13-letter words containing s, e, b, o
- blue copperas — a salt, copper sulfate, CuSO 4 ⋅5H 2 O, occurring naturally as large transparent, deep-blue triclinic crystals, appearing in its anhydrous state as a white powder: used chiefly as a mordant, insecticide, fungicide, and in engraving.
- blue grosbeak — a grosbeak, Guiraca caerulea, of the U.S., Mexico, and Central America, the male of which is blue with two rusty bars on each wing.
- blue rockfish — a bluish-black rockfish, Sebastodes mystinus, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- board measure — a system of units for measuring wood based on the board foot. 1980 board feet equal one standard
- boarding fees — fees paid for boarding at a school
- boardinghouse — a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests
- body brussels — a carpet made with three-ply or four-ply worsted yarn drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern over the entire surface (body Brussels) or made of worsted or woolen yarns on which a pattern is printed (tapestry Brussels)
- body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
- bois de vache — dried buffalo dung, used as fuel by Canadian and U.S. fur trappers in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- bonanza state — a name for the state of Montana
- bone-crushing — powerful or constricting enough to crush one's bones: a bone-crushing handshake.
- bonus eventus — the ancient Roman god of agricultural prosperity.
- book of kells — Book of Kells.
- booster cable — either of a pair of electric cables having clamps at each end and used for starting the engine of a vehicle whose battery is dead.
- 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
- border states — slave states bordering on the free states before the Civil War: Mo., Ky., Va., Md., & Del.
- boring sponge — any of a family (Clionidae) of sponges that settle on and dissolve the shells of clams
- borna disease — viral disease found in mammals, esp horses
- bosch process — an industrial process for manufacturing hydrogen by the catalytic reduction of steam with carbon monoxide
- boston rocker — a type of 19th-cent. American rocking chair, having a curved wooden seat and a high back formed of spindles held in place by a broad headpiece
- bottle-washer — a menial or factotum
- bottomset bed — fine sediment deposited at the front of a growing delta
- bouillabaisse — Bouillabaisse is a rich stew or soup of fish and vegetables.
- 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.
- boustrophedon — having alternate lines written from right to left and from left to right
- box jellyfish — any of various highly venomous jellyfishes of the order Cubomedusae, esp Chironex fleckeri, of Australian tropical waters, having a cuboidal body with tentacles hanging from each of the lower corners
- box stretcher — a heavy rectangular stretcher connecting successive legs of a table, chair, etc.
- boys' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for boys, founded in 1883, with the aim of promoting discipline and self-respect
- brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
- brain surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in brain surgery
- branded goods — goods that are identifiable as being the product of a particular manufacturer or marketing company
- brassicaceous — belonging to the plant family Brassicaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Cruciferae.
- breakthroughs — a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy's front-line defense.
- breast pocket — The breast pocket of a man's coat or jacket is a pocket, usually on the inside, next to his chest.
- breast stroke — a swimming stroke performed face down in which both arms are extended outward and sideways from a position close to the chest, while the legs engage in a frog kick
- breaststroker — a person who swims breaststroke
- breeches buoy — a ring-shaped life buoy with a support in the form of a pair of short breeches, in which a person is suspended for safe transfer from a ship
- brest litovsk — former name (until 1921) of Brest.
- bretton woods — resort in the White Mountains, N.H.: site of a United Nations monetary conference (1944) at which the International Monetary Fund was established
- brevirostrate — having a short beak or bill
- brewer's mole — hairy-tailed mole.
- bridal shower — a party, held for a woman before her wedding, to which her friends bring gifts
- broadly based — Something that is broadly based involves many different kinds of things or people.
- broiler house — a building in which broiler chickens are reared in confined conditions
- bromo-seltzer — a compound containing a bromide, sodium bicarbonate, etc., used for relief from headaches and upset stomachs, and as a sedative
- bronco buster — a person who breaks broncos to the saddle.
- brotherliness — of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
- buenas noches — good night
- bums on seats — If the organizers of an event such as a concert want to put bums on seats, they want a lot of people to attend it.