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13-letter words containing l, o, b, i, e

  • borage family — any member of the plant family Boraginaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having simple, alternate, hairy leaves and usually blue, five-lobed flowers in a cluster that uncoils as they bloom, including borage, bugloss, and forget-me-not.
  • 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
  • borlotti bean — variety of kidney bean
  • boroglyceride — any compound containing boric acid and glycerol, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
  • bottled fruit — fruit preserved in glass jars
  • bottlenecking — a narrow entrance or passageway.
  • bougainvillea — Bougainvillea is a climbing plant that has thin, red or purple flowers and grows mainly in hot countries.
  • bouillabaisse — Bouillabaisse is a rich stew or soup of fish and vegetables.
  • 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.
  • boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
  • bowling alley — A bowling alley is a building which contains several tracks for bowling.
  • bowling green — A bowling green is an area of very smooth, short grass on which the game of bowls or lawn bowling is played.
  • bowling-green — a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green. Also called bowls, bowling on the green. Compare bowl2 (def 2), bowling green, jack1 (def 7), rink (def 5).
  • 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
  • brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
  • breechloading — loaded at the breech.
  • 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
  • bring to life — to bring back to consciousness
  • broccoli rabe — a plant, Brassica rapa ruvo, of which the slightly bitter, dark-green leaves and clustered flower buds are eaten as a vegetable.
  • 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.
  • bufadienolide — any of a family of steroid lactones, occurring in toad venom and squill, that possess cardiac-stimulating and antitumor activity.
  • bundle of his — atrioventricular bundle.
  • busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
  • byte compiler — byte-code compiler
  • cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
  • carriage bolt — a round-headed bolt for timber, threaded along part of its shank, inserted into holes already drilled.
  • categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
  • categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
  • cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
  • chalcostibite — a mineral, antimony copper sulfide, CuSbS 2 , occurring in lead-gray crystals.
  • chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
  • chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
  • chlorobromide — a chlorine and bromine compound joined to a metal
  • clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
  • climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
  • coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
  • coaxial cable — a cable consisting of an inner insulated core of stranded or solid wire surrounded by an outer insulated flexible wire braid, used esp as a transmission line for radio-frequency signals
  • cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
  • 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.
  • collaborative — A collaborative piece of work is done by two or more people or groups working together.
  • colonel blimp — an elderly, pompous British reactionary, especially an army officer or government official.
  • commodifiable — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
  • companionable — If you describe a person as companionable, you mean they are friendly and pleasant to be with.
  • compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
  • concupiscible — characterized or driven by sexual desire
  • conditionable — able to be conditioned
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