13-letter words containing b, a, r, i, o
- subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- subsaturation — the act or process of saturating.
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
- swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
- tailorability — capable of being made into clothing: tailorable fabrics.
- thiocarbamide — thiourea.
- thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- thrombophilia — a condition marked by the tendency to develop blood clots or thrombosis
- tibeto-burman — a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan languages, including especially Tibetan and Burmese.
- to bear fruit — If the effort that you put into something or a particular way of doing something bears fruit, it is successful and produces good results.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- trial balloon — a statement, program, or the like issued publicly as a means of determining reactions in advance: The speech was a trial balloon for a new law.
- tricarboxylic — pertaining to a molecule that contains three carboxyl groups.
- triploblastic — having three primary germ layers, as the embryos of vertebrates.
- tromba marina — trumpet marine.
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
- turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
- umbraculiform — umbrella-shaped
- unobliterated — to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface.
- unpolarizable — not capable of being polarized
- unproblematic — not problematic, not causing difficulties or confusion; uncomplicated
- unworkability — the quality or state of being unworkable
- vapor barrier — a layer of material, as plastic film or foil, used to protect installed insulation by retarding the transmission of moisture from the interior environment.
- variable cost — a cost that varies with a change in the volume of output while remaining uniform on a per-unit basis, as cost of labor (distinguished from fixed cost).
- vasoinhibitor — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- verbalization — to express in words: He couldn't verbalize his feelings.
- verbigeration — the condition or instances of repeating the same word or sentence against one's will as a symptom of a psychiatric disorder
- vicar of bray — a vicar (Simon Aleyn) appointed to the parish of Bray in Berkshire during Henry VIII's reign who changed his faith to Catholic when Mary I was on the throne and back to Protestant when Elizabeth I succeeded and so retained his living
- victorian box — a tree, Pittosporum undulatum, of Australia, having shiny, wavy-margined, oblong leaves and fragrant clusters of yellowish flowers.
- video library — video and dvd lending service
- warner robins — a city in central Georgia.
- warping board — a rectangular board containing evenly spaced pegs at each end on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- water lobelia — Lobelia dortmanna
- waterboarding — a harsh interrogation technique in which water is poured onto the face and head of the immobilized victim so as to induce a fear of drowning.
- wild bergamot — a plant, Monarda fistulosa, of the mint family, native to eastern North America, having a rounded cluster of lilac-colored or purple flowers, growing in dry places.