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13-letter words containing o, s, b, r

  • constructible — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
  • contrabandism — the practice of trading contraband goods
  • contrabandist — a person who trades in contraband goods; smuggler
  • contrabassist — Someone who plays the contrabass.
  • contrabassoon — the largest instrument in the oboe family, pitched an octave below the bassoon; double bassoon
  • contributions — Plural form of contribution.
  • controllables — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
  • core business — the business activity that is main source of a company's profits and success, usually the activity that the company was originally set up to carry out
  • core subjects — three foundation subjects (English, mathematics, and science) that are compulsory throughout each key stage in the National Curriculum
  • corrosibility — corrodibility
  • counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
  • country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
  • crash blossom — an ambiguously worded headline whose meaning can be interpreted in the wrong way, as “Missing Woman Remains Found.”. See also garden-path.
  • crayola books — (publication)   A humorous and/or disparaging term for the rainbow series of National Computer Security Center (NCSC) computer security standards. See also Orange Book.
  • creosote bush — a shrub, Larrea (or Covillea) tridentata of the western US and Mexico, that has resinous leaves with an odour resembling creosote, and can live for many thousands of years: family Zygophyllaceae
  • cross bedding — layering within one or more beds in a series of rock strata that does not run parallel to the plane of stratification
  • cross the bar — to die
  • cross-benches — (in the UK parliament) an area for members who are not allied to a particular party
  • cross-buttock — a wrestling throw in which the hips are used as a fulcrum to throw an opponent
  • crossbenchers — Plural form of crossbencher.
  • crossbreeding — Present participle of crossbreed.
  • cryobiologist — A biologist who specializes in cryobiology.
  • customer base — A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
  • cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
  • danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
  • decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
  • deely boppers — hairband with two bobbing antennae-like attachments
  • deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
  • disambiguator — Anything that serves to disambiguate.
  • discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
  • dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
  • dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
  • disinhibitory — (esp of a drug) causing temporary loss of inhibition
  • disobligatory — not obligatory
  • distributions — Plural form of distribution.
  • double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
  • doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
  • draughtboards — Plural form of draughtboard.
  • draughtsboard — The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
  • durable goods — Durable goods or durables are goods such as televisions or cars which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
  • durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
  • east by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of east. Abbreviation: EbN.
  • easter bonnet — an especially pretty or fancy hat designed for a woman to wear to church on Easter Sunday or, especially, in an Easter parade
  • ebola (virus) — an RNA virus (family Filoviridae) that causes fever, internal bleeding, and, often, death
  • elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
  • erythroblasts — Plural form of erythroblast.
  • exacerbations — Plural form of exacerbation.
  • exercise book — An exercise book is a small book that students use for writing in.
  • exhibitioners — Plural form of exhibitioner.
  • favorableness — Alternative spelling of favourableness.
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