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13-letter words containing b, e, n, l

  • brotherliness — of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
  • bubble column — A bubble column is a reactor in which a gas bubbles up through a liquid or slurry.
  • bûche de noël — a French Christmas cake made from a thin layer of spongecake that is rolled up and frosted so as to resemble a decorative Yule log
  • bufadienolide — any of a family of steroid lactones, occurring in toad venom and squill, that possess cardiac-stimulating and antitumor activity.
  • buffing wheel — a wheel covered with a soft material, such as lamb's wool or leather, used for shining and polishing
  • building line — the boundary line along a street beyond which buildings must not project
  • building site — A building site is an area of land on which a building or a group of buildings is in the process of being built or altered.
  • bulk settling — Bulk settling is a process in which two liquids, or a solid and a liquid, of different densities are allowed to separate by gravity.
  • bull elephant — an adult male elephant
  • bulwer-lytton — Edward George Earle Lytton1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth 1803-73; Eng. novelist & playwright: father of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
  • bumble around — When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
  • bundle of his — atrioventricular bundle.
  • bundle sheath — a layer of cells in plant leaves and stems that surrounds a vascular bundle.
  • burnham scale — the salary scale for teachers in English state schools, which is revised periodically
  • busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
  • business plan — A business plan is a detailed plan for setting up or developing a business, especially one that is written in order to borrow money.
  • butcher linen — a strong, heavy fabric made of rayon or rayon and cotton with a linen finish, constructed in plain weave.
  • butter muslin — a fine loosely woven cotton material originally used for wrapping butter
  • butterfly net — a lightweight, fine net on the end of a pole used for catching butterflies
  • butterfly nut — wing nut.
  • butyl nitrite — a volatile liquid, C 4 H 9 NO 2 , the vapor of which can cause headache and vasodilation, used as an active ingredient in some household deodorizers, and misused by inhalation to prolong the sensation of orgasm.
  • cab rank rule — the rule that obliges barristers to take on any client in strict rotation
  • cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
  • call sb names — If someone calls you names, they insult you by saying unpleasant things to you or about you.
  • candleberries — Plural form of candleberry.
  • cap and bells — the traditional garb of a court jester, including a cap with bells attached to it
  • capstan table — drum table.
  • carbenicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin, C 17 H 16 N 2 Na 2 O 6 S, used against certain bacteria, especially those involved in urinary tract infections.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • carte blanche — If someone gives you carte blanche, they give you the authority to do whatever you think is right.
  • cell membrane — a very thin membrane, composed of lipids and protein, that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell and controls the passage of substances into and out of the cell
  • cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
  • cerulean blue — a light-blue to strong greenish-blue color.
  • challengeable — a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.
  • changeability — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
  • channel black — the soot of a natural gas flame, used in paints; fine carbon.
  • chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
  • child benefit — In Britain, child benefit is an amount of money paid weekly by the state to families for each of their children.
  • child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
  • chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
  • chlorobenzene — a colourless volatile flammable insoluble liquid with an almond-like odour, made from chlorine and benzene and used as a solvent and in the preparation of many organic compounds, esp phenol and DDT. Formula: C6H5Cl
  • clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
  • clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
  • cleavableness — the quality of being cleavable
  • cleveland bay — one of the oldest British breeds of clean-legged, light draught farm and carriage horse, originating from Yorkshire
  • climbing fern — any of several chiefly tropical, vinelike ferns of the genus Lygodium, having climbing or trailing stems.
  • climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
  • clinker-built — (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
  • cobelligerent — a country fighting in a war on the side of another country
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