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13-letter words containing b, e, t, a, n, c

  • metallic bond — the type of chemical bond between atoms in a metallic element, formed by the valence electrons moving freely through the metal lattice.
  • mistranscribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
  • multibranched — Having more than one branch.
  • 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
  • nitrobacteria — Plural form of nitrobacterium.
  • non-carbonate — a salt or ester of carbonic acid.
  • non-excitable — easily excited: Prima donnas had the reputation of being excitable and temperamental.
  • nonactionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
  • nonaerobiotic — Able to live without oxygen from the atmosphere.
  • nonalphabetic — not employing alphabetic order
  • noncarbonated — Not carbonated; lacking carbonation.
  • noncarbonates — Plural form of noncarbonate.
  • noncompatible — Not compatible.
  • nondetachable — Not capable of being detached.
  • noticeability — The quality of being easy to see or notice.
  • objectionable — causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.
  • objectionably — causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.
  • obstetricians — Plural form of obstetrician.
  • octane number — (of gasoline) a designation of antiknock quality, numerically equal to the percentage of isooctane by volume in a mixture of isooctane and normal heptane that matches the given gasoline in antiknock characteristics.
  • optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
  • penobscot bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in S Maine. 30 miles (48 km) long.
  • pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
  • picnic basket — woven container for carrying food outdoors
  • placentia bay — a bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the SE coast of Newfoundland, Canada, W of the Avalon Peninsula. About 100 miles (160 km) long and 80 miles (129 km) wide.
  • plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
  • polycarbonate — a synthetic thermoplastic resin, a linear polymer of carbonic acid, used for molded products, films, and nonbreakable windows.
  • prince albert — Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
  • recalibration — the act or process of recalibrating something
  • recombination — any of several processes by which genetic material of different origins becomes combined. It most commonly occurs between two sets of parental chromosomes during production of germ cells
  • relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • republication — publication anew.
  • saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
  • satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • second ballot — an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • space blanket — a plastic insulating body wrapping coated on one or both sides with aluminium foil which reflects back most of the body heat lost by radiation: carried by climbers, mountaineers, etc, for use in cases of exposure or exhaustion
  • streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
  • sublanceolate — (of leaves, etc) almost spear-shaped
  • substanceless — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
  • table dancing — Table dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances in a sexy way close to a customer or group of customers.
  • table licence — a licence authorizing the sale of alcoholic drinks with meals only
  • teachableness — the quality or condition of being teachable
  • techno-babble — technical jargon relating to computing and other technological subjects
  • the caribbean — the states and islands of the Caribbean Sea, including the West Indies, when considered as a geopolitical region
  • the new black — If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable.
  • thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
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