13-letter words containing b, u, r, l
- 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.
- funambulatory — relating to tightrope-walking
- gabriel fauré — Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- geissler tube — a sealed glass tube with platinum connections at the ends, containing rarefied gas made luminous by an electrical discharge.
- girl's blouse — used to refer to a man who is not behaving in a very strong or masculine way
- globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
- gnu assembler — (GAS) A Unix assembler for the GNU project. Many CPU types are handled and COFF and IEEE-695 formats are supported as well as standard a.out. Current version 2.2 ported to Sun-3, Sun-4, i386, 386BSD, BSD/386, Linux, PS/2-AIX, VAX, Ultrix, BSD, VMS. The assembler has been merged with GNU Binutils. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- gnu c library — (library) (glibc) The run-time library for the GNU C compiler, gcc, and others. glibc is the source code for libc.a. It is maintained separately from the compilers and is a superset of ANSI C and POSIX.1 and a large subset of POSIX.2. Mailing list: <[email protected]> (bugs).
- gobar numeral — any of a set of ancient numerals derived from Hindu numerals
- golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
- ground beetle — any of numerous nocturnal, terrestrial beetles of the family Carabidae that feed chiefly on other insects.
- gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- harlequin bug — a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
- harold burton — Harold Hitz [hits] /hɪts/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1945–58.
- heart trouble — cardiac condition
- hercules-club — Also called Southern prickly ash. a prickly tree, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, of the rue family, having a medicinal bark and berries.
- homework club — an after-school club where students can stay to do their homework
- honourability — A state or condition or being honourable.
- hubli-dharwad — a city in Karnataka, SW India: the union of two cities, Hubli and Dharwar.
- hubli-dharwar — city in SW India: pop. 648,000
- hubristically — in a presumptuous or arrogant manner
- huckleberries — Plural form of huckleberry.
- illustratable — Capable of being illustrated.
- imperturbable — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
- imperturbably — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
- imputrescible — not liable to decomposition or putrefaction; incorruptible: a tanning process to make skins imputrescible.
- inconquerable — That cannot be conquered; unconquerable.
- inconstruable — unable to be construed
- incorruptable — Misspelling of incorruptible.
- incorruptible — not corruptible: incorruptible integrity.
- incorruptibly — In an incorruptible manner.
- incurableness — The state or condition of being incurable.
- indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
- inobtrusively — in an unobtrusive manner
- insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
- insupportably — In an insupportable manner.
- interruptible — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
- jebel ed druz — a mountainous region in S Syria: inhabited by Druses. About 2700 sq. mi. (6995 sq. km).
- jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
- knuckleballer — a pitcher who specializes in throwing knuckle balls.
- komi republic — a constituent republic of NW Russia: annexed by the princes of Moscow in the 14th century. Capital: Syktyvkar. Pop: 1 019 000 (2002). Area: 415 900 sq km (160 540 sq miles)
- laboriousness — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- labour market — When you talk about the labour market, you are referring to all the people who are able to work and want jobs in a country or area, in relation to the number of jobs there are available in that country or area.
- labour supply — the total number of hours that workers are willing and able to be paid wages to work for
- labour unrest — unrest or dissatisfaction displayed by workers, often in the form of strikes, and sometimes violent disputes, etc, which disrupts normal business
- labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- labrador duck — an extinct sea duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius, of northern North America, having black and white plumage.