13-letter words containing b, l, o, c, h
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- cloth binding — a type of binding in which a book is bound in stiff boards covered with cloth
- clothes brush — a brush used to remove dust, fluff, dirt, etc from clothes
- clothesbasket — a basket for holding and carrying laundry.
- cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
- club together — If people club together to do something, they all give money towards the cost of it.
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- colomb-bechar — former name of Béchar.
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- crash blossom — an ambiguously worded headline whose meaning can be interpreted in the wrong way, as “Missing Woman Remains Found.”. See also garden-path.
- cymbocephalic — scaphocephaly.
- double-clutch — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
- 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.
- gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
- global search — a word-processing operation in which a complete computer file or set of files is searched for every occurrence of a particular word or other sequence of characters
- hail columbia — hell (used as a euphemism): He caught Hail Columbia for coming home late.
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- 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.
- heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- holometabolic — Of, pertaining to, or undergoing holometabolism.
- homework club — an after-school club where students can stay to do their homework
- hypobranchial — situated below the gills or beneath the branchial arches.
- hypometabolic — Relating to hypometabolism.
- john q public — the average or typical U.S. citizen: an entertainment aimed at Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
- lower chamber — lower house.
- luncheon club — (in Britain) an arrangement or organization for serving hot midday meals for a small charge to old people in clubs or daycentres
- lymphoblastic — (US, cytology, immunology) Of or pertaining to a lymphoblast.
- methocarbamol — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 5 , used as a muscle relaxant in combination with other drugs in the treatment of acute, painful musculoskeletal conditions.
- nonalphabetic — not employing alphabetic order
- nondetachable — Not capable of being detached.
- optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
- peach blossom — the flower of the peach tree: the state flower of Delaware.
- phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
- photocopiable — able or legally permitted to be photocopied
- pomme blanche — breadroot.
- psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
- psychobiology — the use of biological methods to study normal and abnormal emotional and cognitive processes, as the anatomical basis of memory or neurochemical abnormalities in schizophrenia.
- public school — (in the U.S.) a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education commonly including primary and secondary schools.
- school phobia — a fear of going to or returning to school
- shambolically — in a completely disorganized or chaotic manner
- social phobia — a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations
- techno-babble — technical jargon relating to computing and other technological subjects
- thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
- thoracolumbar — of the thoracic and lumbar regions
- thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
- throttle back — If you throttle back, or you throttle back the engine, when driving a motor vehicle or flying an aircraft, you make it go slower by reducing the quantity of fuel entering the engine.