13-letter words containing i, c, e
- blaise pascal — Blaise [bleyz;; French blez] /bleɪz;; French blɛz/ (Show IPA), 1623–62, French philosopher and mathematician.
- blanchisseuse — a washer-woman
- blasco ibanez — Vicente (biˈθente). 1867–1928, Spanish novelist, whose books include Blood and Sand (1909) and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916)
- bledisloe cup — a trophy competed for, usually annually, by New Zealand and Australia since 1932
- blue rockfish — a bluish-black rockfish, Sebastodes mystinus, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- boat neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- bodice ripper — You can refer to a film or novel which is set in the past and which includes a lot of sex scenes as a bodice ripper, especially if you do not think it is very good and is just intended to entertain people.
- bodice-ripper — a modern Gothic novel or historical romance, usually in paperback format, featuring at least one passionate love scene, characteristically one in which the heroine vainly resists submitting to the villain or hero.
- body piercing — the practice of making holes in the navel , nipples, etc so that jewellery can be worn in them
- bois de vache — dried buffalo dung, used as fuel by Canadian and U.S. fur trappers in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- bone-chilling — extremely cold
- bone-crushing — powerful or constricting enough to crush one's bones: a bone-crushing handshake.
- boniface viii — original name Benedict Caetano. ?1234–1303, pope (1294–1303)
- booking clerk — A booking clerk is a person who sells tickets, especially in a railway station.
- boolean logic — (logic) A logic based on Boolean algebra.
- boraginaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Boraginaceae, a family of temperate and tropical typically hairy-leaved flowering plants that includes forget-me-not, lungwort, borage, comfrey, and heliotrope
- border collie — a medium-sized breed of collie with a silky usually black-and-white coat: used mainly as sheepdogs
- border police — the force in charge of policing a border
- boroglyceride — any compound containing boric acid and glycerol, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- boron carbide — a black extremely hard inert substance having a high capture cross section for thermal neutrons. It is used as an abrasive, refractory, and in control rods in nuclear reactors. Formula: B4C
- bottlenecking — a narrow entrance or passageway.
- bouillon cube — A bouillon cube is a solid cube made from dried meat or vegetable juices and other flavorings. Bouillon cubes are used to add flavor to dishes such as stews and soups.
- brace and bit — a hand tool for boring holes, consisting of a cranked handle into which a drilling bit is inserted
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- brain scanner — a machine used to perform brain scans
- branch office — the local branch of a bank, shop, or other business
- branch rickey — (Wesley) Branch, 1881–1965, U.S. baseball executive.
- brassicaceous — belonging to the plant family Brassicaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Cruciferae.
- break dancing — a style of dance engaged in by youths, involving acrobatic movements, spinning about on the head or shoulders, etc.
- break service — to win a game in which an opponent is serving
- break the ice — to relieve shyness or reserve, esp between strangers
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- brie (cheese) — a ripened soft, white cheese made in France, or a similar cheese made elsewhere
- broccoli rabe — a plant, Brassica rapa ruvo, of which the slightly bitter, dark-green leaves and clustered flower buds are eaten as a vegetable.
- bromocriptine — a dopamine agonist drug which blocks the release of prolactin from the pituitary gland, used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease
- buccaneerings — the characteristic actions of a buccaneer
- bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
- bureaucratist — a believer in bureaucracy
- bureaucratize — to administer by or transform into a bureaucracy
- bush sickness — an animal disease caused by a cobalt deficiency in old bush country
- business card — A person's business card or their card is a small card which they give to other people, and which has their name and details of their job and company printed on it.
- business case — a briefcase or attaché case.
- butcher knife — a large, very sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat.
- butcher linen — a strong, heavy fabric made of rayon or rayon and cotton with a linen finish, constructed in plain weave.
- butter cookie — Cookery. a plain cookie whose chief ingredients are butter, flour, and sugar.
- by contraries — contrary to what is expected
- byte compiler — byte-code compiler
- cabbage aphid — a small, blue aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae, that feeds on cabbage and related plants.
- cabbage white — any large white butterfly of the genus Pieris, esp the Eurasian species P. brassicae, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of cabbages and related vegetables: family Pieridae
- cabin cruiser — A cabin cruiser is a motor boat which has a cabin for people to live or sleep in.