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13-letter words containing b, u, r, i, a, l

  • organ-builder — a maker of organs
  • perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
  • prussian blue — any of a number of blue pigments containing ferrocyanide or ferricyanide complexes
  • public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
  • quarantinable — Subject to quarantine; under quarantine.
  • rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
  • rambling club — a club for people who enjoy taking walks in the country
  • redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • republicanize — to make republican.
  • republication — publication anew.
  • resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
  • rub' al khali — a desert in S Arabia, mainly in Saudi Arabia, extending southeast from Nejd to Hadramaut and northeast from Yemen to the United Arab Emirates. Area: about 777 000 sq km (300 000 sq miles)
  • rub` al khali — a desert in S Arabia, N of Hadhramaut and extending from Yemen to Oman. About 250,000 sq. mi. (647,500 sq. km).
  • running belay — the clipping of the rope through a karabiner attached to a sling, piton, nut, etc, secured to the mountain: used by a leading climber of a team to reduce the length of a possible fall
  • serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
  • serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
  • sinumbra lamp — an unshaded sperm-oil lamp consisting of a translucent glass globe supported on a pedestal: a form of astral lamp.
  • sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
  • spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • sub-librarian — an assistant or junior librarian
  • subclavicular — a bone of the pectoral arch.
  • subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
  • subliterature — writing below the standards of literature as an art form.
  • subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
  • subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
  • subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
  • subtropically — in the subtropics
  • suprasensible — not perceptible by the senses
  • surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
  • survivability — able to be survived: Would an atomic war be survivable?
  • 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
  • terbium metal — any of a subgroup of rare-earth metals, of which the cerium and yttrium metals comprise the other two subgroups.
  • tintinnabular — of or relating to bells or bell ringing.
  • 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.
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
  • 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
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