially cotton.
- answerability — liable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions.
- anti-burglary — the felony of breaking into and entering the house of another at night with intent to steal, extended by statute to cover the breaking into and entering of any of various buildings, by night or day.
- anti-roll bar — a crosswise rubber-mounted bar in the suspension of a motor vehicle, which counteracts the movement downward on one side when cornering
- antibacterial — effective against bacteria
- antiballistic — of or relating to defence against ballistic weapons
- antibillboard — indicating an opposition to the erection of billboards
- anticipatable — capable of being anticipated
- antimetabolic — inhibiting metabolism
- antimicrobial — capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microbes
- appealability — an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
- apple-pie bed — a way of making a bed so as to prevent the person from entering it
- applicability — applying or capable of being applied; relevant; suitable; appropriate: an applicable rule; a solution that is applicable to the problem.
- apportionable — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- appreciatable — (chiefly,esthetics) That can be appreciated or enjoyed.
- apprehensible — capable of being comprehended or grasped mentally
- apprehensibly — In an apprehensive manner; cautiously.
- arabian camel — a domesticated camel, Camelus dromedarius, having one hump on its back and used as a beast of burden in the hot deserts of N Africa and SW Asia
- arbitrational — relating to, involving, or resulting from arbitration
- arboriculture — the cultivation of trees or shrubs, esp for the production of timber
- ascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- ascertainably — In a way that can be ascertained.
- assembly line — An assembly line is an arrangement of workers and machines in a factory, where each worker deals with only one part of a product. The product passes from one worker to another until it is finished.
- assembly time — the time required for a computer to translate symbolic computer language into machine-language instructions.
- assertability — The quality of being assertable.
- assessability — The quality of being assessable.
- assignability — The quality of being assignable.
- associability — the condition of or the capacity to be associable or linked or related in thinking
- asteroid belt — the concentrations of asteroids that move around the sun mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
- atrabilarious — Characterized by melancholy or gloom.
- attachability — The quality of being attachable.
- attainability — capable of being attained.
- attributional — of or relating to the act of attributing
- attributively — pertaining to or having the character of attribution or an attribute.
- aubervilliers — an industrial suburb of Paris, on the Seine. Pop: 63 136 (1999)
- auction block — Also called block. a platform from which an auctioneer sells: the old courthouse where slaves were sold from the auction block.
- autostability — the property of being stable either as a result of inherent characteristics or of built-in devices
- availableness — Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title.
- babbitt metal — any of a number of alloys originally based on tin, antimony, and copper but now often including lead: used esp in bearings
- bachelor girl — a young unmarried woman, esp one who is self-supporting