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13-letter words containing e, b, o

  • battle it out — If one group or person battles it out with another, they take part in a fight or contest against each other until one of them wins or a definite result is reached. You can also say that two groups or two people battle it out.
  • battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
  • bay of bengal — a wide arm of the Indian Ocean, between India and Myanmar
  • bay of naples — an inlet of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the SW coast of Italy
  • bay of plenty — a large bay of the Pacific on the NE coast of the North Island, New Zealand
  • bazillionaire — (humorous) An incredibly rich person.
  • be better off — If you say that someone would be better off doing something, you are advising them to do it or expressing the opinion that it would benefit them to do it.
  • be hard going — If you say that something is hard going, you mean it is difficult and requires a lot of effort.
  • be news to sb — If you say that something is news to you, you mean that you did not previously know what you have just been told, especially when you are surprised or annoyed about it.
  • be nothing to — not to concern or be significant to (someone)
  • be nuts about — to be greatly in love with
  • be one's life — If you say that something or someone is your life, you are emphasizing that they are extremely important to you.
  • be spoken for — If a person or thing is spoken for or has been spoken for, someone has claimed them or asked for them, so no-one else can have them.
  • be wild about — If you are wild about someone or something, you like them very much.
  • be witness to — If you are witness to something, you see it happen.
  • beacon school — a notably successful school whose methods and practices are brought to the attention of the education service as a whole in order that they may be adopted by other schools
  • beacon status — a ranking awarded by the government to an organization, rendering it eligible for extra funding, and aimed at encouraging organizations to share good practice with each other
  • beaked salmon — sandfish (def 2).
  • beaked-salmon — sandfish (def 2).
  • beaking joint — a straight joint made by several members, as strips of flooring, ending at the same line.
  • 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.
  • beatification — a beatifying or being beatified
  • beauteousness — The state or quality of being beauteous.
  • 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.
  • bed and board — sleeping accommodation and meals
  • bedroom farce — a light comedy about sexual relationships
  • bedroom scene — a scene in which lovers are in bed
  • bedroom suite — a set of furniture, including such things as a bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers, cabinet, etc
  • bedtime story — a story read or told to a child at bedtime
  • beef bouillon — a broth made either by straining water in which bits of lean beef have been cooked or by dissolving beef extract in hot water.
  • beehive house — a prehistoric circular building found in various parts of Europe, usually of stone and having a dome-shaped roof
  • beehive round — an artillery shell that ejects thousands of naillike metal projectiles on exploding.
  • beetle-browed — having bushy or overhanging eyebrows
  • beg to differ — politely disagree
  • 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
  • belgian congo — former Belgian colony (1908-60) in central Africa: now the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • bellefontaine — a city in W Ohio.
  • belly of pork — a fatty cut of meat from the pig's belly
  • belly-flopper — an awkward, usually unintentional dive in which the front of the body strikes the water horizontally, the abdomen or chest bearing the brunt of the impact.
  • belongingness — the human state of being an essential part of something
  • benching iron — a triangular, pronged plate driven into the ground to provide a temporary bench mark or turning point.
  • benedictional — a book of benedictions or blessings
  • beneficiation — the procedure of reducing ores
  • benito juarez — Benito (Pablo) [be-nee-taw pah-vlaw] /bɛˈni tɔ ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1806–72, president of Mexico 1857–72.
  • benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
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