13-letter words containing r, a, i, l, n
- binary pulsar — a pulsar in a binary system.
- birectangular — having two right angles.
- birthing ball — a large soft rubber ball used by women during childbirth to give support and to aid pain relief
- bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
- black russian — a drink made from one part coffee liqueur and two parts vodka, served over ice.
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
- 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.
- 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
- boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- brachycranial — brachycephalic
- brazilian wax — the process of removing all or almost all pubic and other hair in the pelvic area by applying hot wax.
- brazing alloy — a solder fusing at temperatures above 1200°F (650°C).
- brazing metal — a nonferrous metal, as copper, zinc, or nickel, or an alloy, as hard solder, used for brazing together pieces of metal.
- breaking ball — any pitch that breaks; specif., a curve or slider
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- 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.
- brilliant cut — a cut for gems
- brilliant-cut — a cut intended to enhance the brilliance of a gem with the least possible sacrifice of weight, characterized by a form resembling two pyramids set base to base, truncated so as to give a broad table and a very small culet, and having from 18 to 104 facets, 58 being typical.
- brilliantined — treated with brilliantine
- brittany blue — a medium greenish blue.
- brutalization — to make brutal.
- bully-ragging — to bully; harass: to bullyrag fraternity plebs.
- burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
- burning glass — a convex lens for concentrating the sun's rays into a small area to produce heat or fire
- caiman lizard — a crocodilelike lizard, Dracaena guianensis, of South America, having powerful jaws for crushing the snails and mussels upon which it feeds.
- calorifacient — (of foods) producing heat.
- campaniliform — Alternative form of campaniform.
- cancellariate — the office of chancellor
- candleberries — Plural form of candleberry.
- candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
- cantilevering — Present participle of cantilever.
- carbenicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin, C 17 H 16 N 2 Na 2 O 6 S, used against certain bacteria, especially those involved in urinary tract infections.
- carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
- carbonylation — the introduction of a carbonyl group into a compound through chemical reaction
- carboxylation — a chemical reaction that introduces a carboxyl group into a molecule or compound, forming a carboxylic acid or a carboxylate
- carcinologist — a person who specializes in carcinology
- card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
- cardinal fish — a small brightly coloured fish found in shallow tropical seas, of the family Apogonidae, the male of which often broods eggs in its mouth
- cardinal sign — any of the four astrological signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn, that begin at the equinoxes and solstices, thus marking the beginning of the seasons: characterized by the attribute of strong initiative.
- cardinalitial — relating to a cardinal or cardinalship
- cardinalities — Plural form of cardinality.
- carillonneurs — Plural form of carillonneur.
- carnegie hall — a famous concert hall in New York (opened 1891); endowed by Andrew Carnegie
- carnivalesque — characteristic of, suitable for, or like a carnival
- carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
- carolina lily — a bulbous lily, Lilium michauxii, of the southeastern U.S., having large, spotted, orange-red flowers with recurved petals.