13-letter words containing i, s, o, l, e
- banderilleros — Plural form of banderillero.
- base hospital — a hospital serving a large rural area
- baseline cost — the projected cost for an undertaking at the time it is budgeted
- basso rilievo — bas-relief
- basso-relievo — bas-relief
- be one's life — If you say that something or someone is your life, you are emphasizing that they are extremely important to you.
- belongingness — the human state of being an essential part of something
- bible society — a Christian organization devoted to the printing and distribution of the Bible.
- bibliogenesis — the art of producing and publishing books.
- bielsko-biala — a city in S Poland.
- bielsko-biała — a town in S Poland: created in 1951 by the union of Bielsko and Biała Krakowska; a leading textile centre since the 16th century. Pop: 356 000 (2005 est)
- biospeleology — the study of organisms that live in caves.
- bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
- bishop sleeve — a full sleeve gathered at the wrist
- bishop violet — a reddish purple.
- black section — (in Britain in the 1980s) an unofficial group within the Labour Party in any constituency that represented the interests of local Black people
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
- blasco ibanez — Vicente (biˈθente). 1867–1928, Spanish novelist, whose books include Blood and Sand (1909) and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916)
- blastogenesis — the theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted only by germ plasm
- bledisloe cup — a trophy competed for, usually annually, by New Zealand and Australia since 1932
- blood blister — a blister filled with blood
- blood-stained — stained with blood: a bloodstained knife.
- blue rockfish — a bluish-black rockfish, Sebastodes mystinus, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- bouillabaisse — Bouillabaisse is a rich stew or soup of fish and vegetables.
- box jellyfish — any of various highly venomous jellyfishes of the order Cubomedusae, esp Chironex fleckeri, of Australian tropical waters, having a cuboidal body with tentacles hanging from each of the lower corners
- brest litovsk — former name (until 1921) of Brest.
- bridal shower — a party, held for a woman before her wedding, to which her friends bring gifts
- broiler house — a building in which broiler chickens are reared in confined conditions
- brotherliness — of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
- bundle of his — atrioventricular bundle.
- busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
- caesium clock — a type of atomic clock that uses the frequency of radiation absorbed in changing the spin of electrons in caesium atoms
- calcariferous — having a spur or spurs
- campus police — police officers, security guards or students employed by a college or university to patrol the campus and to protect students, staff, and visitors
- cancellations — Plural form of cancellation.
- carillonneurs — Plural form of carillonneur.
- carol service — a service, held in a church around Christmas, at which Christmas carols are sung
- castellations — Defensive or decorative parapets with regularly spaced notches; battlements.
- categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
- cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
- cell division — the division of a cell into two new cells during growth or reproduction
- celluliferous — making or consisting of small cells
- centenionalis — a silver coin of ancient Rome, first issued by Diocletian as the 100th part of a solidus, later greatly debased.
- centuries-old — hundreds of years old
- cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
- cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
- ceremonialism — A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood