13-letter words containing s, o, r, e, l
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- bestsellerdom — the state or accomplishment of being a bestseller
- 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
- 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 letters — Block letters are the same as block capitals.
- block release — the release of industrial trainees from work for study at a college for several weeks
- blood blister — a blister filled with blood
- bloody caesar — a drink consisting of vodka, juice made from clams and tomatoes, and usually Worcester sauce and hot pepper sauce
- 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.
- 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)
- 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
- brest litovsk — former name (until 1921) of Brest.
- 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
- brotherliness — of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
- busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
- 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
- by yourselves — if you are by yourselves, or all by yourselves, you are alone
- calcariferous — having a spur or spurs
- 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.
- carillonneurs — Plural form of carillonneur.
- carol service — a service, held in a church around Christmas, at which Christmas carols are sung
- castle howard — a mansion near York in Yorkshire: designed in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; the grounds include the Temple of the Four Winds and a mausoleum
- castro valley — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- casual worker — a person who has temporary, as opposed to permanent or regular, employment
- catalog verse — verse made by compiling long lists of everyday objects, names, or events, united by a common theme and often didactic in tone.
- categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
- cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
- celluliferous — making or consisting of small cells
- centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
- centuries-old — hundreds of years old
- cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
- cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
- ceremonialism — A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.