13-letter words containing b, i, r, t
- birthing room — a section of a hospital or an outpatient facility set aside and equipped for childbirth and usually simulating a home environment in which family members or friends may be present during the delivery.
- biscuit bread — biscuits or a biscuit: I like biscuit bread more than corn bread for supper.
- biscuit-fired — (of a ceramic object) fired to harden the body.
- bite your lip — If you bite your lip, you try very hard not to show the anger or distress that you are feeling.
- bits per inch — (unit) (BPI) A measure of the recording density of a magnetic tape or disk.
- bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
- bitter orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- bittersweetly — in a bittersweet manner
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
- blaze a trail — to explore new territories, areas of knowledge, etc, in such a way that others can follow
- blister steel — steel produced from wrought iron by cementation in covered pots, having a blistered appearance because of the gases generated during the process.
- blood blister — a blister filled with blood
- blue verditer — either of two pigments, consisting usually of carbonate of copper prepared by grinding either azurite (blue verditer) or malachite (green verditer)
- blue whistler — blue norther.
- board meeting — a meeting of the board of a company or other organization
- bolt up right — a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- bonfire night — Bonfire Night is the popular name for Guy Fawkes Night.
- borlotti bean — variety of kidney bean
- boron nitride — a white inert crystalline solid existing both in a graphite-like form and in an extremely hard diamond-like form (borazon). It is used as a refractory, high-temperature lubricant and insulator, and heat shield. Formula: BN
- borrowed time — an uncertain, usually limited period of time extending beyond or postponing the occurrence of something inevitable.
- boston matrix — a two-dimensional matrix, used in planning the business strategy of a large organization, that identifies those business units in the organization that generate cash and those that use it
- botryomycosis — a disease, usually of horses, caused by a bacterial infection (usually, Staphylococcus aureus) producing tumorous growths esp. after castration or a wound or injury
- bottled fruit — fruit preserved in glass jars
- bouquet garni — A bouquet garni is a bunch of herbs that are tied together and used in cooking to add flavour to the food.
- boutros-ghali — ˈBoutros (ˈbutroʊs ) ; bo̅oˈtrōs) 1922- ; Egypt. diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations (1992-96)
- brace and bit — a hand tool for boring holes, consisting of a cranked handle into which a drilling bit is inserted
- brahminy kite — a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.
- braillewriter — a machine, similar to a typewriter, for writing texts in Braille.
- brain truster — a member of a brain trust; an important but usually unofficial adviser.
- brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
- brazen it out — to act in a bold way as if one need not be ashamed
- brazing metal — a nonferrous metal, as copper, zinc, or nickel, or an alloy, as hard solder, used for brazing together pieces of metal.
- break it down — stop it
- break the ice — to relieve shyness or reserve, esp between strangers
- breaker strip — breaker1 (def 4).
- breaker-strip — a person or thing that breaks.
- breast timber — wale1 (def 5).
- breast-timber — a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
- breathability — fitness to be breathed
- breathe again — to feel relief
- brest litovsk — former name (until 1921) of Brest.
- brevirostrate — having a short beak or bill
- bridal wreath — any of several N temperate rosaceous shrubs of the genus Spiraea, esp S. prunifolia, cultivated for their sprays of small white flowers
- bridging shot — a shot inserted in a film to indicate the passage of time between two scenes, as of a series of newspaper headlines or calendar pages being torn off.
- brief against — If someone, especially a politician, briefs against another person, he or she tries to harm the other person's reputation by saying something unfavourable about them.
- bright lights — If someone talks about the bright lights, they are referring to life in a big city where you can do a lot of enjoyable and exciting things and be successful.
- brilliant cut — a cut for gems
- brilliant-cut — a cut intended to enhance the brilliance of a gem with the least possible sacrifice of weight, characterized by a form resembling two pyramids set base to base, truncated so as to give a broad table and a very small culet, and having from 18 to 104 facets, 58 being typical.
- brilliantined — treated with brilliantine
- bring home to — to convince of