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

  • bullhead rail — a rail having a cross section with a bulbous top and bottom, the top being larger
  • bumblebeefish — any of several gobies of the genus Brachygobius, inhabiting waters of the Malay Archipelago and having brown and yellow bands on the body that resemble the markings of a bumblebee.
  • bundle of his — atrioventricular bundle.
  • busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
  • business plan — A business plan is a detailed plan for setting up or developing a business, especially one that is written in order to borrow money.
  • butcher linen — a strong, heavy fabric made of rayon or rayon and cotton with a linen finish, constructed in plain weave.
  • butter muslin — a fine loosely woven cotton material originally used for wrapping butter
  • butterflyfish — any small tropical marine percoid fish of the genera Chaetodon, Chelmon, etc, that has a deep flattened brightly coloured or strikingly marked body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
  • butyl nitrite — a volatile liquid, C 4 H 9 NO 2 , the vapor of which can cause headache and vasodilation, used as an active ingredient in some household deodorizers, and misused by inhalation to prolong the sensation of orgasm.
  • clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
  • classic blues — a type of city blues performed by a female singer accompanied by a small group
  • clinker-built — (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
  • clipper-built — (of a hull) having fast lines, with a high ratio of length to beam and a fine entrance.
  • coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
  • cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
  • concupiscible — characterized or driven by sexual desire
  • constructible — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
  • 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.
  • coulomb field — the electrostatic field around an electrically charged body or particle
  • councilmember — a member of a council, especially a legislative council.
  • culpabilities — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
  • cyberbullying — Cyberbullying is the use of the Internet to frighten or upset someone, usually by sending them unpleasant messages.
  • deducibleness — The quality of being deducible.
  • deductibility — capable of being deducted.
  • desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
  • 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.
  • distributable — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
  • 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.
  • dumb terminal — (hardware)   A type of terminal that consists of a keyboard and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is connected. A dumb terminal, in contrast to an intelligent terminal, has no independent processing capability or auxiliary storage and thus cannot function as a stand-alone device. The dumbest kind of terminal is a glass tty. The next step up has a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by an intelligent terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
  • ebola (virus) — an RNA virus (family Filoviridae) that causes fever, internal bleeding, and, often, death
  • edinburgh sml — (EdML) Implementation of the Core language of SML. Byte-code interpreter in C. Ported to Amiga, Atari, Archimedes and IBM PC. Version: 0.44. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • electric blue — Something that is electric blue is very bright blue in colour.
  • enumerability — The condition of being enumerable.
  • equilibrating — Present participle of equilibrate.
  • equilibration — The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium.
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