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13-letter words containing s, t, e, r

  • 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
  • blast furnace — A blast furnace is a large structure in which iron ore is heated under pressure so that it melts and the pure iron metal separates out and can be collected.
  • blepharoplast — a cylindrical cytoplasmic body in protozoa
  • blister steel — steel produced from wrought iron by cementation in covered pots, having a blistered appearance because of the gases generated during the process.
  • block letters — Block letters are the same as block capitals.
  • blood blister — a blister filled with blood
  • blue whistler — blue norther.
  • body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
  • 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.
  • border states — slave states bordering on the free states before the Civil War: Mo., Ky., Va., Md., & Del.
  • 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
  • boustrophedon — having alternate lines written from right to left and from left to right
  • box stretcher — a heavy rectangular stretcher connecting successive legs of a table, chair, etc.
  • brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
  • brain truster — a member of a brain trust; an important but usually unofficial adviser.
  • breaker strip — breaker1 (def 4).
  • breaker-strip — a person or thing that breaks.
  • breakfast bar — a counter in a kitchen where people can sit and have breakfast
  • breakfast set — a set of plates, bowls, eggcups, etc, specially designed to be used at breakfast
  • breakthroughs — a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy's front-line defense.
  • breast cancer — cancer affecting the breasts
  • 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
  • breast timber — wale1 (def 5).
  • breast-timber — a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
  • breaststroker — a person who swims breaststroke
  • breeches part — a male role played by an actress.
  • 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
  • brief against — If someone, especially a politician, briefs against another person, he or she tries to harm the other person's reputation by saying something unfavourable about them.
  • bristle brush — a brush made with animal bristles
  • bristle-grass — any of various grasses of the genus Setaria, such as S. viridis, having a bristly inflorescence
  • british isles — a group of islands in W Europe, consisting of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Orkney, Shetland, the Channel Islands belonging to Great Britain, and the islands adjacent to these
  • british white — a British breed of medium-sized white cattle with black points, bred mainly for meat
  • 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.
  • buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
  • buffet supper — supper at which people stand up and help themselves from the table
  • bunker buster — a laser-guided bomb designed to penetrate deep underground, as into rock or concrete, before detonating.
  • bunko steerer — a swindler, especially a person who lures another to a gambling game to be cheated.
  • bureaucratese — wordy, jargon-filled, overcomplicated language considered typical of bureaucrats
  • bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
  • bureaucratist — a believer in bureaucracy
  • bus mastering — bus master
  • business trip — a journey made somewhere and back again for business purposes in one's working capacity
  • 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
  • butcher's boy — a boy doing deliveries for a butcher and perhaps also learning the butchery trade, esp in the past
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