13-letter words containing c, u, r, e
- averruncation — the act of averting or turning away
- ayurvedically — As a practitioner of Ayurveda; in an Ayurvedic way.
- azurmalachite — a blue-green ornamental stone consisting of a mixture of azurite and malachite.
- baccalaureate — The baccalaureate is an examination taken by students at the age of eighteen in France and some other countries.
- back pressure — the pressure that opposes the motion of a piston on its exhaust stroke in an internal-combustion engine
- backgrounders — Plural form of backgrounder.
- balsam spruce — either of two North American coniferous trees of the genus Picea, P. pungens (the blue spruce) or P. engelmanni
- bancassurance — the selling of insurance products by a bank to its customers
- band spectrum — a spectrum consisting of a number of bands of closely spaced lines that are associated with emission or absorption of radiation by molecules
- barcoo salute — a movement of the hand to brush flies away from the face
- barrel cactus — any of several large, cylindrical, ribbed, spiny cacti of the genera Echinocactus and Ferocactus.
- bathtub curve — Common term for the curve (resembling an end-to-end section of one of those claw-footed antique bathtubs) that describes the expected failure rate of electronics with time: initially high, dropping to near 0 for most of the system's lifetime, then rising again as it "tires out". See also burn-in period, infant mortality.
- battlecruiser — A large warship of a type built in the early 20th century, carrying similar armament to a battleship but faster and more lightly armored.
- bearer cheque — a cheque payable to the person who has it
- bell purchase — a tackle consisting of two standing single blocks, two running single blocks, a fall, and a runner, so arranged that it gives a mechanical advantage of six, neglecting friction.
- bimolecularly — in a bimolecular fashion
- birectangular — having two right angles.
- biscuit bread — biscuits or a biscuit: I like biscuit bread more than corn bread for supper.
- biscuit-fired — (of a ceramic object) fired to harden the body.
- black quarter — blackleg (def 1).
- black vulture — the Eurasian vulture, Aegypius monachus, of the family Accipitridae
- blame culture — the tendency to look for one person or organization that can be held responsible for a bad state of affairs, an accident, etc
- blast furnace — A blast furnace is a large structure in which iron ore is heated under pressure so that it melts and the pure iron metal separates out and can be collected.
- blue copperas — a salt, copper sulfate, CuSO 4 ⋅5H 2 O, occurring naturally as large transparent, deep-blue triclinic crystals, appearing in its anhydrous state as a white powder: used chiefly as a mordant, insecticide, fungicide, and in engraving.
- blue rockfish — a bluish-black rockfish, Sebastodes mystinus, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- bone-crushing — powerful or constricting enough to crush one's bones: a bone-crushing handshake.
- boraginaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Boraginaceae, a family of temperate and tropical typically hairy-leaved flowering plants that includes forget-me-not, lungwort, borage, comfrey, and heliotrope
- bounce around — to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall.
- brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
- brassicaceous — belonging to the plant family Brassicaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Cruciferae.
- breeches buoy — a ring-shaped life buoy with a support in the form of a pair of short breeches, in which a person is suspended for safe transfer from a ship
- bronco buster — a person who breaks broncos to the saddle.
- brussels lace — a fine lace with a raised or appliqué design
- buccaneerings — the characteristic actions of a buccaneer
- buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
- bucket ladder — a series of buckets that move in a continuous chain, used to dredge riverbeds, etc, or to excavate land
- bullace grape — the thick-skinned musk-scented purple grape produced by this plant: used to make wine
- buoyant force — the law that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force (buoyant force) equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.
- bureaucratese — wordy, jargon-filled, overcomplicated language considered typical of bureaucrats
- bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
- bureaucratist — a believer in bureaucracy
- bureaucratize — to administer by or transform into a bureaucracy
- burnham scale — the salary scale for teachers in English state schools, which is revised periodically
- business card — A person's business card or their card is a small card which they give to other people, and which has their name and details of their job and company printed on it.
- buster collar — a round collar, similar to a lampshade in shape, that is fitted round the neck of an animal or bird, for example to prevent it removing or interfering with a dressing or other treatment
- butcher block — designating or of a thick slab made by gluing together strips of hardwood, as maple or oak, used for counter and table tops, etc.
- butcher knife — a large, very sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat.
- butcher linen — a strong, heavy fabric made of rayon or rayon and cotton with a linen finish, constructed in plain weave.
- butcher paper — heavy, moisture-resistant paper, as used for wrapping meat.
- butcher's boy — a boy doing deliveries for a butcher and perhaps also learning the butchery trade, esp in the past