13-letter words containing b, l, u, n
- lay about one — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lepton number — in a process involving elementary particles, the total number of leptons minus the total number of antileptons.
- lightning bug — firefly.
- lingual brace — a specialized dental brace that fits behind the teeth so that it is not visible when the wearer speaks or smiles.
- loft building — a building of several floors with large areas of unobstructed space, originally rented out for light industrial purposes and now frequently converted to residential occupancy.
- luang prabang — Louangphrabang.
- lubber's knot — an improperly made reef or square knot, likely to slip loose.
- lubber's line — a vertical line on the forward inner side of the bowl of a fixed compass, used as a reference mark indicating the heading of a vessel.
- lunar orbiter — one of a series of space probes that orbited and photographed the moon in 1966 and 1967.
- lunar rainbow — moonbow.
- luncheon club — (in Britain) an arrangement or organization for serving hot midday meals for a small charge to old people in clubs or daycentres
- luxembourgian — of or relating to Luxembourg, its people, or their language.
- macroglobulin — A plasma globulin of high molecular weight.
- mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
- manipulatable — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- melbourne cup — an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- mescal button — one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, especially by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote.
- midnight blue — Something that is midnight blue is a very dark blue colour, almost black.
- mobile number — a set of figures identifying the mobile telephone of a particular subscriber, and used in making connections to that telephone
- mound builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
- mound-builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
- mount lebanon — a town in SW Pennsylvania, SW of Pittsburgh.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- multibuilding — involving multiple buildings
- multibusiness — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- neuroblastoma — a malignant tumor of immature nerve cells that usually starts in the autonomic nervous system or adrenal gland and spreads quickly, most often affecting young children.
- new braunfels — a city in S Texas, near San Antonio.
- news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
- news bulletin — a usually short news broadcast
- nightclubbing — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
- non-imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- non-reducible — capable of being reduced.
- non-reputable — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- nonambulatory — of, relating to, or capable of walking: an ambulatory exploration of the countryside.
- nonconsumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- nondeductible — Not allowable as a deduction from income for the calculation of taxes.
- nondiffusible — not diffusible
- nonmeasurable — capable of being measured.
- nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
- nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
- nonreturnable — not returnable.
- notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
- oblique angle — an angle that is not a right angle; an acute or obtuse angle.
- obliviousness — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- old bulgarian — the Bulgarian language of the Middle Ages.
- on the bubble — in a situation in which the outcome is uncertain but already in the process of being determined or decided
- on the double — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- organ-builder — a maker of organs
- out on a limb — a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing: the lower limbs; artificial limbs.