13-letter words containing b, l, u, n
- 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.
- brittany blue — a medium greenish blue.
- brutalization — to make brutal.
- bubble column — A bubble column is a reactor in which a gas bubbles up through a liquid or slurry.
- bûche de noël — a French Christmas cake made from a thin layer of spongecake that is rolled up and frosted so as to resemble a decorative Yule log
- bufadienolide — any of a family of steroid lactones, occurring in toad venom and squill, that possess cardiac-stimulating and antitumor activity.
- buffalo wings — spicy fried segments of chicken wings, usually served with celery sticks and a sauce of blue cheese
- buffing wheel — a wheel covered with a soft material, such as lamb's wool or leather, used for shining and polishing
- building land — land on which construction can take place
- building line — the boundary line along a street beyond which buildings must not project
- building plot — a piece of land on which a house can be built
- building site — A building site is an area of land on which a building or a group of buildings is in the process of being built or altered.
- bulk settling — Bulk settling is a process in which two liquids, or a solid and a liquid, of different densities are allowed to separate by gravity.
- bull elephant — an adult male elephant
- bully-ragging — to bully; harass: to bullyrag fraternity plebs.
- bulwer-lytton — Edward George Earle Lytton1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth 1803-73; Eng. novelist & playwright: father of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
- bumble around — When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
- bundle of his — atrioventricular bundle.
- bundle sheath — a layer of cells in plant leaves and stems that surrounds a vascular bundle.
- burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
- burnham scale — the salary scale for teachers in English state schools, which is revised periodically
- burning glass — a convex lens for concentrating the sun's rays into a small area to produce heat or fire
- burrowing owl — a ground owl (Athene cunicularia) of the prairie regions of North and South America having long legs and a small head: it makes its nest in abandoned burrows
- 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
- butterfly net — a lightweight, fine net on the end of a pole used for catching butterflies
- butterfly nut — wing nut.
- 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.
- cab rank rule — the rule that obliges barristers to take on any client in strict rotation
- carbonneutral — pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral; a carbon-neutral brewery.
- cerulean blue — a light-blue to strong greenish-blue color.
- clinker-built — (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
- club sandwich — a sandwich consisting of three or more slices of toast or bread with a filling
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- collar button — the button used to fasten the collar down on a garment
- college-bound — intending to go to college
- commensurable — having a common factor
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- concept album — an album that has a unifying theme or that tells a single story
- concupiscible — characterized or driven by sexual desire
- confabulating — Present participle of confabulate.
- confabulation — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
- confabulatory — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
- congratulable — worthy of congratulation
- conjecturable — Able to be conjectured upon.
- 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.