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.