13-letter words containing b, o
- 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.
- counterbidder — a person or organization that makes a bid in opposition to another bid
- counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
- counterboring — a tool for enlarging a drilled hole for a portion of its length, as to permit sinking a screw head.
- counterphobic — seeking out a situation that one fears in an attempt to overcome the fear.
- country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
- covalent bond — a type of chemical bond involving the sharing of electrons between atoms in a molecule, esp the sharing of a pair of electrons by two adjacent atoms
- coventry bell — a perennial garden plant, Campanula trachelium, of Eurasia, having coarsely toothed leaves and bluish-purple flowers.
- cover bidding — the act of tendering an artificially high price for a contract, on the assumption that the tender will not be accepted
- cowboy outfit — an outfit consisting of a cowboy hat, fringed waistcoat, trousers, scarf etc, worn either by children or adults
- coxcombically — in a coxcombical manner
- cranberry bog — a bog in which cranberry plants are cultivated.
- crash blossom — an ambiguously worded headline whose meaning can be interpreted in the wrong way, as “Missing Woman Remains Found.”. See also garden-path.
- crayola books — (publication) A humorous and/or disparaging term for the rainbow series of National Computer Security Center (NCSC) computer security standards. See also Orange Book.
- cremorne bolt — (on a French window or the like) a pair of rods, moved by a knob mechanism, sliding into sockets in the head and sill of the opening to provide a secure fastening.
- creosote bush — a shrub, Larrea (or Covillea) tridentata of the western US and Mexico, that has resinous leaves with an odour resembling creosote, and can live for many thousands of years: family Zygophyllaceae
- croquembouche — a French dessert consisting of a cone-shaped mound of small cream puffs glazed with caramelized sugar
- cross bedding — layering within one or more beds in a series of rock strata that does not run parallel to the plane of stratification
- cross the bar — to die
- cross-benches — (in the UK parliament) an area for members who are not allied to a particular party
- cross-buttock — a wrestling throw in which the hips are used as a fulcrum to throw an opponent
- crossbenchers — Plural form of crossbencher.
- crossbreeding — Present participle of crossbreed.
- crowd trouble — bad behaviour by fans at a sports match
- cryobiologist — A biologist who specializes in cryobiology.
- cucumber root — Indian cucumber root.
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- currant borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Ramosia tipuliformis, that bores into the stems of currants.
- currency bond — a bond payable in legal tender.
- customer base — A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
- cut both ways — to have both good and bad effects
- cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- cyanobacteria — a group of photosynthetic bacteria (phylum Cyanobacteria) containing a blue photosynthetic pigment
- cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
- cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
- cymbocephalic — scaphocephaly.
- danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
- date of birth — Your date of birth is the exact date on which you were born, including the year.
- daughterboard — a small circuit board that can be attached to the motherboard of a computer
- daytona beach — a city in NE Florida, on the Atlantic: a resort with a beach of hard white sand, used since 1903 for motor speed trials. Pop: 64 581 (2003 est)
- deattribution — a switch in the attribution of a work of art to another artist, usually a lesser one.
- debit account — a bank account which allows you to buy goods or services with money that you have put into the account
- debt covenant — A debt covenant is a number of restrictions that a borrower agrees to that are set by the lending institution.
- debt of honor — a gambling debt: not legally enforceable
- decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
- decarbonation — to remove carbon dioxide from.
- decarbonizing — Present participle of decarbonize.
- decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
- decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound