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13-letter words containing b, a, s, t, l

  • ballet school — a school where professional ballet dancers are trained
  • ballistically — of or relating to ballistics.
  • ballistospore — a spore, esp a fungal spore, that is forcefully ejected from its source
  • baltic shield — the wide area of ancient rock in Scandinavia
  • baltic states — the republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, which became constituent republics of the former Soviet Union in 1940, regaining their independence in 1991
  • baluster stem — a stem of a drinking glass or the like having a gradual swelling near the top or bottom.
  • barcoo salute — a movement of the hand to brush flies away from the face
  • barley stripe — a disease of barley, characterized by blighted heads and chlorotic, brown, or frayed stripes on the leaves, caused by a fungus, Helminthosporium gramineum.
  • barrel cactus — any of several large, cylindrical, ribbed, spiny cacti of the genera Echinocactus and Ferocactus.
  • bartholinitis — Inflammation of Bartholin's cyst.
  • base hospital — a hospital serving a large rural area
  • baseline cost — the projected cost for an undertaking at the time it is budgeted
  • basement flat — a flat below the ground floor of a building
  • basket clause — an all-inclusive or comprehensive clause in a contract
  • basket flower — a composite plant, Centaurea americana, of central U.S. to Mexico, having raylike heads of tubular rose-colored flowers, each surrounded by a whorl of bracts making the flower head appear as if it is set in a basket.
  • bass clarinet — a clarinet with the lowest range, in the octave below the B-flat clarinet
  • bastard title — half title (def 1).
  • bastard-title — Also called bastard title. the first printed page of certain books, appearing after the end papers and before the title page and containing only the title of the book.
  • batan islands — a group of islands in the Philippines, north of Luzon. Capital: Basco. Pop: 16 467 (2000). Area: 197 sq km (76 sq miles)
  • battlecruiser — A large warship of a type built in the early 20th century, carrying similar armament to a battleship but faster and more lightly armored.
  • battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
  • beam splitter — a system that divides a beam of light, electrons, etc, into two or more paths
  • beautifulness — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
  • bedside table — a small table beside a bed
  • bias-ply tire — a vehicle tire in which the main plies or cords run across the bead.
  • bibliolatrous — characterized by bibliolatry
  • bibliophagist — a person who devours books
  • bicentennials — pertaining to or in honor of a 200th anniversary: bicentennial celebration; a bicentennial exposition.
  • biculturalism — the characteristics, or policy, of a two-cultured society
  • bimetallistic — relating to bimetallism
  • bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
  • black mustard — a Eurasian plant, Brassica (or Sinapsis) nigra, with clusters of yellow flowers and pungent seeds from which the condiment mustard is made: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • black section — (in Britain in the 1980s) an unofficial group within the Labour Party in any constituency that represented the interests of local Black people
  • black studies — a program of studies in black history and culture offered by a school or college, often including Afro-American history and black literature.
  • blacksmithing — the work of a blacksmith.
  • blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
  • blandishments — Blandishments are pleasant things that someone says to another person in order to persuade them to do something.
  • blanket chest — a chest, with or without drawers, having a rectangular space under a lifting lid or top, used for storing blankets, bedding, or clothing.
  • blanket sheet — a newspaper of larger than average size, common in the mid 19th century.
  • blarney stone — a stone in Blarney Castle, in the SW Republic of Ireland, said to endow whoever kisses it with the gift of the gab and skill in flattery
  • blast furnace — A blast furnace is a large structure in which iron ore is heated under pressure so that it melts and the pure iron metal separates out and can be collected.
  • blastogenesis — the theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted only by germ plasm
  • blastomycosis — a fungal infection particularly affecting the lungs
  • blepharoplast — a cylindrical cytoplasmic body in protozoa
  • blood-stained — stained with blood: a bloodstained knife.
  • blot analysis — a technique for analysing biological molecules, such as proteins (Western blot analysis), DNA (Southern blot analysis), and RNA (Northern blot analysis), involving their separation by gel electrophoresis, transfer to a nitrocellulose sheet, and subsequent analysis by autoradiography
  • blow a gasket — to burst out in anger
  • blue asbestos — a common name for the mineral crocidolite, a variety of asbestos found in Africa and Australia
  • bombastically — (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
  • booster cable — either of a pair of electric cables having clamps at each end and used for starting the engine of a vehicle whose battery is dead.
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