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13-letter words containing b, a, w

  • low-bandwidth — [communication theory] Used to indicate a talk that, although not content-free, was not terribly informative. "That was a low-bandwidth talk, but what can you expect for an audience of suits!" Compare zero-content, bandwidth, math-out.
  • lower abdomen — lowest part of the belly
  • lower chamber — lower house.
  • lunar rainbow — moonbow.
  • mackinaw boat — a flat-bottomed boat with sharp prow and square stern, propelled by oars and sometimes sails, formerly widely used on the upper Great Lakes.
  • made-down bed — a makeshift bed, as a pallet, placed on the floor for sleeping.
  • marbled white — any butterfly of the satyrid genus Melanargia, with panelled black-and-white wings, but technically a brown butterfly; found in grassland
  • meadow beauty — any of several North American plants of the genus Rhexia, especially R. mariana or R. virginica, having showy rose-pink flowers with eight prominent bright yellow stamens.
  • microwaveable — Alternative spelling of microwavable.
  • narrow-bodied — (of a jet aircraft) having a narrow fuselage and a single aisle with seats on either side.
  • new ball game — a new or changed situation: Once we're out of debt it'll be a whole new ball game.
  • new braunfels — a city in S Texas, near San Antonio.
  • newbery award — an annual award for the most distinguished book for juveniles.
  • newport beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
  • news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
  • non-renewable — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
  • obi-wan error — (programming)   /oh'bee-won" er"*r/ (RPI, from "off-by-one" and the Obi-Wan Kenobi character in "Star Wars") A kind of off-by-one error.
  • outward bound — (in Britain) a scheme to provide adventure training for young people
  • outward-bound — headed in an outward direction, as toward foreign ports: We passed an outward-bound ship as we came into the harbor.
  • parker bowles — Camilla (née Shand). born 1947, became the second wife of Prince Charles in 2005; created Duchess of Cornwall and Duchess of Rothesay
  • play hob with — to make trouble for; interfere with and make disordered
  • rabbit warren — warren.
  • rainbow snake — a burrowing snake, Farancia erytrogramma, of the southeastern U.S., having red and black stripes along the body, a red and yellow underside, and a sharp-tipped tail used in maneuvering prey.
  • rainbow trout — a trout, Salmo gairdnerii, native in the coastal waters and streams from Baja California to Alaska, used as a food and game fish.
  • sandwich beam — flitch beam.
  • sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
  • sedge warbler — a European songbird, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, of reed beds and swampy areas, having a streaked brownish plumage with white eye stripes: family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers, etc)
  • sewing basket — box for sewing accessories
  • shadow boxing — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
  • snowball bush — guelder rose.
  • snowball tree — any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Viburnum, esp V. opulus var. roseum, a sterile cultivated variety with spherical clusters of white or pinkish flowers
  • swamp cabbage — skunk cabbage.
  • swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
  • sweat bullets — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
  • 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.
  • swimming bath — swimming pool.
  • swimming crab — any of numerous, chiefly marine crabs, especially of the family Portunidae, having the legs adapted for swimming.
  • sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
  • the new black — If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable.
  • the west bank — a semi-autonomous Palestinian region in the Middle East on the W bank of the River Jordan, comprising the hills of Judaea and Samaria and part of Jerusalem: formerly part of Palestine (the entity created by the League of Nations in 1922 and operating until 1948): became part of Jordan after the ceasefire of 1949: occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. In 1993 a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization provided for the West Bank to become a self-governing Palestinian area; a new Palestinian National Authority assumed control of parts of the territory in 1994–95, but subsequent talks broke down and Israel reoccupied much of this in 2001–02 and continues to maintain most existing Israeli settlements. Pop: 2 676 740 (2013 est). Area: 5879 sq km (2270 sq miles)
  • to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
  • ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
  • unputdownable — (especially of a book or periodical) so interesting or suspenseful as to compel reading.
  • unwarrantable — capable of being warranted.
  • unwhistleable — incapable of being whistled
  • unworkability — the quality or state of being unworkable
  • urban dweller — a person who lives in an urban area
  • urban renewal — the rehabilitation of city areas by renovating or replacing dilapidated buildings with new housing, public buildings, parks, roadways, industrial areas, etc., often in accordance with comprehensive plans.
  • vandyke brown — a medium brown color.
  • vegetable wax — a wax, or a substance resembling wax, obtained from various plants, as the wax palm.
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