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13-letter words containing e, i

  • baseline cost — the projected cost for an undertaking at the time it is budgeted
  • basic english — a simplified form of English, proposed by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards, containing a vocabulary of approximately 850 of the commonest English words, intended as an international language
  • basic plumage — the plumage assumed by an adult bird at its complete, usually annual, molt.
  • basic process — Military. basic training. a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
  • basidiomycete — any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota (formerly class Basidiomycetes), in which the spores are produced in basidia. The group includes boletes, puffballs, smuts, and rusts
  • basidiospores — Plural form of basidiospore.
  • basket dinner — a group social gathering, as of church members, to which participants contribute casseroles or other dishes to share.
  • bass clarinet — a clarinet with the lowest range, in the octave below the B-flat clarinet
  • bass-baritone — a singer or voice in the bass range with baritone qualities
  • bassenthwaite — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria near Keswick. Length: 6 km (4 miles)
  • basso rilievo — bas-relief
  • basso-relievo — bas-relief
  • bastard eigne — the first-born illegitimate son of parents whose second son was legitimate.
  • bastard title — half title (def 1).
  • bastard-title — Also called bastard title. the first printed page of certain books, appearing after the end papers and before the title page and containing only the title of the book.
  • bathylimnetic — (of an organism) living in the depths of lakes and marshes
  • baton twirler — someone who twirls a baton, esp a drum major or majorette
  • battered wife — See under battered woman syndrome.
  • battering ram — A battering ram is a long heavy piece of wood that is used to knock down the locked doors of buildings.
  • battering-ram — an ancient military device with a heavy horizontal ram for battering down walls, gates, etc.
  • batting order — the sequence in which hitters will bat in a given game, determined in advance by the team manager.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • bazillionaire — (humorous) An incredibly rich person.
  • bcg (vaccine) — a vaccine prepared from an attenuated strain of the tubercle bacillus, used for immunization against tuberculosis
  • be hard going — If you say that something is hard going, you mean it is difficult and requires a lot of effort.
  • be nothing to — not to concern or be significant to (someone)
  • 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 upstanding — (in a court of law) a direction to all persons present to rise to their feet before the judge enters or leaves the court
  • 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.
  • beaded lizard — a large, stout-bodied, venomous lizard, Heloderma horridum, inhabiting western Mexico, having black, beadlike scales with yellow to pinkish spots and splotches.
  • beaking joint — a straight joint made by several members, as strips of flooring, ending at the same line.
  • beam splitter — a system that divides a beam of light, electrons, etc, into two or more paths
  • beanbag chair — a chair like a large beanbag covered with vinyl, fabric, etc. and filled with foam pellets, as of polystyrene, that shift about to fit one's body
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • beaux esprits — bel esprit
  • beaux-esprits — plural of bel-esprit.
  • 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 suite — a set of furniture, including such things as a bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers, cabinet, etc
  • bedside table — a small table beside a bed
  • bedtime drink — a drink before bed, often made with milk
  • bedtime story — a story read or told to a child at bedtime
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