13-letter words containing o, b, e, a
- proverbialize — to use in a proverbial way
- psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
- quarter-bound — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
- quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- rabble-rouser — a person who stirs up the passions or prejudices of the public, usually for his or her own interests; demagogue.
- rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
- rainbow snake — a burrowing snake, Farancia erytrogramma, of the southeastern U.S., having red and black stripes along the body, a red and yellow underside, and a sharp-tipped tail used in maneuvering prey.
- rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
- random number — pseudorandom number
- random rubble — masonry in which untooled stones are set without coursing
- re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
- reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- reattribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
- recalibration — the act or process of recalibrating something
- recombination — any of several processes by which genetic material of different origins becomes combined. It most commonly occurs between two sets of parental chromosomes during production of germ cells
- recommendable — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
- redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
- redondo beach — a city in SW California.
- reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
- rehabilitator — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
- relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- republication — publication anew.
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- retrofittable — to modify equipment (in airplanes, automobiles, a factory, etc.) that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture.
- reverberation — a reechoed sound.
- reverberatory — characterized or produced by reverberation.
- rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
- roanoke bells — a wild plant, Mertensia virginica, of the borage family, native to the eastern U.S., grown as a garden plant for its handsome, nodding clusters of blue flowers.
- robben island — a small island in South Africa, 11 km (7 miles) off the Cape Peninsula: formerly used by the South African government to house political prisoners
- robber barons — History/Historical. a noble who robbed travelers passing through his lands.
- rock barnacle — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- rock the boat — to move or sway to and fro or from side to side.
- rollerblading — skating on rollerblades
- rond de jambe — a circular movement of the leg.
- rotary beater — a culinary utensil or device, as an eggbeater, with one or more sets of rotary blades for beating, whipping, mixing, etc.
- saber-toothed — having long, saberlike upper canine teeth, sometimes extending below the margin of the lower jaw.
- sacred baboon — hamadryas baboon.
- sacred bamboo — nandina.
- savoy cabbage — a variety of cabbage having a compact head of crinkled, blistered leaves.
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- seasonability — fact of being seasonable
- second ballot — an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates
- second banana — a comic who supports the leading comedian, often as a straight man, especially in burlesque or vaudeville.
- secret ballot — a vote in which the confidentiality of how one votes is safeguarded.
- self-absorbed — preoccupied with one's thoughts, interests, etc.
- semicarbazone — a product that occurs as a result of aldehyde or ketone reacting with semicarbazide
- she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
- single combat — combat between two persons.