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

  • blood blister — a blister filled with blood
  • blood-stained — stained with blood: a bloodstained knife.
  • blot analysis — a technique for analysing biological molecules, such as proteins (Western blot analysis), DNA (Southern blot analysis), and RNA (Northern blot analysis), involving their separation by gel electrophoresis, transfer to a nitrocellulose sheet, and subsequent analysis by autoradiography
  • blow sky-high — to destroy completely
  • blue rockfish — a bluish-black rockfish, Sebastodes mystinus, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
  • bollito misto — an Italian dish of mixed meats, as beef, chicken, sausage, and veal, simmered with vegetables and seasonings in broth.
  • bomb disposal — Bomb disposal is the job of dealing with bombs which have not exploded, by taking out the fuse or by blowing them up in a controlled explosion.
  • bombastically — (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
  • bonin islands — a group of 27 volcanic islands in the W Pacific: occupied by the US after World War II; returned to Japan in 1968. Largest island: Chichijima. Area: 103 sq km (40 sq miles)
  • bosman ruling — an EU ruling that allows out-of-contract footballers to leave their clubs without the clubs receiving a transfer fee
  • bouillabaisse — Bouillabaisse is a rich stew or soup of fish and vegetables.
  • boutros-ghali — ˈBoutros (ˈbutroʊs ) ; bo̅oˈtrōs) 1922- ; Egypt. diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations (1992-96)
  • box jellyfish — any of various highly venomous jellyfishes of the order Cubomedusae, esp Chironex fleckeri, of Australian tropical waters, having a cuboidal body with tentacles hanging from each of the lower corners
  • brest litovsk — former name (until 1921) of Brest.
  • bridal shower — a party, held for a woman before her wedding, to which her friends bring gifts
  • bristol board — a heavy smooth cardboard of fine quality, used for printing and drawing
  • broiler house — a building in which broiler chickens are reared in confined conditions
  • bronchiolitis — a condition in which the small airways in the lungs become inflamed by a virus. It is most common in infants, who become breathless in severe cases. Recurrent attacks may lead to asthma
  • brotherliness — of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
  • buffalo chips — the dried dung of buffalo used as fuel, especially by early settlers on the western plains.
  • buffalo wings — spicy fried segments of chicken wings, usually served with celery sticks and a sauce of blue cheese
  • bundle of his — atrioventricular bundle.
  • burglariously — in the manner of a burglar or buglary
  • busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
  • carbolic soap — a disinfectant soap containing phenol
  • categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
  • cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
  • chalcostibite — a mineral, antimony copper sulfide, CuSbS 2 , occurring in lead-gray crystals.
  • chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
  • clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
  • climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
  • coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
  • cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
  • cobol fingers — (jargon)   /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
  • coccobacillus — a spherelike bacillus.
  • compatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
  • compatibilist — (philosophy) Of, pertaining to or supporting compatibilism, the belief that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
  • compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
  • concupiscible — characterized or driven by sexual desire
  • confiscatable — confiscable
  • constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
  • constrainable — able to be constrained
  • 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.
  • corrosibility — corrodibility
  • cryobiologist — A biologist who specializes in cryobiology.
  • deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
  • desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
  • desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
  • diabetologist — a person who studies diabetes
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