13-letter words containing b, n, a, i, r
- re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
- reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- reattribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
- recalibration — the act or process of recalibrating something
- recombination — any of several processes by which genetic material of different origins becomes combined. It most commonly occurs between two sets of parental chromosomes during production of germ cells
- redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
- refried beans — fried mashed beans
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
- relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- replenishable — able to be replenished
- republicanism — republican government.
- republicanize — to make republican.
- republication — publication anew.
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- retainability — to keep possession of.
- reverberation — a reechoed sound.
- rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
- ribosomal rna — a type of RNA, distinguished by its length and abundance, functioning in protein synthesis as a component of ribosomes. Abbreviation: rRNA.
- riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
- right-brained — having the right brain dominant, therefore being more adept at spatial and nonverbal concepts and being more creative and emotional than logical and analytical.
- road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- robben island — a small island in South Africa, 11 km (7 miles) off the Cape Peninsula: formerly used by the South African government to house political prisoners
- robot dancing — a dance of the 1980s characterized by jerky mechanical movements
- rollerblading — skating on rollerblades
- rubberbanding — (in online video games) the backward popping of characters in motion to their recently occupied spaces that results from high latency in the network connection.
- run batted in — a runner advanced to home for a score by a particular player at bat, as when he or she gets a hit or a walk with the bases loaded: a category important in individual offensive statistics. Abbreviation: R.B.I.
- running belay — the clipping of the rope through a karabiner attached to a sling, piton, nut, etc, secured to the mountain: used by a leading climber of a team to reduce the length of a possible fall
- running board — a small ledge, step, or footboard, formerly beneath the doors of an automobile, to assist passengers entering or leaving the car.
- saint bernard — Great, a mountain pass between SW Switzerland and NW Italy, in the Pennine Alps: Napoleon led his army through it in 1800; location of a hospice. 8108 feet (2470 meters) high.
- saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
- san cristobal — a city in SW Venezuela.
- sanitary belt — a narrow belt, usually of elastic, for holding a sanitary napkin in place.
- semicarbazone — a product that occurs as a result of aldehyde or ketone reacting with semicarbazide
- serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
- serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
- shaving brush — a short, cylindrical brush with long, soft, bristles, used in lathering the face before shaving.
- siberian high — the prevailing high pressure system over Asia in winter.
- siberian ruby — a red tourmaline used as a gem: not a true ruby.
- silent barter — dumb barter.
- simon bolivar — Simón [sahy-muh n;; Spanish see-mawn] /ˈsaɪ mən;; Spanish siˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), ("El Libertador") 1783–1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.
- single-barrel — a gun having one barrel, especially a shotgun.
- sinterability — the capacity to be sintered
- sinumbra lamp — an unshaded sperm-oil lamp consisting of a translucent glass globe supported on a pedestal: a form of astral lamp.
- skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- snap-brim hat — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
- sonic barrier — sound barrier.
- sorbitization — the act of sorbitizing
- sound barrier — Also called sonic barrier, transonic barrier. (not in technical use) a hypothetical barrier to flight beyond the speed of sound, so postulated because aircraft undergo an abruptly increasing drag force induced by compression of the surrounding air when traveling near the speed of sound.
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)