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13-letter words containing r, s

  • bastard amber — a color of gelatin commonly used in stage lighting, similar to light amber but having a pinkish cast.
  • 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.
  • batch-process — to perform batch processing on (files)
  • bathurst burr — an Australian plant, Xanthium spinosum, having numerous hooked burrs that became entangled in sheep's wool
  • 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.
  • battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
  • be spoken for — If a person or thing is spoken for or has been spoken for, someone has claimed them or asked for them, so no-one else can have them.
  • beam splitter — a system that divides a beam of light, electrons, etc, into two or more paths
  • bear's-breech — a widely cultivated S European acanthus plant, Acanthus mollis, having whitish purple-veined flowers
  • bearing sword — a large sword carried for its owner by a squire or servant because of its size.
  • beast of prey — any animal that hunts other animals for food
  • beaux esprits — bel esprit
  • beaux-esprits — plural of bel-esprit.
  • bedroom scene — a scene in which lovers are in bed
  • bedroom suite — a set of furniture, including such things as a bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers, cabinet, etc
  • bedtime story — a story read or told to a child at bedtime
  • beer-swilling — in the habit of drinking a lot of beer
  • beggar's-lice — any of several plants, esp the stickseed, having small prickly fruits that adhere to clothing, fur, etc
  • 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
  • bell purchase — a tackle consisting of two standing single blocks, two running single blocks, a fall, and a runner, so arranged that it gives a mechanical advantage of six, neglecting friction.
  • bend sinister — a diagonal line bisecting a shield from the top right to the bottom left, typically indicating a bastard line
  • beneficiary's — a person or group that receives benefits, profits, or advantages.
  • berchtesgaden — a town in Germany, in SE Bavaria: site of the fortified mountain retreat of Adolf Hitler. Pop: 7667 (2003 est)
  • bergen-belsen — Belsen.
  • bering strait — a strait between Alaska and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean
  • berkeleianism — the philosophical system of George Berkeley, holding that objects exist only when perceived, that God's perception sustains the universe, and that there is no independent substratum or substance in which these perceptions inhere
  • bermuda grass — a widely distributed grass, Cynodon dactylon, with wiry creeping rootstocks and several purplish spikes of flowers arising from a single point: used for lawns, pasturage, binding sand dunes, etc
  • best of breed — The best of breed is the animal that wins first prize in its section at a dog show.
  • best practice — Best practice is the way of running a business or providing a service that is recognized as correct or most effective.
  • bestsellerdom — the state or accomplishment of being a bestseller
  • beverly hills — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles: famous as the home of film stars. Pop: 34 941 (2003 est)
  • bias-ply tire — a vehicle tire in which the main plies or cords run across the bead.
  • bibliolatrous — characterized by bibliolatry
  • biculturalism — the characteristics, or policy, of a two-cultured society
  • bikini briefs — a pair of men's or women's underpants that barely cover the groin area
  • bildungsroman — a novel concerned with a person's formative years and development
  • binary pulsar — a pulsar in a binary system.
  • binary search — (algorithm)   A search algorithm which repeatedly divides an ordered search space in half according to how the required (key) value compares with the middle element. The following pseudo-C routine performs a binary search return the index of the element of vector "thing[first..last]" equal to "target": if (target < thing[first] || target > thing[last]) return NOT_FOUND; while (first < last) { mid = (first+last)/2; /* truncate to integer */ if (target == thing[mid]) return mid; if (target < thing[mid]) last = mid-1; else first = mid+1; } if (target == thing[last]) return last; return NOT_FOUND; (2003-01-14)
  • binary system — a system involving only two elements, as 0 and 1 or yes and no.
  • binding screw — a screw used to secure one thing to another
  • bio-terrorism — the use of living organisms and their toxic products to kill or incapacitate, esp as a political weapon
  • bioconversion — the use of biological processes or materials to change organic substances into a new form, such as the conversion of waste into methane by fermentation
  • bioenergetics — the study of energy transformations in living organisms and systems
  • bipartisanism — the quality of being bipartisan
  • bird dismount — Hecht1 (def 1).
  • birth parents — a child's biological parents, regardless of whether they subsequently bring up the child
  • birthday bash — a birthday party
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