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13-letter words containing b, i, o, l, u

  • burglariously — in the manner of a burglar or buglary
  • burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
  • burrowing owl — a ground owl (Athene cunicularia) of the prairie regions of North and South America having long legs and a small head: it makes its nest in abandoned burrows
  • busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
  • circumorbital — (anatomy) Around the eye.
  • clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
  • coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
  • coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
  • coagulability — The ability to coagulate, of being coagulable.
  • cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
  • coccobacillus — a spherelike bacillus.
  • commutability — The quality of being commutable.
  • computability — (computing theory) The property of being computable by purely mechanical means.
  • concupiscible — characterized or driven by sexual desire
  • confabulating — Present participle of confabulate.
  • confabulation — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
  • constructible — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
  • consumability — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
  • contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
  • coolidge tube — a cathode ray tube, used for x-ray production, in which a beam of thermoelectrons is produced by heating a wire cathode.
  • corticobulbar — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the brainstem, especially with regard to the corticobulbar tract, a white matter pathway connecting the two.
  • coulomb field — the electrostatic field around an electrically charged body or particle
  • councilmember — a member of a council, especially a legislative council.
  • desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
  • diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.
  • direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
  • dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
  • dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
  • dissolubility — The capability to be dissolved or disintegrated.
  • double boiler — a utensil consisting of two pots, one of which fits partway into the other: water is boiled in the lower pot to cook or warm food or melt a substance in the upper.
  • double bridle — a bridle with four reins coming from a bit with two rings on each side
  • double nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
  • double vision — diplopia.
  • double wicket — cricket in which two wickets are used, being the usual form of the game.
  • double window — a window with two panes of glass
  • 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-dipper — Informal. to earn a salary from one position while collecting a pension from the same employer or organization, especially to be a wage earner on the federal payroll while receiving a military retiree's pension.
  • double-figure — double-digit.
  • double-minded — wavering or undecided in mind.
  • double-nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
  • double-ripper — bobsled (def 2).
  • double-tailed — (of a lion) represented with two tails joined together next to the body.
  • ebola (virus) — an RNA virus (family Filoviridae) that causes fever, internal bleeding, and, often, death
  • equilibration — The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium.
  • equilibratory — Relating to the physical sense of balance, or equilibrium.
  • fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
  • fibrovascular — composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants: a fibrovascular bundle.
  • filibusterous — resembling a filibuster or the actions of a filibuster
  • fontainebleau — a town in N France, SE of Paris: famous palace, long a favorite residence of French kings; extensive forest.
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