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13-letter words containing b, e, t

  • labour market — When you talk about the labour market, you are referring to all the people who are able to work and want jobs in a country or area, in relation to the number of jobs there are available in that country or area.
  • labour unrest — unrest or dissatisfaction displayed by workers, often in the form of strikes, and sometimes violent disputes, etc, which disrupts normal business
  • lake manitoba — a lake in W Canada, in S Manitoba: fed by the outflow from Lake Winnipegosis; drains into Lake Winnipeg. Area: 4706 sq km (1817 sq miles)
  • lamb's tongue — a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.
  • lambert's law — the law that the luminous intensity of a perfectly diffusing surface in any direction is proportional to the cosine of the angle between that direction and the normal to the surface, for which reason the surface will appear equally bright from all directions.
  • larder beetle — a black beetle, Dermestes lardarius, the larvae of which feed on dried meats, hides, furs, etc.
  • late-blooming — of or characteristic of a late bloomer: late-blooming brilliance.
  • laughter club — a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect
  • lay about one — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • least bittern — any of several tawny brown herons that inhabit reedy marshes, as Botaurus lentiginosus (American bittern) of North America, and B. stellaris, of Europe.
  • lepton number — in a process involving elementary particles, the total number of leptons minus the total number of antileptons.
  • letzeburgesch — a Germanic dialect that is the native language of most of the people of Luxembourg.
  • level5 object — From Information Builders.
  • lever tumbler — a flat metal tumbler in a lock.
  • libel tourism — the act of suing a writer for alleged defamation in a foreign jurisdiction where there are weak libel laws.
  • libel tourist — someone who engages in libel tourism.
  • liberal elite — the group of people in a society who are considered as having a high level of education and liberal ideas
  • liberal party — a political party in Great Britain, formed about 1830 as a fusion of Whigs and Radicals and constituting one of the dominant British parties in the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries.
  • liberationism — the principles of liberationists
  • liberationist — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
  • liberty horse — (in a circus) a riderless horse that performs movements to verbal commands
  • liberty party — the first antislavery political party, organized in 1839 and merged with the Free Soil party in 1848.
  • library paste — a white, smooth paste for paper and lightweight cardboard.
  • library steps — a folding stepladder, especially one folding into another piece of furniture, as a table or chair.
  • library table — a large pedestal writing table or desk.
  • libyan desert — a desert in N Africa, in E Libya, W Egypt, and NW Sudan, W of the Nile: part of the Sahara. About 650,000 sq. mi. (1,683,500 sq. km).
  • limbic system — a ring of interconnected structures in the midline of the brain around the hypothalamus, involved with emotion and memory and with homeostatic regulatory systems.
  • listenability — pleasant to listen to: soft, listenable music.
  • livery stable — a stable where horses and vehicles are cared for or rented out for pay.
  • lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
  • lonsdale belt — (in Britain) a belt conferred as a trophy on professional boxing champions, in various weight categories: if a champion wins it three times it becomes his personal property
  • losing battle — attempt doomed to failure
  • lubber's knot — an improperly made reef or square knot, likely to slip loose.
  • lumber jacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
  • lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
  • lunar orbiter — one of a series of space probes that orbited and photographed the moon in 1966 and 1967.
  • malted barley — barley that has been kiln-dried after it has germinated by soaking in water
  • manageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
  • manipulatable — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
  • marbled white — any butterfly of the satyrid genus Melanargia, with panelled black-and-white wings, but technically a brown butterfly; found in grassland
  • marbleization — The process of marbleizing.
  • maritime belt — the part of the sea that is within the jurisdiction of the bordering states.
  • market basket — a basket or cart for groceries.
  • marketability — readily salable.
  • marx brothers — the. a US family of film comedians, esp Arthur Marx, known as Harpo (1888–1964), Herbert Marx, known as Zeppo (1901–79), Julius Marx, known as Groucho (1890–1977), and Leonard Marx, known as Chico (1886–1961). Their films include Animal Crackers (1930), Monkey Business (1931), Horsefeathers (1932), Duck Soup (1933), and A Day at the Races (1937)
  • meadow beauty — any of several North American plants of the genus Rhexia, especially R. mariana or R. virginica, having showy rose-pink flowers with eight prominent bright yellow stamens.
  • measurability — capable of being measured.
  • megaloblastic — an abnormally large, immature, and dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood of persons with pernicious anemia or certain other disorders.
  • memorabiliast — a person who collects mementos or souvenirs, as postcards or playbills.
  • mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
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