13-letter words containing o, e, c
- belgian congo — former Belgian colony (1908-60) in central Africa: now the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo
- benching iron — a triangular, pronged plate driven into the ground to provide a temporary bench mark or turning point.
- benedictional — a book of benedictions or blessings
- beneficiation — the procedure of reducing ores
- benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
- benzalacetone — benzylidene acetone.
- beta carotene — a yellowish form of carotene: a dietary deficiency of this is associated with a greater risk of certain cancers
- beta function — a function of two variables, usually expressed as an improper integral and equal to the quotient of the product of the values of the gamma function at each variable divided by the value of the gamma function at the sum of the variables.
- beta receptor — a receptor, found on the surface of some cells of the sympathetic nervous system, that is stimulated by certain adrenergic substances: such stimulation results in certain physiological responses, such as acceleration of the action of the heart and dilatation of the arteries supplying heart and skeletal muscles
- beta-blocking — acting to inhibit the activity of the nerves that are stimulated by adrenaline
- beta-carotene — the most abundant of various isomers of carotene, C 40 H 56 , that can be converted by the body to vitamin A.
- beta-receptor — a site on a cell, as of the heart, that, upon interaction with epinephrine or norepinephrine, controls heartbeat and heart contractability, vasodilation, smooth muscle inhibition, and other physiological processes.
- beyond recall — If something is beyond recall, it is no longer possible to remember how it was or to bring it back to its original condition.
- bible college — an institution of higher education that specializes in Bible study, typically for the education of Protestant clergy
- bible society — a Christian organization devoted to the printing and distribution of the Bible.
- bibliothecary — a librarian
- bicontinental — of, on, or involving two continents: a bicontinental survey.
- bidirectional — (of a printhead) capable of printing from left to right and from right to left
- big-cone pine — Coulter pine.
- bignoniaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Bignoniaceae, a chiefly tropical family of trees, shrubs, and lianas, including jacaranda, bignonia, and catalpa
- bimolecularly — in a bimolecular fashion
- bioaccumulate — (of substances, esp toxins) to build up within the tissues of organisms
- biochemically — the science dealing with the chemistry of living matter.
- biocompatible — not rejected by the body
- bioconversion — the use of biological processes or materials to change organic substances into a new form, such as the conversion of waste into methane by fermentation
- bioecological — the study of the interrelations among living organisms in their natural environment; ecology.
- bioelectrical — relating to electrical current generated by biological activity
- bioenergetics — the study of energy transformations in living organisms and systems
- biogeneticist — genetic engineering.
- biomechanical — relating to biomechanics
- biosystematic — relating to biosystematics
- biotechnology — Biotechnology is the use of living parts such as cells or bacteria in industry and technology.
- bird of peace — a dove.
- bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
- bitch goddess — worldly or material success personified as a goddess, especially one requiring sacrifice and being essentially destructive: He went to New York to worship the bitch goddess.
- bitch session — a discussion in which people complain or gripe, usually about a shared experience: Their first date turned into a four-hour bitch session about their ex-spouses' lawyers.
- bl lac object — an extremely compact violently variable form of active galaxy
- black economy — The black economy consists of the buying, selling, and producing of goods or services that goes on without the government being informed, so that people can avoid paying tax on them.
- black section — (in Britain in the 1980s) an unofficial group within the Labour Party in any constituency that represented the interests of local Black people
- blasco ibanez — Vicente (biˈθente). 1867–1928, Spanish novelist, whose books include Blood and Sand (1909) and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916)
- bledisloe cup — a trophy competed for, usually annually, by New Zealand and Australia since 1932
- block letters — Block letters are the same as block capitals.
- block release — the release of industrial trainees from work for study at a college for several weeks
- blood glucose — Blood glucose is glucose (= a type of sugar) in the bloodstream.
- bloody caesar — a drink consisting of vodka, juice made from clams and tomatoes, and usually Worcester sauce and hot pepper sauce
- blue copperas — a salt, copper sulfate, CuSO 4 ⋅5H 2 O, occurring naturally as large transparent, deep-blue triclinic crystals, appearing in its anhydrous state as a white powder: used chiefly as a mordant, insecticide, fungicide, and in engraving.
- blue rockfish — a bluish-black rockfish, Sebastodes mystinus, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- boat neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- bodice ripper — You can refer to a film or novel which is set in the past and which includes a lot of sex scenes as a bodice ripper, especially if you do not think it is very good and is just intended to entertain people.
- bodice-ripper — a modern Gothic novel or historical romance, usually in paperback format, featuring at least one passionate love scene, characteristically one in which the heroine vainly resists submitting to the villain or hero.