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13-letter words containing o, s, n, a, b

  • bass response — the response of an audio reproduction system or component to low frequencies
  • bass trombone — the lower-pitched of the two main types of trombone
  • bass-baritone — a singer or voice in the bass range with baritone qualities
  • battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
  • bay of gdańsk — a wide inlet of the Baltic Sea on the N coast of Poland
  • bay of naples — an inlet of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the SW coast of Italy
  • be nuts about — to be greatly in love with
  • beacon school — a notably successful school whose methods and practices are brought to the attention of the education service as a whole in order that they may be adopted by other schools
  • beacon status — a ranking awarded by the government to an organization, rendering it eligible for extra funding, and aimed at encouraging organizations to share good practice with each other
  • beaked salmon — sandfish (def 2).
  • beaked-salmon — sandfish (def 2).
  • bearing sword — a large sword carried for its owner by a squire or servant because of its size.
  • beauteousness — The state or quality of being beauteous.
  • betamethasone — a synthetic analogue of a glucocorticoid, C 22 H 29 FO 5 , used in various forms in the treatment of inflammation, allergies, and tumors, and for replacement therapy in adrenal insufficiency.
  • bignoniaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Bignoniaceae, a chiefly tropical family of trees, shrubs, and lianas, including jacaranda, bignonia, and catalpa
  • bildungsroman — a novel concerned with a person's formative years and development
  • bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
  • bits and bobs — Bits and bobs are small objects or parts of something.
  • 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
  • blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
  • blarney stone — a stone in Blarney Castle, in the SW Republic of Ireland, said to endow whoever kisses it with the gift of the gab and skill in flattery
  • blasco ibanez — Vicente (biˈθente). 1867–1928, Spanish novelist, whose books include Blood and Sand (1909) and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916)
  • blastogenesis — the theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted only by germ plasm
  • blood-stained — stained with blood: a bloodstained knife.
  • bloody sunday — (in Northern Ireland) 30th January 1972, when British soldiers shot dead thirteen marchers in Londonderry who were protesting against the UK government's policy of internment
  • blot analysis — a technique for analysing biological molecules, such as proteins (Western blot analysis), DNA (Southern blot analysis), and RNA (Northern blot analysis), involving their separation by gel electrophoresis, transfer to a nitrocellulose sheet, and subsequent analysis by autoradiography
  • 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
  • body and soul — You use body and soul to mean every part of you, including your mind and your emotions.
  • body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
  • bonanza state — a name for the state of Montana
  • bonin islands — a group of 27 volcanic islands in the W Pacific: occupied by the US after World War II; returned to Japan in 1968. Largest island: Chichijima. Area: 103 sq km (40 sq miles)
  • boom-and-bust — characteristic of a period of economic prosperity followed by a depression.
  • boots and all — making every effort; with no holds barred
  • 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
  • borna disease — viral disease found in mammals, esp horses
  • 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
  • bounced flash — a flash bounced off a reflective surface, as a ceiling or wall, to illuminate a subject indirectly.
  • bouncy castle — A bouncy castle is a large object filled with air, often in the shape of a castle, which children play on at a fairground or other outdoor event.
  • boundary scan — The use of scan registers to capture state from device input and output pins. IEEE Standard 1149.1-1990 describes the international standard implementation (sometimes called JTAG after the Joint Test Action Group which began the standardisation work).
  • bowman's root — an eastern U.S. plant, Gillenia trifoliata, of the rose family, having terminal clusters of white flowers.
  • brain surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in brain surgery
  • brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
  • branded goods — goods that are identifiable as being the product of a particular manufacturer or marketing company
  • brass foundry — a foundry that makes things from brass
  • brassfounding — the practice of making things from brass
  • bring to pass — to cause to happen
  • brown mustard — black mustard. See under mustard (def 2).
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