13-letter words containing i, n, r, e
- backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
- bacteriogenic — Caused by bacteria.
- bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
- bacteriotoxin — any toxin that kills bacteria
- bacterization — subjection to bacterial action
- baggage train — a train of wagons carrying the equipment needed by an army on the march
- baking powder — Baking powder is an ingredient used in cake making. It causes cakes to rise when they are in the oven.
- banana spider — a large, yellowish, tropical crab spider (Heteropoda venatoria) occasionally found in bunches of bananas shipped to the Temperate Zones
- banderilleros — Plural form of banderillero.
- bandspreading — an additional tuning control in some radio receivers whereby a selected narrow band of frequencies can be spread over a wider frequency band, in order to give finer control of tuning
- banister back — a back of a chair or the like, usually having semicircular spindles between the top rail and the cross rail or seat.
- bank examiner — a public official appointed under U.S. state or federal laws to inspect and audit the operations and accounts of banks in the examiner's jurisdiction.
- banker's bill — a banknote
- bargain offer — something for sale at a low price
- bargain price — a low price
- baritone clef — an F clef locating F below middle C on the third line of the staff.
- barnsbreaking — noisy and exuberant activity; boisterous mischief-making
- barrel engine — an engine having cylinders arranged around and parallel to a shaft, which they rotate by means of the contact of their piston rods with a swash plate or cam on the shaft.
- barrier-nurse — to tend (infectious patients) in isolation, to prevent the spread of infection
- basket dinner — a group social gathering, as of church members, to which participants contribute casseroles or other dishes to share.
- bass clarinet — a clarinet with the lowest range, in the octave below the B-flat clarinet
- bass-baritone — a singer or voice in the bass range with baritone qualities
- bastard eigne — the first-born illegitimate son of parents whose second son was legitimate.
- baton twirler — someone who twirls a baton, esp a drum major or majorette
- battering ram — A battering ram is a long heavy piece of wood that is used to knock down the locked doors of buildings.
- battering-ram — an ancient military device with a heavy horizontal ram for battering down walls, gates, etc.
- batting order — the sequence in which hitters will bat in a given game, determined in advance by the team manager.
- bazillionaire — (humorous) An incredibly rich person.
- be hard going — If you say that something is hard going, you mean it is difficult and requires a lot of effort.
- beanbag chair — a chair like a large beanbag covered with vinyl, fabric, etc. and filled with foam pellets, as of polystyrene, that shift about to fit one's body
- bearing plate — a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss.
- bearing sword — a large sword carried for its owner by a squire or servant because of its size.
- bedtime drink — a drink before bed, often made with milk
- beehive round — an artillery shell that ejects thousands of naillike metal projectiles on exploding.
- beer-swilling — in the habit of drinking a lot of beer
- beetlebrained — stupid
- belligerently — aggressively
- benching iron — a triangular, pronged plate driven into the ground to provide a temporary bench mark or turning point.
- bend sinister — a diagonal line bisecting a shield from the top right to the bottom left, typically indicating a bastard line
- beneficiary's — a person or group that receives benefits, profits, or advantages.
- benefit fraud — the illegal activity of claiming benefit payments which a person is not entitled to
- benito juarez — Benito (Pablo) [be-nee-taw pah-vlaw] /bɛˈni tɔ ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1806–72, president of Mexico 1857–72.
- bergamot mint — an aromatic herb, Mentha piperita citrata, having a lemonlike odor when crushed.
- bering strait — a strait between Alaska and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean
- berkeleianism — the philosophical system of George Berkeley, holding that objects exist only when perceived, that God's perception sustains the universe, and that there is no independent substratum or substance in which these perceptions inhere
- berkeley unix — Berkeley Software Distribution
- bermuda onion — a large white or yellow onion with a mild flavor, grown in Texas, California, etc.
- bernoulli box — (storage) A high capacity storage device, Iomega Corporation's first popular product, that spins a mylar disk over a read-write head using the Bernoulli principle.
- bewilderingly — extremely confusing: a bewildering schedule of events.
- bib and brace — a work garment consisting of trousers and an upper front part supported by straps over the shoulders