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13-letter words containing i, n, b, o, r, e

  • rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
  • rainbow snake — a burrowing snake, Farancia erytrogramma, of the southeastern U.S., having red and black stripes along the body, a red and yellow underside, and a sharp-tipped tail used in maneuvering prey.
  • rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
  • re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
  • reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
  • reattribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
  • recalibration — the act or process of recalibrating something
  • recombination — any of several processes by which genetic material of different origins becomes combined. It most commonly occurs between two sets of parental chromosomes during production of germ cells
  • redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
  • reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
  • relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • republication — publication anew.
  • resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • reverberation — a reechoed sound.
  • robben island — a small island in South Africa, 11 km (7 miles) off the Cape Peninsula: formerly used by the South African government to house political prisoners
  • rollerblading — skating on rollerblades
  • rum rebellion — the deposition of Governor William Bligh in 1808 by officers of the New South Wales Corps, caused by his interference in their trading activities, esp in the trafficking of rum
  • scribble down — If you scribble down something, you write it quickly or roughly.
  • semicarbazone — a product that occurs as a result of aldehyde or ketone reacting with semicarbazide
  • skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • sonic barrier — sound barrier.
  • sound barrier — Also called sonic barrier, transonic barrier. (not in technical use) a hypothetical barrier to flight beyond the speed of sound, so postulated because aircraft undergo an abruptly increasing drag force induced by compression of the surrounding air when traveling near the speed of sound.
  • spiny lobster — any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers.
  • springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
  • sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
  • swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
  • thereinbefore — before that
  • thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • tibeto-burman — a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan languages, including especially Tibetan and Burmese.
  • to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
  • tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
  • unbowdlerized — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
  • unciform bone — a small bone of the wrist
  • unconvertible — capable of being converted.
  • unneighboured — having no neighbour or neighbours
  • unneighbourly — unfriendly and unhelpful
  • unobliterated — to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface.
  • unobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
  • unobtrusively — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
  • unpolarizable — not capable of being polarized
  • unproblematic — not problematic, not causing difficulties or confusion; uncomplicated
  • unresponsible — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
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