13-letter words containing n, i, r, e, b
- breathe again — to feel relief
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- breeding pair — a male and female animal that produce offspring together
- brief against — If someone, especially a politician, briefs against another person, he or she tries to harm the other person's reputation by saying something unfavourable about them.
- brilliantined — treated with brilliantine
- bring home to — to convince of
- bring to bear — to bring into operation or effect
- bring to life — to bring back to consciousness
- brittany blue — a medium greenish blue.
- broken-winded — suffering from heaves
- bromocriptine — a dopamine agonist drug which blocks the release of prolactin from the pituitary gland, used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease
- brotherliness — of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
- brownie guide — a member of the Brownie Guides, one of the junior branches (aged 7–10 years) in The Guide Association
- brownie point — If someone does something to score brownie points, they do it because they think they will be praised for it.
- buccaneerings — the characteristic actions of a buccaneer
- buprenorphine — an opiate used medicinally as a powerful analgesic
- bus mastering — bus master
- busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
- business card — A person's business card or their card is a small card which they give to other people, and which has their name and details of their job and company printed on it.
- business park — an area specially designated and landscaped to accommodate business offices, warehouses, light industry, etc
- business trip — a journey made somewhere and back again for business purposes in one's working capacity
- butcher knife — a large, very sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat.
- butcher linen — a strong, heavy fabric made of rayon or rayon and cotton with a linen finish, constructed in plain weave.
- butter muslin — a fine loosely woven cotton material originally used for wrapping butter
- butterfingers — a person who drops things inadvertently or fails to catch things
- butyl nitrite — a volatile liquid, C 4 H 9 NO 2 , the vapor of which can cause headache and vasodilation, used as an active ingredient in some household deodorizers, and misused by inhalation to prolong the sensation of orgasm.
- by contraries — contrary to what is expected
- by its nature — If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic.
- by reputation — If you know someone by reputation, you have never met them but you have heard of their reputation.
- cabin cruiser — A cabin cruiser is a motor boat which has a cabin for people to live or sleep in.
- cabinet maker — A cabinet maker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
- cabinet-maker — a person who makes fine furniture and other woodwork.
- cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
- cancerophobia — a morbid dread of being afflicted by cancer
- candleberries — Plural form of candleberry.
- carbamazepine — an anticonvulsant drug used in the management of epilepsy
- carbenicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin, C 17 H 16 N 2 Na 2 O 6 S, used against certain bacteria, especially those involved in urinary tract infections.
- carbon credit — Carbon credits are an allowance that certain companies have, permitting them to burn a certain amount of fossil fuels.
- carbon tissue — a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process
- carbon-tissue — paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
- carboniferous — yielding coal or carbon
- caribbean sea — an almost landlocked sea, part of the Atlantic Ocean, bounded by the Caribbean islands, Central America, and the N coast of South America. Area: 2 718 200 sq km (1 049 500 sq miles)
- carpetbagging — relating to carpetbaggers or to the practice of carpetbaggers
- cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
- chateaubriand — François René (frɑ̃swa rəne), Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 1768–1848, French writer and statesman: a precursor of the romantic movement in France; his works include Le Génie du Christianisme (1802) and Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1849–50)
- chickenburger — A hot sandwich made of a patty of chicken in a bun, often with other ingredients.
- child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
- chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
- cinnamon bear — a reddish-brown variety of the American black bear
- circumambient — surrounding