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13-letter words containing b, o, l, n, e

  • demothballing — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
  • desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
  • desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
  • disemboweling — Present participle of disembowel.
  • dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
  • disobediently — In a disobedient manner.
  • disobligement — disobligation
  • division bell — a bell rung in a parliament to signal a division
  • double batten — two wooden battens screwed together for holding the edge of a drop between them.
  • double bounce — (of the ball in tennis, table tennis, etc) two bounces on the same side of the net before a return
  • double magnum — Jeroboam (def 2).
  • double nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
  • double vision — diplopia.
  • 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-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-tongue — to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and k alternately, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.
  • doubtlessness — The property of being doubtless.
  • drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
  • dumbfoundedly — In a dumbfounded manner.
  • eco-labelling — the practice or system of using eco-labels
  • elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
  • electron beam — a beam or stream of electrons emitted by a single source that move in the same direction and at the same speed
  • electron tube — (electronics)   (Or tube, vacuum tube, UK: valve, electron valve, thermionic valve, firebottle, glassfet) An electronic component consisting of a space exhausted of gas to such an extent that electrons may move about freely, and two or more electrodes with external connections. Nearly all tubes are of the thermionic type where one electrode, called the cathode, is heated, and electrons are emitted from its surface with a small energy (typically a Volt or less). A second electrode, called the anode (plate) will attract the electrons when it is positive with respect to the cathode, allowing current in one direction but not the other. In types which are used for amplification of signals, additional electrodes, called grids, beam-forming electrodes, focussing electrodes and so on according to their purpose, are introduced between cathode and plate and modify the flow of electrons by electrostatic attraction or (usually) repulsion. A voltage change on a grid can control a substantially greater change in that between cathode and anode. Unlike semiconductors, except perhaps for FETs, the movement of electrons is simply a function of electrostatic field within the active region of the tube, and as a consequence of the very low mass of the electron, the currents can be changed quickly. Moreover, there is no limit to the current density in the space, and the electrodes which do dissapate power are usually metal and can be cooled with forced air, water, or other refrigerants. Today these features cause tubes to be the active device of choice when the signals to be amplified are a power levels of more than about 500 watts. The first electronic digital computers used hundreds of vacuum tubes as their active components which, given the reliability of these devices, meant the computers needed frequent repairs to keep them operating. The chief causes of unreliability are the heater used to heat the cathode and the connector into which the tube was plugged. Vacuum tube manufacturers in the US are nearly a thing of the past, with the exception of the special purpose types used in broadcast and image sensing and displays. Eimac, GE, RCA, and the like would probably refer to specific types such as "Beam Power Tetrode" and the like, and rarely use the generic terms. The cathode ray tube is a special purpose type based on these principles which is used for the visual display in television and computers. X-ray tubes are diodes (two element tubes) used at high voltage; a tungsten anode emits the energetic photons when the energetic electrons hit it. Magnetrons use magnetic fields to constrain the electrons; they provide very simple, high power, ultra-high frequency signals for radar, microwave ovens, and the like. Klystrons amplify signals at high power and microwave frequencies.
  • embryonically — In an embryonic way.
  • encompassable — Capable of being encompassed.
  • encourageable — Able to be encouraged; suggestible.
  • endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
  • enjoyableness — The quality or state of being enjoyable.
  • enrolled bill — draft legislation approved in identical form by both houses and sent to the President for approval
  • equilibration — The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium.
  • exceptionable — Open to objection; causing disapproval or offense.
  • favorableness — Alternative spelling of favourableness.
  • festoon blind — a window blind consisting of vertical rows of horizontally gathered fabric that may be drawn up to form a series of ruches
  • floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
  • fontainebleau — a town in N France, SE of Paris: famous palace, long a favorite residence of French kings; extensive forest.
  • full of beans — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
  • galveston bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.
  • gelada baboon — a NE African baboon, Theropithecus gelada, with dark brown hair forming a mane over the shoulders, a bare red chest, and a ridged muzzle: family Cercopithecidae
  • gladstone bag — a small rectangular suitcase hinged to open into two compartments of equal size.
  • globetrotting — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
  • gobar numeral — any of a set of ancient numerals derived from Hindu numerals
  • golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
  • googlebombing — an effort to move a website to the top of search-engine results for a particular word or phrase, by creating a large number of links that contain this search text.
  • governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
  • ground beetle — any of numerous nocturnal, terrestrial beetles of the family Carabidae that feed chiefly on other insects.
  • gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
  • heartbrokenly — In a heartbroken manner.
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