13-letter words containing e, a
- bear's-breech — a widely cultivated S European acanthus plant, Acanthus mollis, having whitish purple-veined flowers
- bearer cheque — a cheque payable to the person who has it
- bearing plate — a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss.
- bearing sword — a large sword carried for its owner by a squire or servant because of its size.
- beast of prey — any animal that hunts other animals for food
- beat sb to it — If you intend to do something but someone beats you to it, they do it before you do.
- beat the band — a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop: a band of protesters.
- beat the drum — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- beatification — a beatifying or being beatified
- beau brummell — any dandy or fop
- beauteousness — The state or quality of being beauteous.
- beautifulness — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
- beauty editor — the person in charge of a section of newspaper or magazine devoted to cosmetics, etc
- beauty parlor — A beauty parlor is a place where women can go to have beauty treatments, for example, to have their hair, nails, or makeup done.
- beaux esprits — bel esprit
- beaux-esprits — plural of bel-esprit.
- bed and board — sleeping accommodation and meals
- bedaux system — a system of payment for work on the basis of the number of points of work done in a given amount of time, each point representing one minute of work on a given job at a normal rate of speed.
- bedding plane — the surface separating two successive layers of stratified rock
- bedding plant — A bedding plant is a plant which lasts for one year. It is put in a flower bed before it flowers, and is then removed when it has finished flowering.
- bedding-plant — bedmaker (def 1).
- bedroom farce — a light comedy about sexual relationships
- bedside table — a small table beside a bed
- beehive state — Utah (used as a nickname).
- beetle-headed — a stupid person; blockhead.
- beetlebrained — stupid
- beggar's-lice — any of several plants, esp the stickseed, having small prickly fruits that adhere to clothing, fur, etc
- behavioristic — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- behaviourally — from a behavioural point of view
- beige toaster — Macintosh
- beleaguerment — a blockade or siege
- belgian congo — former Belgian colony (1908-60) in central Africa: now the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo
- believability — to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
- 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.
- bellefontaine — a city in W Ohio.
- belly landing — the landing of an aircraft on its fuselage without use of its landing gear
- bench warrant — a warrant issued by a judge or court directing that an offender be apprehended
- benedictional — a book of benedictions or blessings
- beneficential — relating to beneficence
- beneficiary's — a person or group that receives benefits, profits, or advantages.
- beneficiation — the procedure of reducing ores
- benefit fraud — the illegal activity of claiming benefit payments which a person is not entitled to
- benefit match — a sports match organized to raise money for charity, or for a particular player
- bengal quince — bael.
- benito juarez — Benito (Pablo) [be-nee-taw pah-vlaw] /bɛˈni tɔ ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1806–72, president of Mexico 1857–72.
- benjamin west — Benjamin, 1738–1820, U.S. painter, in England after 1763.
- benjamin-bush — Also called spice-wood. a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
- benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
- benton harbor — a city in SW Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
- benzalacetone — benzylidene acetone.