13-letter words containing b, o, l, u
- butyryl group — the univalent group C 4 H 7 O–.
- by yourselves — if you are by yourselves, or all by yourselves, you are alone
- by-your-leave — a request for permission (esp in the phrase without so much as a by-your-leave)
- 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.
- casual labour — people who are employed on a temporary, rather than a permanent or regular basis
- circumorbital — (anatomy) Around the eye.
- clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- clare-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- clothes brush — a brush used to remove dust, fluff, dirt, etc from clothes
- cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
- club together — If people club together to do something, they all give money towards the cost of it.
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- coagulability — The ability to coagulate, of being coagulable.
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- coccobacillus — a spherelike bacillus.
- collar button — the button used to fasten the collar down on a garment
- college-bound — intending to go to college
- colorado ruby — a fire-red form of garnet found in Colorado and other parts of North America
- commeasurable — having the same measure or extent; commensurate.
- commensurable — having a common factor
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- commutability — The quality of being commutable.
- commuter belt — A commuter belt is the area surrounding a large city, where many people who work in the city live.
- computability — (computing theory) The property of being computable by purely mechanical means.
- 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.
- 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.
- corticobulbar — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the brainstem, especially with regard to the corticobulbar tract, a white matter pathway connecting the two.
- cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
- coulomb field — the electrostatic field around an electrically charged body or particle
- coulomb's law — the principle that the force of attraction or repulsion between two point electric charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. A similar law holds for particles with mass
- councilmember — a member of a council, especially a legislative council.
- counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
- counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
- country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
- crowd trouble — bad behaviour by fans at a sports match
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
- desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
- diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.