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13-letter words containing f, e, b, a

  • bloomfieldian — Linguistics. influenced by, resembling, or deriving from the linguistic theory and the methods of linguistic analysis advocated by Leonard Bloomfield, characterized especially by emphasis on the classification of overt formal features.
  • blow the gaff — to divulge a secret
  • boarding fees — fees paid for boarding at a school
  • boniface viii — original name Benedict Caetano. ?1234–1303, pope (1294–1303)
  • borage family — any member of the plant family Boraginaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having simple, alternate, hairy leaves and usually blue, five-lobed flowers in a cluster that uncoils as they bloom, including borage, bugloss, and forget-me-not.
  • bounced flash — a flash bounced off a reflective surface, as a ceiling or wall, to illuminate a subject indirectly.
  • branch office — the local branch of a bank, shop, or other business
  • break feeding — the feeding of animals on paddocks where feeding space is controlled by the frequent movement of an electric fence
  • breakfast bar — a counter in a kitchen where people can sit and have breakfast
  • breakfast set — a set of plates, bowls, eggcups, etc, specially designed to be used at breakfast
  • breidha fjord — an inlet of Denmark Strait on the NW coast of Iceland.
  • brief against — If someone, especially a politician, briefs against another person, he or she tries to harm the other person's reputation by saying something unfavourable about them.
  • bufadienolide — any of a family of steroid lactones, occurring in toad venom and squill, that possess cardiac-stimulating and antitumor activity.
  • buffalo berry — a shrub (genus Shepherdia) of the oleaster family, native to W North America, with silvery leaves
  • buffalo grove — a city in NE Illinois.
  • 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.
  • butterfly pea — any of several leguminous plants of the genus Clitoria, as C. mariana, of North America, having pale-blue flowers.
  • camp fire boy — a boy who is a member of the Campfire Boys and Girls. Compare Camp Fire Girl.
  • carbon offset — a compensatory measure made by an individual or company for carbon emissions, usually through sponsoring activities or projects which increase carbon dioxide absorption, such as tree planting
  • carboniferous — yielding coal or carbon
  • cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
  • comfortablest — Superlative form of comfortable.
  • commodifiable — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
  • confiscatable — confiscable
  • date of birth — Your date of birth is the exact date on which you were born, including the year.
  • deaf-and-dumb — unable to hear or speak
  • death benefit — the benefit payable if the holder of a life insurance policy dies before the policy matures
  • defeasibility — capable of being annulled or terminated.
  • defendability — (uncountable) The condition of being defendable.
  • defibrillated — Simple past tense and past participle of defibrillate.
  • defibrillator — A defibrillator is a machine that starts the heart beating normally again after a heart attack, by giving it an electric shock.
  • defibrination — the act or process of defibrinating
  • deformability — Deformability is the degree to which applying a force can make a particle or solid change shape.
  • dieffenbachia — any of various plants belonging to the genus Dieffenbachia, of the arum family, native to tropical America, often cultivated as houseplants for their decorative foliage.
  • dietary fiber — fiber (def 9).
  • dietary fibre — fibrous substances in fruits and vegetables, such as the structural polymers of cell walls, consumption of which aids digestion and is believed to help prevent certain diseases
  • diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
  • eff and blind — to use obscene language
  • fabric filter — A fabric filter is a type of filter in which solids are removed from a gas by passing it though a fabric.
  • fallibilities — (of persons) liable to err, especially in being deceived or mistaken.
  • false bulrush — a tall reedlike marsh plant, Typha latifolia, with straplike leaves and flowers in long brown sausage-shaped spikes: family Typhaceae
  • farkleberries — Plural form of farkleberry.
  • farm labourer — a person engaged in physical work on a farm
  • farm-to-table — noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants: farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.
  • fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
  • fatigableness — the quality of being fatigable
  • fault breccia — angular rock fragments produced by fracture and grinding during faulting and distributed within or adjacent to the fault plane.
  • favorableness — Alternative spelling of favourableness.
  • feasibilities — Plural form of feasibility.
  • featherbedded — Simple past tense and past participle of featherbed.
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