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13-letter words containing o, b, n

  • bourdon gauge — a type of aneroid pressure gauge consisting of a flattened curved tube attached to a pointer that moves around a dial. As the pressure in the tube increases the tube tends to straighten and the pointer indicates the applied pressure
  • bourguignonne — Burgundy (def 5).
  • boustrophedon — having alternate lines written from right to left and from left to right
  • bow and arrow — a weapon consisting of a bow together with an arrow that may be fired from it
  • 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).
  • bowman's root — an eastern U.S. plant, Gillenia trifoliata, of the rose family, having terminal clusters of white flowers.
  • boynton beach — a city in SE Florida.
  • brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
  • brain surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in brain surgery
  • brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
  • braking power — the ability of a braking system to cause a vehicle to come to a halt
  • branch office — the local branch of a bank, shop, or other business
  • brand loyalty — the tendency of consumers to continue buying a particular brand instead of trying a different one
  • branded goods — goods that are identifiable as being the product of a particular manufacturer or marketing company
  • branding iron — a long-handled metal rod with a stamp at one end, used for branding livestock, especially cattle, with a registered or recognized symbol or character to indicate ownership.
  • branding-iron — an iron heated and used for branding animals, etc
  • brass foundry — a foundry that makes things from brass
  • brassfounding — the practice of making things from brass
  • brazen it out — to act in a bold way as if one need not be ashamed
  • brazing alloy — a solder fusing at temperatures above 1200°F (650°C).
  • break it down — stop it
  • breechloading — loaded at the breech.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • bridging shot — a shot inserted in a film to indicate the passage of time between two scenes, as of a series of newspaper headlines or calendar pages being torn off.
  • brigham young — Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
  • bring forward — If you bring forward a meeting or event, you arrange for it to take place at an earlier date or time than had been planned.
  • bring home to — to convince of
  • bring to bear — to bring into operation or effect
  • bring to book — to reprimand or require (someone) to give an explanation of his conduct
  • bring to life — to bring back to consciousness
  • bring to mind — recall
  • bring to pass — to cause to happen
  • broken-winded — suffering from heaves
  • 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
  • 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
  • bronchography — radiography of the bronchial tubes after the introduction of a radiopaque medium into the bronchi
  • bronco buster — a person who breaks broncos to the saddle.
  • bronze whaler — a shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus, of southern Australian waters, having a bronze-coloured back
  • brooklyn park — city in SE Minn.: suburb of Minneapolis: pop. 67,000
  • brotherliness — of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
  • brown bagging — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
  • brown creeper — a small bush bird, Finschia novaeseelandiae, of South Island, New Zealand
  • brown hickory — a North American hickory tree, Carya glabra
  • brown mustard — black mustard. See under mustard (def 2).
  • brown-bagging — the practice of eating one's lunch or drinking a bottle of alcohol from a brown bag
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