13-letter words containing b, l, o, w
- glass-blowing — the art or process of forming or shaping a mass of molten or heat-softened glass into ware by blowing air into it through a tube.
- goldfish bowl — round glass container for goldfish
- hollywood bed — a bed consisting of a metal frame, box spring, mattress, and headboard, but lacking a footboard.
- homework club — an after-school club where students can stay to do their homework
- hot-swappable — (of devices, disks, etc) capable of being inserted or removed from a computer system that is running, without causing damage or affecting performance
- knowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- knowledgeably — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- knowledgebase — Alternative spelling of knowledge base.
- lavatory bowl — the part inside a lavatory containing water and fitted with a water-flushing device and connected to a drain
- locked bowels — constipation.
- low-bandwidth — [communication theory] Used to indicate a talk that, although not content-free, was not terribly informative. "That was a low-bandwidth talk, but what can you expect for an audience of suits!" Compare zero-content, bandwidth, math-out.
- lower abdomen — lowest part of the belly
- lower burrell — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- lower chamber — lower house.
- lunar rainbow — moonbow.
- microwaveable — Alternative spelling of microwavable.
- news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
- non-renewable — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- owl butterfly — any of several South American nymphalid butterflies of the genus Caligo, especially C. eurylochus, having a spot like an owl's eye on each hind wing.
- parker bowles — Camilla (née Shand). born 1947, became the second wife of Prince Charles in 2005; created Duchess of Cornwall and Duchess of Rothesay
- pink bollworm — the larva of a gelechiid moth, Pectinophora gossypiella, that feeds on the seeds of the bolls of cotton and was introduced into cotton-growing regions of the world from Asia.
- play hob with — to make trouble for; interfere with and make disordered
- potbelly wood — a load of firewood, approximately half a cord, cut in lengths of 16 inches (40 cm) or less for use in a potbelly stove.
- scribble down — If you scribble down something, you write it quickly or roughly.
- snowball bush — guelder rose.
- snowball tree — any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Viburnum, esp V. opulus var. roseum, a sterile cultivated variety with spherical clusters of white or pinkish flowers
- the dust bowl — the area of the south central US that became denuded of topsoil by wind erosion during the droughts of the mid-1930s
- unbowdlerized — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- unputdownable — (especially of a book or periodical) so interesting or suspenseful as to compel reading.
- unworkability — the quality or state of being unworkable
- wall cupboard — a cupboard that is fixed to a wall
- water buffalo — a buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, of the Old World tropics, having large, flattened, curved horns: wild populations are near extinction.
- water lobelia — Lobelia dortmanna
- water-soluble — capable of dissolving in water.
- web developer — a person or company that develops World Wide Web software applications, or that creates and maintains websites.
- wedgwood blue — a blue-gray color, especially one characteristic of Wedgwood ceramic ware.
- well-combined — made by combining; joined; united, as in a chemical compound.
- well-observed — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- west columbia — a town in central South Carolina.
- wheelbarrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of wheelbarrow.
- whistleblower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- whole brother — a brother whose parents are the same as one's own.
- whole numbers — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- wibbly-wobbly — wobbly
- wild bergamot — a plant, Monarda fistulosa, of the mint family, native to eastern North America, having a rounded cluster of lilac-colored or purple flowers, growing in dry places.
- wine-bottling — the process of transferring wine from a large container to individual bottles
- with bells on — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- wolffian body — the mesonephros.
- won't be long — If you say that someone won't be long, you mean that you think they will arrive or be back soon. If you say that it won't be long before something happens, you mean that you think it will happen soon.
- woulfe bottle — a bottle with more than one neck, used for passing gases through liquids