13-letter words containing b, u, l, f
- flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
- fluidized bed — a bed of fluidized solids used as a heat exchanger or mass transfer medium
- fluorocarbons — Plural form of fluorocarbon.
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- fontainebleau — a town in N France, SE of Paris: famous palace, long a favorite residence of French kings; extensive forest.
- fooling about — the act of speaking or acting in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner
- forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
- fuel air bomb — a type of bomb that spreads a cloud of gas, which is then detonated, over the target area, causing extensive destruction
- fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
- full of beans — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- full-bottomed — (of a wig) long at the back
- funambulation — the act of walking on a tightrope; funambulism
- funambulatory — relating to tightrope-walking
- fusible metal — any of various alloys, as of bismuth, lead, and tin, that melt at temperatures as low as 160°F (70°C), making them useful in various safety devices.
- gabriel fauré — Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
- gulf of gabès — an inlet of the Mediterranean on the E coast of Tunisia
- hubble effect — redshift
- influenceable — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- 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.
- mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
- metabisulfite — (inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of sulfur S2O52- or any salt containing this ion.
- midriff bulge — a roll of fat around your midriff
- new braunfels — a city in S Texas, near San Antonio.
- nondiffusible — not diffusible
- nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
- oblique fault — a fault that runs obliquely to, rather than parallel to or perpendicular to, the strike of the affected rocks
- oeil-de-boeuf — a comparatively small round or oval window, as in a frieze.
- owl butterfly — any of several South American nymphalid butterflies of the genus Caligo, especially C. eurylochus, having a spot like an owl's eye on each hind wing.
- public office — position in government
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- robert fulton — Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
- rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
- sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
- self-doubting — lacking in confidence
- strombuliform — in the shape of a coil
- sulfur-bottom — blue whale.
- tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
- the beautiful — the quality of beauty
- tubuliflorous — having the corolla tubular in all the perfect flowers of a head, as certain composite plants.
- umbelliferous — bearing an umbel or umbels.
- umbraculiform — umbrella-shaped
- umbrella leaf — a rare, large-leaved perennial herb, Diphylleia cymosa, of the southeastern U.S., having white flowers and small, blue berries.
- unbeautifully — in a unbeautiful or unattractive manner
- unblindfolded — not blindfolded
- uncomfortable — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- uncomfortably — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- unconformable — not conformable; not conforming.