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13-letter words containing o, r, a, i

  • beige toaster — Macintosh
  • benito juarez — Benito (Pablo) [be-nee-taw pah-vlaw] /bɛˈni tɔ ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1806–72, president of Mexico 1857–72.
  • bergamot mint — an aromatic herb, Mentha piperita citrata, having a lemonlike odor when crushed.
  • bermuda onion — a large white or yellow onion with a mild flavor, grown in Texas, California, etc.
  • bibliographer — an expert in bibliography
  • bibliographic — a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer.
  • bibliolatrous — characterized by bibliolatry
  • bibliothecary — a librarian
  • bibliotherapy — the use of reading as therapy
  • bidirectional — (of a printhead) capable of printing from left to right and from right to left
  • big brown bat — any of several small to medium-sized common bats of the genera Myotis and Eptesicus, found worldwide in caves, trees, and buildings, including M. lucifugus (little brown bat) and E. fuscus (big brown bat) a widespread North American species.
  • bildungsroman — a novel concerned with a person's formative years and development
  • bilinear form — a function or functional of two variables that is linear with respect to each variable when the other variable is held fixed.
  • billiard room — a room in a house, club, etc., where billiards is played.
  • bimolecularly — in a bimolecular fashion
  • binary weapon — a chemical weapon consisting of a projectile containing two substances separately that mix to produce a lethal agent when the projectile is fired
  • bio-autograph — an analytical technique in which organic compounds are separated by chromatography and identified by studying their effects on microorganisms.
  • bioautography — an analytical technique in which organic compounds are separated by chromatography and identified by studying their effects on microorganisms.
  • biobehavioral — of or relating to the application of biological methods and ideas to the study of behavior in an attempt to understand emotions and reactions in terms of brain and physiological function.
  • biodegradable — Something that is biodegradable breaks down or decays naturally without any special scientific treatment, and can therefore be thrown away without causing pollution.
  • bioelectrical — relating to electrical current generated by biological activity
  • biogeographer — a person who is knowledgeable about biogeography
  • biotic factor — a living thing, as an animal or plant, that influences or affects an ecosystem: How do humans affect other biotic factors? Weather is not a biotic factor because it is not alive.
  • bird of peace — a dove.
  • 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 hickory — a species of smooth-barked hickory, Carya tomentosa, with fragrant foliage that turns bright yellow in autumn
  • blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
  • block diagram — a diagram showing the interconnections between the parts of an industrial process
  • board meeting — a meeting of the board of a company or other organization
  • boarding card — A boarding card is a card which a passenger must have when boarding a plane or a boat.
  • boarding fees — fees paid for boarding at a school
  • boarding pass — A boarding pass is a card that a passenger must have when boarding a plane or a boat.
  • boardinghouse — a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests
  • bodvar bjarki — the greatest of Rolf Kraki's heroes, often fighting in the likeness of a bear: probably identical with Beowulf.
  • boiling range — A boiling range is the temperature range involved in the distillation of oil, from the start to the time when it evaporates.
  • book learning — knowledge gained from books rather than from direct personal experience
  • book-learning — knowledge acquired by reading books, as distinguished from that obtained through observation and experience.
  • boomerang kid — a young adult who, after having lived on his or her own for a time, returns to live in the parental home, usually due to financial problems caused by unemployment or the high cost of living independently
  • borage family — any member of the plant family Boraginaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having simple, alternate, hairy leaves and usually blue, five-lobed flowers in a cluster that uncoils as they bloom, including borage, bugloss, and forget-me-not.
  • boraginaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Boraginaceae, a family of temperate and tropical typically hairy-leaved flowering plants that includes forget-me-not, lungwort, borage, comfrey, and heliotrope
  • borlotti bean — variety of kidney bean
  • borna disease — viral disease found in mammals, esp horses
  • boron carbide — a black extremely hard inert substance having a high capture cross section for thermal neutrons. It is used as an abrasive, refractory, and in control rods in nuclear reactors. Formula: B4C
  • bosman ruling — an EU ruling that allows out-of-contract footballers to leave their clubs without the clubs receiving a transfer fee
  • boston matrix — a two-dimensional matrix, used in planning the business strategy of a large organization, that identifies those business units in the organization that generate cash and those that use it
  • boudoir grand — a domestic grand piano between 5 and 6 feet in length
  • boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
  • bouquet garni — A bouquet garni is a bunch of herbs that are tied together and used in cooking to add flavour to the food.
  • boutros-ghali — ˈBoutros (ˈbutroʊs ) ; bo̅oˈtrōs) 1922- ; Egypt. diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations (1992-96)
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