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13-letter words containing b, e, t, a, o

  • double tackle — a pulley system using blocks having two grooved wheels.
  • double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
  • double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
  • double-tailed — (of a lion) represented with two tails joined together next to the body.
  • drop the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
  • 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
  • electron beam — a beam or stream of electrons emitted by a single source that move in the same direction and at the same speed
  • employability — (uncountable) The state or quality of being employable.
  • equilibration — The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium.
  • equilibratory — Relating to the physical sense of balance, or equilibrium.
  • erythroblasts — Plural form of erythroblast.
  • erythrophobia — Abnormal and persistent fear of blushing.
  • ethnobotanist — A scholar or researcher in the field of ethnobotany.
  • exacerbations — Plural form of exacerbation.
  • exceptionable — Open to objection; causing disapproval or offense.
  • exportability — The property of being exportable.
  • farm-to-table — noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants: farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.
  • flat-bottomed — (of boats) having a flat bottom.
  • flatbed lorry — a lorry with a flat platform for its body
  • float chamber — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
  • floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
  • flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
  • fontainebleau — a town in N France, SE of Paris: famous palace, long a favorite residence of French kings; extensive forest.
  • football game — soccer match
  • fort campbell — a military reservation in SW Kentucky and NW Tennessee, NW of Clarksville, Tenn., and SW of Hopkinsville, Ky.
  • fort dearborn — a former U.S. fort on the site of Chicago, 1803–37.
  • galveston bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.
  • gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
  • get a bead on — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
  • ghettoblaster — Alternative form of ghetto blaster.
  • gladstone bag — a small rectangular suitcase hinged to open into two compartments of equal size.
  • globe theatre — a theater on the south bank of the Thames in London, 1599–1613: many of Shakespeare's plays were first produced here.
  • go to blazes! — go to hell!
  • go to the bad — to become wicked, shiftless, etc.; degenerate
  • governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
  • great lobelia — a North American plant, Lobelia siphilitica, having long, showy clusters of blue flowers.
  • gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
  • halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
  • harbor master — an official who supervises operations in a harbor area and administers its rules.
  • harbourmaster — (British, Canada, nautical) An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
  • heart problem — a defect or disease of the heart
  • heart trouble — cardiac condition
  • heartbrokenly — In a heartbroken manner.
  • hemimetabolic — (zoology) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in lacking wings.
  • hemocytoblast — a primordial cell capable of developing into any type of blood cell.
  • hepatobiliary — Of, pertaining to, or originating in the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder.
  • herborization — the act or process of herborizing
  • hessian boots — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
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