13-letter words containing e, i, r
- attributively — pertaining to or having the character of attribution or an attribute.
- aubervilliers — an industrial suburb of Paris, on the Seine. Pop: 63 136 (1999)
- auctioneering — Present participle of auctioneer.
- audience room — a room for holding formal interviews or hearings.
- australianize — (esp of a new immigrant) to adopt or cause to adopt Australian habits and attitudes; integrate into Australian society
- austrian pine — an evergreen tree, Pina nigra austriaca
- authenticator — a person or thing that authenticates.
- authoritative — Someone or something that is authoritative gives an impression of power and importance and is likely to be obeyed.
- auto-injector — An auto-injector is a hypodermic syringe that you can use to inject yourself with a liquid.
- autoeroticism — the arousal and use of one's own body as a sexual object, as through masturbation
- averruncation — the act of averting or turning away
- awe-inspiring — If you describe someone or something as awe-inspiring, you are emphasizing that you think that they are remarkable and amazing, although sometimes rather frightening.
- ayurvedically — As a practitioner of Ayurveda; in an Ayurvedic way.
- azerbaijanian — a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan.
- azurmalachite — a blue-green ornamental stone consisting of a mixture of azurite and malachite.
- baby carriage — A baby carriage is a small vehicle in which a baby can lie as it is pushed along.
- baby primrose — a tender primrose, Primula forbesii, native to China and Burma, having white, hairy leaves and rose- or lilac-colored flowers with a yellow center.
- bachelor girl — a young unmarried woman, esp one who is self-supporting
- back-breaking — Back-breaking work involves a lot of hard physical effort.
- backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
- bacteriocidal — Alternative spelling of bactericidal.
- bacteriogenic — Caused by bacteria.
- bacteriologic — a branch of microbiology dealing with the identification, study, and cultivation of bacteria and with their applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and biotechnology.
- bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
- bacteriolysis — the destruction or disintegration of bacteria
- bacteriolytic — disintegration or dissolution of bacteria.
- bacteriophage — a virus that is parasitic in a bacterium and multiplies within its host, which is destroyed when the new viruses are released
- bacteriophagy — the action of a bacteriophage
- bacterioscopy — the examination of bacteria with a microscope.
- bacteriostats — Plural form of bacteriostat.
- bacteriotoxin — any toxin that kills bacteria
- bacterization — subjection to bacterial action
- baedeker raid — one of the German air raids in 1942 on places of cultural and historical importance in England
- baggage train — a train of wagons carrying the equipment needed by an army on the march
- bailey bridge — a temporary bridge made of prefabricated steel panels that can be rapidly assembled
- baking powder — Baking powder is an ingredient used in cake making. It causes cakes to rise when they are in the oven.
- ballistospore — a spore, esp a fungal spore, that is forcefully ejected from its source
- balmer series — a series of lines in the hydrogen spectrum, discovered by Johann Jakob Balmer (1825–98) in 1885
- balsamiferous — yielding or producing balsam
- banana spider — a large, yellowish, tropical crab spider (Heteropoda venatoria) occasionally found in bunches of bananas shipped to the Temperate Zones
- banderilleros — Plural form of banderillero.
- bandspreading — an additional tuning control in some radio receivers whereby a selected narrow band of frequencies can be spread over a wider frequency band, in order to give finer control of tuning
- banister back — a back of a chair or the like, usually having semicircular spindles between the top rail and the cross rail or seat.
- bank examiner — a public official appointed under U.S. state or federal laws to inspect and audit the operations and accounts of banks in the examiner's jurisdiction.
- banker's bill — a banknote
- barber's itch — any of various fungal infections of the bearded portion of the neck and face
- bargain offer — something for sale at a low price
- bargain price — a low price
- baritone clef — an F clef locating F below middle C on the third line of the staff.
- barium yellow — a yellow, crystalline compound, BaCrO 4 , used as a pigment (barium yellow)