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

  • blood pudding — Blood pudding is another word for black pudding.
  • blood-letting — Blood-letting is violence or killing between groups of people, especially between rival armies.
  • blood-stained — stained with blood: a bloodstained knife.
  • bloodcurdling — terrifying; horrifying
  • bloody-minded — If you say that someone is being bloody-minded, you are showing that you disapprove of their behaviour because you think they are being deliberately difficult instead of being helpful.
  • bloomfieldian — Linguistics. influenced by, resembling, or deriving from the linguistic theory and the methods of linguistic analysis advocated by Leonard Bloomfield, characterized especially by emphasis on the classification of overt formal features.
  • blooming mill — a rolling mill for shaping ingots into blooms
  • blot analysis — a technique for analysing biological molecules, such as proteins (Western blot analysis), DNA (Southern blot analysis), and RNA (Northern blot analysis), involving their separation by gel electrophoresis, transfer to a nitrocellulose sheet, and subsequent analysis by autoradiography
  • blow moulding — a process for moulding single-piece plastic objects in which a thermoplastic is extruded into a split mould and blown against its sides
  • boat neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
  • bodily injury — The bodily injury section of a liability insurance policy usually covers hospital bills for the injured parties as well as related expenses such as rehabilitation, medicines, and lost income.
  • body building — the act or practice of exercising, lifting weights, etc., so as to develop the muscles of the body.
  • boiled dinner — a meal of meat and vegetables, as of corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes, prepared by boiling.
  • boiling point — The boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at which it starts to change into steam or vapour. For example, the boiling point of water is 100° centigrade.
  • boiling range — A boiling range is the temperature range involved in the distillation of oil, from the start to the time when it evaporates.
  • bolting cloth — a sturdy fabric, usually of fine silk or nylon mesh, used chiefly in serigraphy, embroidery, and as a foundation fabric for wigs.
  • bone-chilling — extremely cold
  • bonin islands — a group of 27 volcanic islands in the W Pacific: occupied by the US after World War II; returned to Japan in 1968. Largest island: Chichijima. Area: 103 sq km (40 sq miles)
  • book learning — knowledge gained from books rather than from direct personal experience
  • book-learning — knowledge acquired by reading books, as distinguished from that obtained through observation and experience.
  • booking clerk — A booking clerk is a person who sells tickets, especially in a railway station.
  • boolean logic — (logic)   A logic based on Boolean algebra.
  • borlotti bean — variety of kidney bean
  • bosman ruling — an EU ruling that allows out-of-contract footballers to leave their clubs without the clubs receiving a transfer fee
  • 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.
  • 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 match — a game of bowls
  • 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).
  • brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
  • brachycranial — brachycephalic
  • brazilian wax — the process of removing all or almost all pubic and other hair in the pelvic area by applying hot wax.
  • brazing alloy — a solder fusing at temperatures above 1200°F (650°C).
  • brazing metal — a nonferrous metal, as copper, zinc, or nickel, or an alloy, as hard solder, used for brazing together pieces of metal.
  • breaking ball — any pitch that breaks; specif., a curve or slider
  • breechloading — loaded at the breech.
  • bridging loan — A bridging loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
  • brilliant cut — a cut for gems
  • brilliant-cut — a cut intended to enhance the brilliance of a gem with the least possible sacrifice of weight, characterized by a form resembling two pyramids set base to base, truncated so as to give a broad table and a very small culet, and having from 18 to 104 facets, 58 being typical.
  • brilliantined — treated with brilliantine
  • bring to life — to bring back to consciousness
  • brittany blue — a medium greenish blue.
  • bronchiolitis — a condition in which the small airways in the lungs become inflamed by a virus. It is most common in infants, who become breathless in severe cases. Recurrent attacks may lead to asthma
  • brotherliness — of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
  • brutalization — to make brutal.
  • bufadienolide — any of a family of steroid lactones, occurring in toad venom and squill, that possess cardiac-stimulating and antitumor activity.
  • buffalo wings — spicy fried segments of chicken wings, usually served with celery sticks and a sauce of blue cheese
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