13-letter words containing s, o, b
- base on balls — walk
- basel accords — the three sets of rules, Basel I, Basel II, and Basel III, for regulating the banking industry, drawn up by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
- baseline cost — the projected cost for an undertaking at the time it is budgeted
- basement-rock — the undifferentiated assemblage of rock (basement rock) underlying the oldest stratified rocks in any region: usually crystalline, metamorphosed, and mostly, but not necessarily, Precambrian in age.
- basic fortran — (language) A subset of Fortran.
- basic process — Military. basic training. a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- basidiomycete — any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota (formerly class Basidiomycetes), in which the spores are produced in basidia. The group includes boletes, puffballs, smuts, and rusts
- basidiospores — Plural form of basidiospore.
- basket flower — a composite plant, Centaurea americana, of central U.S. to Mexico, having raylike heads of tubular rose-colored flowers, each surrounded by a whorl of bracts making the flower head appear as if it is set in a basket.
- bass response — the response of an audio reproduction system or component to low frequencies
- bass trombone — the lower-pitched of the two main types of trombone
- bass-baritone — a singer or voice in the bass range with baritone qualities
- basso rilievo — bas-relief
- basso-relievo — bas-relief
- batch-process — to perform batch processing on (files)
- battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
- bay of biscay — a large bay of the Atlantic Ocean between W France and N Spain: notorious for storms
- bay of gdańsk — a wide inlet of the Baltic Sea on the N coast of Poland
- bay of naples — an inlet of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the SW coast of Italy
- be news to sb — If you say that something is news to you, you mean that you did not previously know what you have just been told, especially when you are surprised or annoyed about it.
- be nuts about — to be greatly in love with
- be one's life — If you say that something or someone is your life, you are emphasizing that they are extremely important to you.
- 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.
- be witness to — If you are witness to something, you see it happen.
- beacon school — a notably successful school whose methods and practices are brought to the attention of the education service as a whole in order that they may be adopted by other schools
- beacon status — a ranking awarded by the government to an organization, rendering it eligible for extra funding, and aimed at encouraging organizations to share good practice with each other
- beaked salmon — sandfish (def 2).
- beaked-salmon — sandfish (def 2).
- 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
- beat sb to it — If you intend to do something but someone beats you to it, they do it before you do.
- beauteousness — The state or quality of being beauteous.
- 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
- beehive house — a prehistoric circular building found in various parts of Europe, usually of stone and having a dome-shaped roof
- 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
- belongingness — the human state of being an essential part of something
- bespottedness — the state of being covered with spots or blemishes
- bessel method — a method of ascertaining position by the use of a map showing prominent features of the terrain and enabling one to sight through them to obtain a fix.
- best of breed — The best of breed is the animal that wins first prize in its section at a dog show.
- bestsellerdom — the state or accomplishment of being a bestseller
- betamethasone — a synthetic analogue of a glucocorticoid, C 22 H 29 FO 5 , used in various forms in the treatment of inflammation, allergies, and tumors, and for replacement therapy in adrenal insufficiency.
- bible society — a Christian organization devoted to the printing and distribution of the Bible.
- bibliogenesis — the art of producing and publishing books.
- bibliolatrous — characterized by bibliolatry
- bibliophagist — a person who devours books
- bielsko-biala — a city in S Poland.
- bielsko-biała — a town in S Poland: created in 1951 by the union of Bielsko and Biała Krakowska; a leading textile centre since the 16th century. Pop: 356 000 (2005 est)