13-letter words containing s, o, b, r
- fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
- fibrovascular — composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants: a fibrovascular bundle.
- filibusterous — resembling a filibuster or the actions of a filibuster
- fishbone fern — a common Australian fern, Nephrolepsis cordifolia, having fronds with many pinnae
- floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
- fluorocarbons — Plural form of fluorocarbon.
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- foerstner bit — a bit for drilling blind holes, guided from the rim rather than from the center to permit it to enter the wood at an oblique angle.
- for sb's part — When you are describing people's thoughts or actions, you can say for her part or for my part, for example, to introduce what a particular person thinks or does.
- for sb's sake — When you do something for someone's sake, you do it in order to help them or make them happy.
- for the birds — any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- forbiddenness — a past participle of forbid.
- francis bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
- frobisher bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE Canada, in the SE coast of Baffin Island
- gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
- garcia robles — Alfonso [al-fon-soh,, -zoh;; Spanish ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ,, -zoʊ;; Spanish ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–91, Mexican diplomat: Nobel Prize 1982.
- george w bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
- get rid of sb — If you get rid of someone who is causing problems for you or who you do not like, you do something to prevent them affecting you any more, for example by making them leave.
- ghettoblaster — Alternative form of ghetto blaster.
- gibson desert — a desert in W central Australia: scrub; salt marshes. About 85,000 sq. mi. (220,000 sq. km).
- girl's blouse — used to refer to a man who is not behaving in a very strong or masculine way
- global search — a word-processing operation in which a complete computer file or set of files is searched for every occurrence of a particular word or other sequence of characters
- globetrotters — Plural form of globetrotter.
- globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
- habeas corpus — a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.
- haber process — a process for synthesizing ammonia from gaseous nitrogen and hydrogen under high pressure and temperature in the presence of a catalyst.
- harbor master — an official who supervises operations in a harbor area and administers its rules.
- harbourmaster — (British, Canada, nautical) An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
- hermosa beach — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- hertogenbosch — 's Hertogenbosch.
- heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- hiberno-saxon — having the characteristics of both the Irish and English; Anglo-Irish.
- honest broker — a neutral person or organization that mediates disputes; an impartial mediator.
- honorableness — The property of being honorable.
- horse breeder — a person who breeds horses
- horse-breaker — a person who breaks in a horse
- horseshoe bat — any of numerous large-eared Old World insectivorous bats, mostly of the genus Rhinolophus, with a fleshy growth around the nostrils, used in echolocation: family Rhinolophidae
- hot cross bun — a bun with a cross of frosting on it, eaten chiefly during Lent.
- housebreakers — Plural form of housebreaker.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- hunt saboteur — A hunt saboteur is someone who tries to stop a hunt from taking place or being successful because they believe it is cruel to the animal being hunted.
- hunter's robe — pothos.
- hybridisation — Alternative form of hybridization.
- hydroaerobics — aerobic exercises performed in water, as in a swimming pool.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- immunosorbent — an insoluble surface to which a specific antibody is attached for the purpose of removing the corresponding antigen from a solution or suspension.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- in sb's favor — If someone makes a judgment in your favor, they say that you are right about something.
- in sb's honor — If something is arranged or happens in someone's honor, it is done specially to show appreciation of them.
- in-observance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.