13-letter words containing b, u, r, o, s
- butcher's boy — a boy doing deliveries for a butcher and perhaps also learning the butchery trade, esp in the past
- buttress root — a tree root that extends above ground as a platelike outgrowth of the trunk supporting the tree. Buttress roots are mainly found in trees of tropical rain forests
- by yourselves — if you are by yourselves, or all by yourselves, you are alone
- carbon tissue — a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process
- carbon-tissue — paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
- carboniferous — yielding coal or carbon
- casual labour — people who are employed on a temporary, rather than a permanent or regular basis
- clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- clare-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- clothes brush — a brush used to remove dust, fluff, dirt, etc from clothes
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- commeasurable — having the same measure or extent; commensurate.
- commensurable — having a common factor
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- constructible — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
- contributions — Plural form of contribution.
- core business — the business activity that is main source of a company's profits and success, usually the activity that the company was originally set up to carry out
- core subjects — three foundation subjects (English, mathematics, and science) that are compulsory throughout each key stage in the National Curriculum
- counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
- country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
- 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
- cross-buttock — a wrestling throw in which the hips are used as a fulcrum to throw an opponent
- customer base — A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
- danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
- disambiguator — Anything that serves to disambiguate.
- dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
- distributions — Plural form of distribution.
- double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- draughtboards — Plural form of draughtboard.
- draughtsboard — The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
- durable goods — Durable goods or durables are goods such as televisions or cars which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
- durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
- ebola (virus) — an RNA virus (family Filoviridae) that causes fever, internal bleeding, and, often, death
- fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
- fibrovascular — composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants: a fibrovascular bundle.
- filibusterous — resembling a filibuster or the actions of a filibuster
- fluorocarbons — Plural form of fluorocarbon.
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- george w bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
- 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.
- habeas corpus — a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.
- harbourmaster — (British, Canada, nautical) An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
- hot cross bun — a bun with a cross of frosting on it, eaten chiefly during Lent.
- housebreakers — Plural form of housebreaker.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.