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13-letter words containing b, a, s, r

  • neuroblastoma — a malignant tumor of immature nerve cells that usually starts in the autonomic nervous system or adrenal gland and spreads quickly, most often affecting young children.
  • neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
  • new braunfels — a city in S Texas, near San Antonio.
  • nitrogen base — Chemistry, Biochemistry. a nitrogen-containing organic compound that has the chemical properties of a base, especially a pyrimidine or purine: Four nitrogen bases are present in a DNA molecule.
  • non-absorbent — capable of absorbing heat, light, moisture, etc.; tending to absorb.
  • non-observant — absence or lack of observance.
  • nonabsorbable — That is not able to be absorbed; not absorbable.
  • nonabsorptive — Not absorptive.
  • noncarbonates — Plural form of noncarbonate.
  • nonmeasurable — capable of being measured.
  • nonobservable — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
  • nonobservance — absence or lack of observance.
  • nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
  • nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
  • north by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of north. Abbreviation: NbE.
  • nubian desert — an arid region in the NE Sudan.
  • observability — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
  • observational — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
  • observatories — Plural form of observatory.
  • observer team — a team deployed to an area of conflict to observe proceedings
  • obstacle race — a foot race in which the contestants are prevented in a specific way from covering the full course at top speed, as by having hurdles to jump, sacks enclosing the legs, or potatoes to pick up.
  • obstetrically — (medicine) In terms of obstetrics.
  • obstetricians — Plural form of obstetrician.
  • onus probandi — the burden of proof.
  • opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
  • ora pro nobis — a Latin invocation meaning pray for us
  • osborne, adam — Adam Osborne
  • over-abstract — thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.
  • overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
  • overstability — the state of being excessively stable
  • paleosiberian — a group of languages comprising those languages of Siberia that are not affiliated with Indo-European, Altaic, Uralic, or Eskimo-Aleut and including the Chukotian family and the unrelated language isolates Ket, Nivkh, and Yukaghir; Paleo-Asiatic.
  • pandora's box — a source of extensive but unforeseen troubles or problems: The senate investigation turned out to be a Pandora's box for the administration.
  • parallel bars — (used with a plural verb) a gymnasium apparatus consisting of two wooden bars on uprights, adjustable in height, and used for swinging, vaulting, balancing exercises, etc.
  • paraphrasable — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
  • parasymbiosis — the symbiotic relationship that occurs between certain species of fungi and lichens (which are themselves symbiotic associations between a fungus and an alga)
  • parker bowles — Camilla (née Shand). born 1947, became the second wife of Prince Charles in 2005; created Duchess of Cornwall and Duchess of Rothesay
  • parrot's-bill — a showy, vinelike plant, Clianthus puniceus, of New Zealand, having clusters of eight white-streaked, crimson flowers.
  • parsons table — a square or rectangular table, often of lightweight material, with straight legs that are square in cross section and of the same thickness as the top extending from the corners flush with the top so as to appear jointless.
  • paucis verbis — in or by few words; with brevity.
  • perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
  • personal best — A sports player's personal best is the highest score or fastest time that they have ever achieved.
  • pigeon breast — chicken breast.
  • pine grosbeak — a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
  • pleasure boat — recreational vessel
  • polyribosomal — relating to a polyribosome
  • post-cambrian — Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, occurring from 570 million to 500 million years ago, when algae and marine invertebrates were the predominant form of life.
  • postvertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal.
  • pouring-basin — (in a vacuum induction furnace) a trough through which molten metal flows under vacuum to a mold chamber.
  • pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
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