13-letter words containing b, e, s, o
- constrainable — able to be constrained
- constructible — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
- contabescence — (of an anther) the condition of being unable to produce pollen
- 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.
- core business — the business activity that is main source of a company's profits and success, usually the activity that the company was originally set up to carry out
- core subjects — three foundation subjects (English, mathematics, and science) that are compulsory throughout each key stage in the National Curriculum
- cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
- counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
- country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
- creosote bush — a shrub, Larrea (or Covillea) tridentata of the western US and Mexico, that has resinous leaves with an odour resembling creosote, and can live for many thousands of years: family Zygophyllaceae
- cross bedding — layering within one or more beds in a series of rock strata that does not run parallel to the plane of stratification
- cross the bar — to die
- cross-benches — (in the UK parliament) an area for members who are not allied to a particular party
- crossbenchers — Plural form of crossbencher.
- crossbreeding — Present participle of crossbreed.
- customer base — A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
- cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
- danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
- decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
- deely boppers — hairband with two bobbing antennae-like attachments
- deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
- desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
- desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
- diabetologist — a person who studies diabetes
- discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
- disembodiment — to divest (a soul, spirit, etc.) of a body.
- disemboweling — Present participle of disembowel.
- disembowelled — (chiefly, British) Simple past tense and past participle of disembowel.
- dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- disobediently — In a disobedient manner.
- disobligement — disobligation
- division bell — a bell rung in a parliament to signal a division
- domesday book — a record of a survey of the lands of England made by order of William the Conqueror about 1086, giving ownership, extent, value, etc., of the properties.
- double sculls — a race for sculls rowed by two rowers, each using a pair of oars.
- double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
- double vision — diplopia.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- doubtlessness — The property of being doubtless.
- durable goods — Durable goods or durables are goods such as televisions or cars which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
- east by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of east. Abbreviation: EbN.
- east by south — a point on the compass 11°15prime; south of east. Abbreviation: EbS.
- easter bonnet — an especially pretty or fancy hat designed for a woman to wear to church on Easter Sunday or, especially, in an Easter parade
- ebola (virus) — an RNA virus (family Filoviridae) that causes fever, internal bleeding, and, often, death
- ectosymbionts — Plural form of ectosymbiont.
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- encompassable — Capable of being encompassed.
- endosymbiosis — Symbiosis in which one of the symbiotic organisms lives inside the other.
- endosymbiotic — Of or pertaining to endosymbiosis.
- enjoyableness — The quality or state of being enjoyable.
- erythroblasts — Plural form of erythroblast.