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

  • brutalization — to make brutal.
  • burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
  • 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.
  • carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
  • 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
  • cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
  • chronobiology — the branch of biology concerned with the periodicity occurring in living organisms
  • climbing iron — either of a pair of metal frames with spikes that may be strapped over footgear, on the inside of the leg to aid in climbing trees, public utility poles, etc.
  • climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
  • cobelligerent — a country fighting in a war on the side of another country
  • cobol fingers — (jargon)   /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
  • collaborating — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
  • collaboration — Collaboration is the act of working together to produce a piece of work, especially a book or some research.
  • coloring book — A coloring book is a book of simple drawings which children can color in.
  • combinatorial — of or involving combination, esp. mathematical combination
  • constrainable — able to be constrained
  • constructible — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
  • contraorbital — of or relating to flight in the orbit of, but in a direction contrary to, a given rocket, ballistic missile, satellite, etc.
  • contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
  • cooling board — a plank for laying out a corpse.
  • councilmember — a member of a council, especially a legislative council.
  • deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
  • dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
  • dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
  • drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
  • embryonically — In an embryonic way.
  • endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
  • enrolled bill — draft legislation approved in identical form by both houses and sent to the President for approval
  • equilibration — The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium.
  • floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
  • flooring brad — a brad having a very small head, made in lengths from 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm).
  • flying boxcar — a large airplane designed to carry cargo.
  • globetrotting — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
  • governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
  • gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
  • heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
  • honourability — A state or condition or being honourable.
  • hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
  • hypobranchial — situated below the gills or beneath the branchial arches.
  • imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
  • inconformable — Obsolete form of unconformable.
  • inconquerable — That cannot be conquered; unconquerable.
  • inconstruable — unable to be construed
  • inconversable — (obsolete) uncommunicative; reserved.
  • inconvertible — (of paper money) not capable of being converted into specie.
  • inconvertibly — In an inconvertible manner.
  • incorrigibles — Plural form of incorrigible.
  • incorruptable — Misspelling of incorruptible.
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