13-letter words containing r, e, s, i, t, a
- atrociousness — The state of being atrocious.
- australianize — (esp of a new immigrant) to adopt or cause to adopt Australian habits and attitudes; integrate into Australian society
- austrian pine — an evergreen tree, Pina nigra austriaca
- autoeroticism — the arousal and use of one's own body as a sexual object, as through masturbation
- backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
- bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
- bacteriolysis — the destruction or disintegration of bacteria
- bacterioscopy — the examination of bacteria with a microscope.
- bacteriostats — Plural form of bacteriostat.
- ballistospore — a spore, esp a fungal spore, that is forcefully ejected from its source
- banister back — a back of a chair or the like, usually having semicircular spindles between the top rail and the cross rail or seat.
- barber's itch — any of various fungal infections of the bearded portion of the neck and face
- barley stripe — a disease of barley, characterized by blighted heads and chlorotic, brown, or frayed stripes on the leaves, caused by a fungus, Helminthosporium gramineum.
- barristership — the office of a barrister
- basket dinner — a group social gathering, as of church members, to which participants contribute casseroles or other dishes to share.
- bass clarinet — a clarinet with the lowest range, in the octave below the B-flat clarinet
- bass-baritone — a singer or voice in the bass range with baritone qualities
- bastard eigne — the first-born illegitimate son of parents whose second son was legitimate.
- bastard title — half title (def 1).
- bastard-title — Also called bastard title. the first printed page of certain books, appearing after the end papers and before the title page and containing only the title of the book.
- battlecruiser — A large warship of a type built in the early 20th century, carrying similar armament to a battleship but faster and more lightly armored.
- beam splitter — a system that divides a beam of light, electrons, etc, into two or more paths
- beaux esprits — bel esprit
- beaux-esprits — plural of bel-esprit.
- behavioristic — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- beige toaster — Macintosh
- bering strait — a strait between Alaska and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean
- best practice — Best practice is the way of running a business or providing a service that is recognized as correct or most effective.
- bias-ply tire — a vehicle tire in which the main plies or cords run across the bead.
- binary system — a system involving only two elements, as 0 and 1 or yes and no.
- birth parents — a child's biological parents, regardless of whether they subsequently bring up the child
- biscuit bread — biscuits or a biscuit: I like biscuit bread more than corn bread for supper.
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
- brain truster — a member of a brain trust; an important but usually unofficial adviser.
- breaker strip — breaker1 (def 4).
- breaker-strip — a person or thing that breaks.
- breast timber — wale1 (def 5).
- breast-timber — a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
- brevirostrate — having a short beak or bill
- brief against — If someone, especially a politician, briefs against another person, he or she tries to harm the other person's reputation by saying something unfavourable about them.
- bristle-grass — any of various grasses of the genus Setaria, such as S. viridis, having a bristly inflorescence
- bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
- bureaucratist — a believer in bureaucracy
- bus mastering — bus master
- by contraries — contrary to what is expected
- by its nature — If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic.
- cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
- cafe curtains — short, straight curtains, esp. for covering the lower part of a window, hung from a rod by means of sliding rings
- called strike — a pitch not swung at by a batter but ruled a strike by the umpire.
- candy striper — a volunteer worker in a hospital