13-letter words containing o, r, l, a
- border patrol — a government agency in charge of preventing terrorists, weapons, and illegal immigrants entering the country
- borlotti bean — variety of kidney bean
- bosman ruling — an EU ruling that allows out-of-contract footballers to leave their clubs without the clubs receiving a transfer fee
- bottle-washer — a menial or factotum
- bottled water — water sold in bottles
- boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
- boutros-ghali — ˈBoutros (ˈbutroʊs ) ; bo̅oˈtrōs) 1922- ; Egypt. diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations (1992-96)
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- bracket clock — a small clock designed to be placed on a bracket or shelf.
- brand loyalty — the tendency of consumers to continue buying a particular brand instead of trying a different one
- brazing alloy — a solder fusing at temperatures above 1200°F (650°C).
- breech-loader — a firearm that is loaded at the breech
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- bridal shower — a party, held for a woman before her wedding, to which her friends bring gifts
- 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.
- bristol board — a heavy smooth cardboard of fine quality, used for printing and drawing
- broadly based — Something that is broadly based involves many different kinds of things or people.
- broccoli raab — a plant (Brassica rapa ruvo) of the crucifer family with close clusters of small flowers and dark green, somewhat bitter leaves cooked as a vegetable
- broccoli rabe — a plant, Brassica rapa ruvo, of which the slightly bitter, dark-green leaves and clustered flower buds are eaten as a vegetable.
- bronze whaler — a shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus, of southern Australian waters, having a bronze-coloured back
- brook lamprey — a jawless fish, Lampetra planeri, native to the European part of the Atlantic Ocean and the northwest Mediterranean
- brooklyn park — city in SE Minn.: suburb of Minneapolis: pop. 67,000
- brutalization — to make brutal.
- buffalo berry — a shrub (genus Shepherdia) of the oleaster family, native to W North America, with silvery leaves
- buffalo grass — a short grass, Buchloë dactyloides, growing on the dry plains of the central US
- buffalo grove — a city in NE Illinois.
- bulbourethral — of or relating to the rounded mass of tissue surrounding the urethra at the root of the penis.
- bumble around — When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
- burglar-proof — designed to be secure and to frustrate any attempted burglary
- burglariously — in the manner of a burglar or buglary
- burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
- buster collar — a round collar, similar to a lampshade in shape, that is fitted round the neck of an animal or bird, for example to prevent it removing or interfering with a dressing or other treatment
- by-your-leave — a request for permission (esp in the phrase without so much as a by-your-leave)
- cacodyl group — the univalent group (CH 3) 2 As−, derived from arsine.
- cacographical — Synonym of cacographic.
- calcariferous — having a spur or spurs
- calico flower — a Brazilian woody vine, Aristolochia elegans, of the birthwort family, having large, solitary, white-spotted, purple flowers.
- call to order — to request to be quiet, as to start (a meeting)
- calorifacient — (of foods) producing heat.
- calvary cross — a Latin cross with a representation of three steps beneath it
- camp follower — If you describe someone as a camp follower, you mean that they do not officially belong to a particular group or movement but support it for their own advantage.
- campaniliform — Alternative form of campaniform.
- campylobacter — a rod-shaped bacterium that causes infections in cattle and man. Unpasteurized milk infected with campylobacter is a common cause of gastroenteritis
- canary yellow — Something that is canary yellow is a light yellow in colour.
- candleholders — Plural form of candleholder.
- canon regular — a clergyman of certain religious communities following a monastic rule
- cape coloured — (formerly, in South Africa) a racial classification under apartheid for people of mixed ethnic origin
- cape marigold — any composite plant of the genus Dimorphotheca, having variously colored, daisylike flowers.
- car allowance — an amount of money that an employer gives an employee who needs to use his or her car as part of his or job
- car boot sale — A car boot sale is a sale where people sell things they own and do not want from a little stall or from the back of their car.