13-letter words containing t, e, l, i
- battlecruiser — A large warship of a type built in the early 20th century, carrying similar armament to a battleship but faster and more lightly armored.
- be wild about — If you are wild about someone or something, you like them very much.
- beam splitter — a system that divides a beam of light, electrons, etc, into two or more paths
- bearing plate — a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss.
- beautifulness — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
- bedding plant — A bedding plant is a plant which lasts for one year. It is put in a flower bed before it flowers, and is then removed when it has finished flowering.
- bedding-plant — bedmaker (def 1).
- bedside table — a small table beside a bed
- beetlebrained — stupid
- belief system — The belief system of a person or society is the set of beliefs that they have about what is right and wrong and what is true and false.
- believability — to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
- bellefontaine — a city in W Ohio.
- belligerently — aggressively
- benedictional — a book of benedictions or blessings
- beneficential — relating to beneficence
- benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
- beta globulin — a blood plasma protein that is separable from other globulins by electrophoresis.
- beta particle — a high-speed electron or positron emitted by a nucleus during radioactive decay or nuclear fission
- beta-blocking — acting to inhibit the activity of the nerves that are stimulated by adrenaline
- betweenwhiles — betweentimes.
- bias-ply tire — a vehicle tire in which the main plies or cords run across the bead.
- bible society — a Christian organization devoted to the printing and distribution of the Bible.
- bible-thumper — an enthusiastic or aggressive exponent of the Bible
- bibliothecary — a librarian
- bibliotherapy — the use of reading as therapy
- bicentennials — pertaining to or in honor of a 200th anniversary: bicentennial celebration; a bicentennial exposition.
- bicontinental — of, on, or involving two continents: a bicontinental survey.
- bidenticulate — having two small teeth or toothlike processes.
- bidirectional — (of a printhead) capable of printing from left to right and from right to left
- big-heartedly — in a big-hearted manner
- bill of entry — a list of goods received at a customs house for export or import
- billy the kid — nickname of William H. Bonney. 1859–81, US outlaw
- bimetallistic — relating to bimetallism
- bioaccumulate — (of substances, esp toxins) to build up within the tissues of organisms
- biocompatible — not rejected by the body
- bioelectrical — relating to electrical current generated by biological activity
- bioequivalent — the condition in which different formulations of the same drug or chemical are equally absorbed when taken into the body.
- biotechnology — Biotechnology is the use of living parts such as cells or bacteria in industry and technology.
- birectangular — having two right angles.
- bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
- bishop violet — a reddish purple.
- bite your lip — If you bite your lip, you try very hard not to show the anger or distress that you are feeling.
- bitonal image — (graphics) An image consisting only of a foreground colour and a background colour. Compare monochrome.
- bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
- bittersweetly — in a bittersweet manner
- 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
- black studies — a program of studies in black history and culture offered by a school or college, often including Afro-American history and black literature.
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
- blandishments — Blandishments are pleasant things that someone says to another person in order to persuade them to do something.
- blastogenesis — the theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted only by germ plasm