13-letter words containing b, a, l, u, s
- brussels lace — a fine lace with a raised or appliqué design
- buffalo chips — the dried dung of buffalo used as fuel, especially by early settlers on the western plains.
- buffalo grass — a short grass, Buchloë dactyloides, growing on the dry plains of the central US
- buffalo wings — spicy fried segments of chicken wings, usually served with celery sticks and a sauce of blue cheese
- built-up mast — a wooden mast formed of several shaped, longitudinal pieces joined together.
- 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
- burglariously — in the manner of a burglar or buglary
- 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
- burning glass — a convex lens for concentrating the sun's rays into a small area to produce heat or fire
- 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.
- bustard quail — button quail.
- bustard-quail — any of several birds of the family Turnicidae, of warmer parts of the Old World, resembling but not related to the true quail. Also called bustard quail, hemipode.
- 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
- casual labour — people who are employed on a temporary, rather than a permanent or regular basis
- cause celebre — A cause célèbre is an issue, person, or criminal trial that has attracted a lot of public attention and discussion.
- clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- 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.
- club sandwich — a sandwich consisting of three or more slices of toast or bread with a filling
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- coccobacillus — a spherelike bacillus.
- commeasurable — having the same measure or extent; commensurate.
- commensurable — having a common factor
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- consumability — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
- coulomb's law — the principle that the force of attraction or repulsion between two point electric charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. A similar law holds for particles with mass
- counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
- culpabilities — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
- desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
- diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.
- dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
- distributable — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- durable goods — Durable goods or durables are goods such as televisions or cars which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
- durable press — permanent press.
- ebola (virus) — an RNA virus (family Filoviridae) that causes fever, internal bleeding, and, often, death
- endurableness — (rare) The state of being endurable; endurability.
- equitableness — The state or quality of being equitable; equitability.
- excusableness — The quality of being excusable.
- false bulrush — a tall reedlike marsh plant, Typha latifolia, with straplike leaves and flowers in long brown sausage-shaped spikes: family Typhaceae
- fantabulously — In a fantabulous manner; fantastically, wonderfully.