13-letter words containing o, b, e, a
- inventoriable — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- irrecoverable — incapable of being recovered or regained: an irrecoverable debt.
- irrecoverably — incapable of being recovered or regained: an irrecoverable debt.
- isobarometric — isobaric
- isobathytherm — a line on a chart or diagram of a body of water, connecting depths having the same temperature.
- isothermobath — a line drawn on a diagram of a vertical section of the ocean connecting all points having equal temperature.
- jacob s coxey — Jacob Sechler [sech-ler] /ˈsɛtʃ lər/ (Show IPA), 1854–1951, U.S. political reformer: led a group of unemployed marchers (Coxey's army) in 1894 from Ohio to Washington, D.C., to petition Congress for legislation to create jobs and relieve poverty.
- jebel toubkal — a mountain in SW Morocco: highest peak in the Atlas Mountains. 13,671 feet (4167 meters).
- jolly balance — a spring balance used for determining the density of a sample by comparison of its weight in air and water.
- keep on about — If you say that someone keeps on about something, you mean that they keep talking about it in a boring way.
- know by heart — have memorized
- knowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- knowledgeably — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- knowledgebase — Alternative spelling of knowledge base.
- labiogression — location of the anterior teeth forward of their natural position.
- labor of love — work done for the sake of one's own enjoyment or of benefit to others rather than for material rewards: He coached amateur baseball teams as a labor of love.
- laboriousness — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- labour market — When you talk about the labour market, you are referring to all the people who are able to work and want jobs in a country or area, in relation to the number of jobs there are available in that country or area.
- labour unrest — unrest or dissatisfaction displayed by workers, often in the form of strikes, and sometimes violent disputes, etc, which disrupts normal business
- lacrimal bone — a small, thin, membrane bone forming the front part of the inner wall of each orbit.
- lake manitoba — a lake in W Canada, in S Manitoba: fed by the outflow from Lake Winnipegosis; drains into Lake Winnipeg. Area: 4706 sq km (1817 sq miles)
- lamb's tongue — a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.
- lambeosaurine — Any crested hadrosaurid dinosaur of the subfamily Lambeosaurinae.
- late-blooming — of or characteristic of a late bloomer: late-blooming brilliance.
- lay about one — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- leading block — lead block.
- leave sb cold — If something leaves you cold, it fails to excite or interest you.
- lemon verbena — a plant, Aloysia triphylla, having long, slender leaves with a lemonlike fragrance.
- liberationism — the principles of liberationists
- liberationist — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- lo and behold — Lo and behold or lo is used to emphasize a surprising event that is about to be mentioned, or to emphasize in a humorous way that something is not surprising at all.
- lonsdale belt — (in Britain) a belt conferred as a trophy on professional boxing champions, in various weight categories: if a champion wins it three times it becomes his personal property
- losing battle — attempt doomed to failure
- lower abdomen — lowest part of the belly
- lower chamber — lower house.
- lunar orbiter — one of a series of space probes that orbited and photographed the moon in 1966 and 1967.
- luxembourgian — of or relating to Luxembourg, its people, or their language.
- madame bovary — a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert.
- made-down bed — a makeshift bed, as a pallet, placed on the floor for sleeping.
- make no bones — If you make no bones about something, you talk openly about it, rather than trying to keep it a secret.
- make or break — either completely successful or utterly disastrous: a make-or-break marketing policy.
- make-or-break — either completely successful or utterly disastrous: a make-or-break marketing policy.
- managed bonds — investment in a combination of fixed interest securities, equities, gilts, and property, in which an investment manager, acting on a client's behalf, varies the amount invested in each according to the returns expected
- marbleization — The process of marbleizing.
- marmalade box — genipap.
- marx brothers — the. a US family of film comedians, esp Arthur Marx, known as Harpo (1888–1964), Herbert Marx, known as Zeppo (1901–79), Julius Marx, known as Groucho (1890–1977), and Leonard Marx, known as Chico (1886–1961). Their films include Animal Crackers (1930), Monkey Business (1931), Horsefeathers (1932), Duck Soup (1933), and A Day at the Races (1937)
- meadow beauty — any of several North American plants of the genus Rhexia, especially R. mariana or R. virginica, having showy rose-pink flowers with eight prominent bright yellow stamens.
- medical board — a group of people qualified to give opinions on medical matters
- megaherbivore — a large herbivore, such as an elephant, weighing more than 1000kg
- megaloblastic — an abnormally large, immature, and dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood of persons with pernicious anemia or certain other disorders.