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13-letter words containing b, u, l, t

  • survivability — able to be survived: Would an atomic war be survivable?
  • sweat bullets — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
  • table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
  • tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
  • tautosyllabic — occurring within the same syllable: The (s) and (t) are tautosyllabic in the word disturb, but not in distaste.
  • terbium metal — any of a subgroup of rare-earth metals, of which the cerium and yttrium metals comprise the other two subgroups.
  • the beautiful — the quality of beauty
  • the dust bowl — the area of the south central US that became denuded of topsoil by wind erosion during the droughts of the mid-1930s
  • thoracolumbar — of the thoracic and lumbar regions
  • thyroglobulin — a protein which is found in the thyroid gland and which contains iodine
  • tintinnabular — of or relating to bells or bell ringing.
  • tintinnabulum — a small, tinkling bell or a set of bells played in succession.
  • toque blanche — the tall white hat traditionally worn by a chef
  • touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
  • tout ensemble — all together.
  • tracer bullet — a bullet containing a tracer.
  • tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
  • treasury bill — an obligation of the U.S. government represented by promissory notes in denominations ranging from $1000 to $1,000,000, with a maturity of about 90 days but bearing no interest, and sold periodically at a discount on the market.
  • triple double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
  • triple-double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • truck bolster — the upper transverse member of a car truck that holds the truck center plate and receives the car's weight.
  • true believer — a person who has been thoroughly convinced of something.
  • trumpet blast — the sound of a single note made by a trumpet
  • tubeless tire — a rubber balloon tire made as a single piece without an inner tube.
  • tubeless tyre — a pneumatic tyre in which the outer casing makes an airtight seal with the rim of the wheel so that an inner tube is unnecessary
  • tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
  • tuberculinize — to inoculate with tuberculin.
  • tubular bells — Often, tubular bells. one of a set of tuned metal tubes of different lengths used as a musical instrument, suspended vertically from a frame and struck with a mallet to produce sounds or melodies.
  • tubular skate — a type of ice skate consisting of a steel blade set into an aluminum tube and connected to the shoe by tubular supports, used for both hockey and racing skates.
  • tubular steel — steel in the shape of a cylinder or long narrow rectangle; tube-shaped steel
  • tubuliflorous — having the corolla tubular in all the perfect flowers of a head, as certain composite plants.
  • tumbling mill — A tumbling mill is a machine for reducing the particle size of a solid, with a drum which turns to lift and drop the feed mixed with a grinding medium.
  • turbine blade — any of a number of bladelike vanes assembled around the periphery of a turbine rotor to guide the steam or gas flow
  • tuva republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: mountainous. Capital: Kizyl. Pop: 305 500 (2002). Area: 170 500 sq km (65 800 sq miles)
  • ultra-liberal — extremely liberal, especially in politics.
  • ultrareliable — extremely reliable
  • ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
  • umbrella step — (in the game of giant steps) a step executed by extending one foot forward and whirling on the heel.
  • umbrella tent — a small tent with a metal frame consisting of ribs that radiate from a single supporting pole.
  • umbrella tree — an American magnolia, Magnolia tripetala, having large leaves in umbrellalike clusters.
  • un-actionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
  • un-attachable — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
  • unaccountable — impossible to account for; unexplained; inexplicable: The boat has an unaccountable tendency to yaw.
  • unambitiously — in an unambitious manner
  • unbeautifully — in a unbeautiful or unattractive manner
  • unbelligerent — not belligerent or hostile
  • unbenignantly — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
  • unchastisable — not deserving to be chastised; beyond reproach
  • uncollectable — that cannot be collected: an uncollectible debt.
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