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13-letter words containing i, b, l

  • burrowing owl — a ground owl (Athene cunicularia) of the prairie regions of North and South America having long legs and a small head: it makes its nest in abandoned burrows
  • busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
  • business plan — A business plan is a detailed plan for setting up or developing a business, especially one that is written in order to borrow money.
  • bustard quail — button quail.
  • bustard-quail — any of several birds of the family Turnicidae, of warmer parts of the Old World, resembling but not related to the true quail. Also called bustard quail, hemipode.
  • butcher linen — a strong, heavy fabric made of rayon or rayon and cotton with a linen finish, constructed in plain weave.
  • butter muslin — a fine loosely woven cotton material originally used for wrapping butter
  • butterflyfish — any small tropical marine percoid fish of the genera Chaetodon, Chelmon, etc, that has a deep flattened brightly coloured or strikingly marked body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
  • butyl nitrite — a volatile liquid, C 4 H 9 NO 2 , the vapor of which can cause headache and vasodilation, used as an active ingredient in some household deodorizers, and misused by inhalation to prolong the sensation of orgasm.
  • byte compiler — byte-code compiler
  • cabbalistical — cabbalistic
  • cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
  • cable railway — a railway on which individual cars are drawn along by a strong cable or metal chain operated by a stationary motor
  • calculability — determinable by calculation; ascertainable: This map was designed so that distances by road are easily calculable.
  • calisaya bark — the bark of any of several tropical trees of the rubiaceous genus Cinchona, esp C. calisaya, from which quinine is extracted
  • candleberries — Plural form of candleberry.
  • cannibalistic — Cannibalistic people and practices are connected with cannibalism.
  • cannibalizing — Present participle of cannibalize.
  • cannonballing — Present participle of cannonball.
  • capitalizable — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
  • carbenicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin, C 17 H 16 N 2 Na 2 O 6 S, used against certain bacteria, especially those involved in urinary tract infections.
  • carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
  • carbolic acid — Carbolic acid or carbolic is a liquid that is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic.
  • carbolic soap — a disinfectant soap containing phenol
  • carbolic-acid — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
  • carbonylation — the introduction of a carbonyl group into a compound through chemical reaction
  • carboxylation — a chemical reaction that introduces a carboxyl group into a molecule or compound, forming a carboxylic acid or a carboxylate
  • carriage bolt — a round-headed bolt for timber, threaded along part of its shank, inserted into holes already drilled.
  • catabolically — In terms of catabolism.
  • categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
  • categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
  • cd-rewritable — Compact Disc Rewritable
  • cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
  • chalcostibite — a mineral, antimony copper sulfide, CuSbS 2 , occurring in lead-gray crystals.
  • changeability — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
  • chargeability — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
  • charitability — Charitableness.
  • chastity belt — a locking beltlike device with a loop designed to go between a woman's legs in order to prevent her from having sexual intercourse
  • chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
  • child benefit — In Britain, child benefit is an amount of money paid weekly by the state to families for each of their children.
  • child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
  • chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
  • chlorobromide — a chlorine and bromine compound joined to a metal
  • chronobiology — the branch of biology concerned with the periodicity occurring in living organisms
  • circumorbital — (anatomy) Around the eye.
  • civil liberty — the right of an individual to certain freedoms of speech and action
  • clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
  • class library — (programming)   A library of reusable classes for use with an object-oriented programming system.
  • classic blues — a type of city blues performed by a female singer accompanied by a small group
  • clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
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