13-letter words containing b, a, n, s
- constrainable — able to be constrained
- consumability — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- contabescence — (of an anther) the condition of being unable to produce pollen
- contrabandism — the practice of trading contraband goods
- contrabandist — a person who trades in contraband goods; smuggler
- contrabassist — Someone who plays the contrabass.
- contrabassoon — the largest instrument in the oboe family, pitched an octave below the bassoon; double bassoon
- 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.
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- dangleberries — Plural form of dangleberry.
- danse macabre — dance of death
- danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
- day blindness — hemeralopia.
- debauchedness — The state or quality of being debauched.
- deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
- designer baby — People sometimes refer to a baby that has developed from an embryo with certain desired characteristics as a designer baby.
- desirableness — The quality of being desirable.
- desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
- destabilising — Present participle of destabilise.
- destabilizing — Present participle of destabilize.
- desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
- disassembling — Present participle of disassemble.
- disciplinable — subject to or meriting disciplinary action: a disciplinable breach of rules.
- discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
- discriminably — So as to be discriminable; distinguishably.
- disembarkment — to go ashore from a ship.
- dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
- disintegrable — Capable of being disintegrated.
- disobligation — the state of being without obligation
- drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
- durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
- east berliner — a native or inhabitant of the former East Berlin
- east by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of east. Abbreviation: EbN.
- easter bonnet — an especially pretty or fancy hat designed for a woman to wear to church on Easter Sunday or, especially, in an Easter parade
- eating habits — the way a person or group eats, considered in terms of what types of food are eaten, in what quantities, and when
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- elgin marbles — a group of 5th-century bc Greek sculptures originally decorating the Parthenon in Athens, brought to England by Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl of Elgin (1766–1841), and now at the British Museum
- embarrassment — A feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness.
- embracingness — the quality of something that embraces
- embranchments — Plural form of embranchment.
- encompassable — Capable of being encompassed.
- encumbrancers — Plural form of encumbrancer.
- endurableness — (rare) The state of being endurable; endurability.
- enjoyableness — The quality or state of being enjoyable.
- ensign-bearer — a soldier whose responsibility was to carry a Company's ensign