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13-letter words containing b, a, t, e, r, o

  • brokenhearted — Someone who is brokenhearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
  • bulbourethral — of or relating to the rounded mass of tissue surrounding the urethra at the root of the penis.
  • buoyant force — the law that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force (buoyant force) equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.
  • 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
  • by contraries — contrary to what is expected
  • by reputation — If you know someone by reputation, you have never met them but you have heard of their reputation.
  • campylobacter — a rod-shaped bacterium that causes infections in cattle and man. Unpasteurized milk infected with campylobacter is a common cause of gastroenteritis
  • car boot sale — A car boot sale is a sale where people sell things they own and do not want from a little stall or from the back of their car.
  • carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
  • carbon credit — Carbon credits are an allowance that certain companies have, permitting them to burn a certain amount of fossil fuels.
  • carbon offset — a compensatory measure made by an individual or company for carbon emissions, usually through sponsoring activities or projects which increase carbon dioxide absorption, such as tree planting
  • carbon tissue — a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process
  • carbon-tissue — paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
  • carbonneutral — pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral; a carbon-neutral brewery.
  • carboxymethyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical -CH2-COOH derived from acetic acid.
  • carlton table — an English writing table of c1800, having curved rear corners and a top with drawers surmounted by a U -shaped section of drawers and cabinets, topped by a brass or ormolu gallery surrounding three sides of the writing area.
  • carriage bolt — a round-headed bolt for timber, threaded along part of its shank, inserted into holes already drilled.
  • catcher's box — box1 (def 16d).
  • categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
  • categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
  • charles abbot — Charles Greeley, 1872–1973, U.S. astrophysicist.
  • chocolate bar — a block of chocolate
  • claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
  • coaster brake — a brake on a bicycle that engages when the pedals are turned in reverse
  • cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
  • collaborative — A collaborative piece of work is done by two or more people or groups working together.
  • comfortablest — Superlative form of comfortable.
  • concelebrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concelebrate.
  • congratulable — worthy of congratulation
  • conjecturable — Able to be conjectured upon.
  • constrainable — able to be constrained
  • contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
  • 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.
  • copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
  • corroborative — Corroborative evidence or information supports an idea, account, or argument.
  • counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
  • counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
  • cross the bar — to die
  • currant borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Ramosia tipuliformis, that bores into the stems of currants.
  • customer base — A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
  • cyanobacteria — a group of photosynthetic bacteria (phylum Cyanobacteria) containing a blue photosynthetic pigment
  • date of birth — Your date of birth is the exact date on which you were born, including the year.
  • daughterboard — a small circuit board that can be attached to the motherboard of a computer
  • deattribution — a switch in the attribution of a work of art to another artist, usually a lesser one.
  • decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
  • decarbonation — to remove carbon dioxide from.
  • decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
  • decarboxylate — to take away a carboxyl group from (an organic compound) or (of an organic compound) to lose a carboxyl group
  • decerebration — Surgery. to remove the cerebrum.
  • defibrillator — A defibrillator is a machine that starts the heart beating normally again after a heart attack, by giving it an electric shock.
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