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13-letter words containing s, o, l, e, a

  • banderilleros — Plural form of banderillero.
  • barbados aloe — a tropical aloe, Aloe barbadensis (or A. vera), of the lily family, having clusters of yellow flowers: its juice is used medicinally.
  • barber's pole — a sign outside a barber's shop consisting of a pole painted with red and white spiral stripes
  • barcoo salute — a movement of the hand to brush flies away from the face
  • base hospital — a hospital serving a large rural area
  • 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
  • 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.
  • basso rilievo — bas-relief
  • basso-relievo — bas-relief
  • battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
  • bay of naples — an inlet of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the SW coast of Italy
  • 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
  • beaked salmon — sandfish (def 2).
  • beaked-salmon — sandfish (def 2).
  • 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)
  • bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
  • black section — (in Britain in the 1980s) an unofficial group within the Labour Party in any constituency that represented the interests of local Black people
  • blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
  • blarney stone — a stone in Blarney Castle, in the SW Republic of Ireland, said to endow whoever kisses it with the gift of the gab and skill in flattery
  • blasco ibanez — Vicente (biˈθente). 1867–1928, Spanish novelist, whose books include Blood and Sand (1909) and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916)
  • blasphemously — uttering, containing, or exhibiting blasphemy; irreverent; profane.
  • blastogenesis — the theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted only by germ plasm
  • blepharoplast — a cylindrical cytoplasmic body in protozoa
  • blepharospasm — spasm of the muscle of the eyelids, causing the eyes to shut tightly, either as a response to painful stimuli or occurring as a form of dystonia
  • block release — the release of industrial trainees from work for study at a college for several weeks
  • blood sausage — a kind of black sausage made from minced pork fat, pig's blood, and other ingredients
  • blood-stained — stained with blood: a bloodstained knife.
  • bloody caesar — a drink consisting of vodka, juice made from clams and tomatoes, and usually Worcester sauce and hot pepper sauce
  • blow a gasket — to burst out in anger
  • blue asbestos — a common name for the mineral crocidolite, a variety of asbestos found in Africa and Australia
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • bottle-washer — a menial or factotum
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • buster collar — a round collar, similar to a lampshade in shape, that is fitted round the neck of an animal or bird, for example to prevent it removing or interfering with a dressing or other treatment
  • caesium clock — a type of atomic clock that uses the frequency of radiation absorbed in changing the spin of electrons in caesium atoms
  • calcariferous — having a spur or spurs
  • calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
  • campus police — police officers, security guards or students employed by a college or university to patrol the campus and to protect students, staff, and visitors
  • cancellations — Plural form of cancellation.
  • candleholders — Plural form of candleholder.
  • car boot sale — A car boot sale is a sale where people sell things they own and do not want from a little stall or from the back of their car.
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