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