13-letter words containing n, t, e, r
- bergamot mint — an aromatic herb, Mentha piperita citrata, having a lemonlike odor when crushed.
- bering strait — a strait between Alaska and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean
- beta carotene — a yellowish form of carotene: a dietary deficiency of this is associated with a greater risk of certain cancers
- beta-carotene — the most abundant of various isomers of carotene, C 40 H 56 , that can be converted by the body to vitamin A.
- bethnal green — a former borough of London, England, N of the Thames.
- bidirectional — (of a printhead) capable of printing from left to right and from right to left
- bill of entry — a list of goods received at a customs house for export or import
- binary system — a system involving only two elements, as 0 and 1 or yes and no.
- bioenergetics — the study of energy transformations in living organisms and systems
- birectangular — having two right angles.
- birth parents — a child's biological parents, regardless of whether they subsequently bring up the child
- bits per inch — (unit) (BPI) A measure of the recording density of a magnetic tape or disk.
- bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
- bitter orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- black panther — (in the US) a member of a militant Black political party (1965–82) founded to end the political dominance of White people
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
- blanketflower — a hardy flowering plant, Gaillardia aristata, that grows in the US
- blarney stone — a stone in Blarney Castle, in the SW Republic of Ireland, said to endow whoever kisses it with the gift of the gab and skill in flattery
- blast furnace — A blast furnace is a large structure in which iron ore is heated under pressure so that it melts and the pure iron metal separates out and can be collected.
- board meeting — a meeting of the board of a company or other organization
- body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
- body-centered — (of a crystal structure) having lattice points at the centers of the unit cells.
- bohr magneton — a unit that is used to indicate the magnetic moment of the electron structure in an atom, equal to 9.27 × 10 −21 erg/gauss.
- bonfire night — Bonfire Night is the popular name for Guy Fawkes Night.
- borlotti bean — variety of kidney bean
- boron nitride — a white inert crystalline solid existing both in a graphite-like form and in an extremely hard diamond-like form (borazon). It is used as a refractory, high-temperature lubricant and insulator, and heat shield. Formula: BN
- boston rocker — a type of 19th-cent. American rocking chair, having a curved wooden seat and a high back formed of spindles held in place by a broad headpiece
- bottle-opener — A bottle-opener is a metal device for removing caps or tops from bottles.
- bounty hunter — A bounty hunter is someone who tries to find or kill someone in order to get the reward that has been offered.
- bounty jumper — in the U.S. Civil War, a man who accepted the cash bounty offered for enlisting and then deserted
- bouquet garni — A bouquet garni is a bunch of herbs that are tied together and used in cooking to add flavour to the food.
- boustrophedon — having alternate lines written from right to left and from left to right
- brace and bit — a hand tool for boring holes, consisting of a cranked handle into which a drilling bit is inserted
- brahminy kite — a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.
- brain truster — a member of a brain trust; an important but usually unofficial adviser.
- brandy butter — butter and sugar creamed together with brandy and served with Christmas pudding, etc
- brazen it out — to act in a bold way as if one need not be ashamed
- brazing metal — a nonferrous metal, as copper, zinc, or nickel, or an alloy, as hard solder, used for brazing together pieces of metal.
- break it down — stop it
- breast cancer — cancer affecting the breasts
- breathe again — to feel relief
- bretton woods — resort in the White Mountains, N.H.: site of a United Nations monetary conference (1944) at which the International Monetary Fund was established
- 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.
- brokenhearted — Someone who is brokenhearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
- bromocriptine — a dopamine agonist drug which blocks the release of prolactin from the pituitary gland, used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease