13-letter words containing u, l, t, e
- authentically — not false or copied; genuine; real: an authentic antique.
- autocatalyses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autocatalyse.
- autocephalous — (of an Eastern Christian Church) governed by its own national synods and appointing its own patriarchs or prelates
- automatonlike — Like an automaton; robotic.
- aviation fuel — fuel used to power airplanes
- azurmalachite — a blue-green ornamental stone consisting of a mixture of azurite and malachite.
- baccalaureate — The baccalaureate is an examination taken by students at the age of eighteen in France and some other countries.
- baluster stem — a stem of a drinking glass or the like having a gradual swelling near the top or bottom.
- barcoo salute — a movement of the hand to brush flies away from the face
- barrel cactus — any of several large, cylindrical, ribbed, spiny cacti of the genera Echinocactus and Ferocactus.
- basket clause — an all-inclusive or comprehensive clause in a contract
- battle it out — If one group or person battles it out with another, they take part in a fight or contest against each other until one of them wins or a definite result is reached. You can also say that two groups or two people battle it out.
- 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.
- battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
- bbn butterfly — (computer) A supercomputer developed at BBN Technologies, named after the "butterfly" multi-stage switching network around which it was built. It could have up to 512 CPUs connected to allow every CPU access to every other CPU's memory, albeit with about 15 times the latency than for its own. The earlier GP-1000 models used up to 256 Motorola 68020s. The later TC-2000 models used up to 512 Motorola 88100s. Language developed for, or ported to, the BBN Butterfly were Butterfly Common LISP, Butterfly Scheme, Delirium, and MultiScheme.
- be wild about — If you are wild about someone or something, you like them very much.
- 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.
- beauty parlor — A beauty parlor is a place where women can go to have beauty treatments, for example, to have their hair, nails, or makeup done.
- beleaguerment — a blockade or siege
- beta globulin — a blood plasma protein that is separable from other globulins by electrophoresis.
- bible-thumper — an enthusiastic or aggressive exponent of the Bible
- bidenticulate — having two small teeth or toothlike processes.
- bioaccumulate — (of substances, esp toxins) to build up within the tissues of organisms
- bioequivalent — the condition in which different formulations of the same drug or chemical are equally absorbed when taken into the body.
- birectangular — having two right angles.
- bite your lip — If you bite your lip, you try very hard not to show the anger or distress that you are feeling.
- black quarter — blackleg (def 1).
- 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.
- black vulture — the Eurasian vulture, Aegypius monachus, of the family Accipitridae
- blaenau gwent — a county borough of SE Wales, created in 1996 from NW Gwent. Administrative centre: Ebbw Vale. Pop: 68 900 (2003 est). Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
- blame culture — the tendency to look for one person or organization that can be held responsible for a bad state of affairs, an accident, etc
- 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.
- blue asbestos — a common name for the mineral crocidolite, a variety of asbestos found in Africa and Australia
- blue verditer — either of two pigments, consisting usually of carbonate of copper prepared by grinding either azurite (blue verditer) or malachite (green verditer)
- blue whistler — blue norther.
- bottled fruit — fruit preserved in glass jars
- 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.
- bristle brush — a brush made with animal bristles
- brittany blue — a medium greenish blue.
- bucket ladder — a series of buckets that move in a continuous chain, used to dredge riverbeds, etc, or to excavate land
- building site — A building site is an area of land on which a building or a group of buildings is in the process of being built or altered.
- bulbourethral — of or relating to the rounded mass of tissue surrounding the urethra at the root of the penis.
- bulk settling — Bulk settling is a process in which two liquids, or a solid and a liquid, of different densities are allowed to separate by gravity.
- bull elephant — an adult male elephant
- bullet-headed — with a head shaped like a bullet
- bulwer-lytton — Edward George Earle Lytton1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth 1803-73; Eng. novelist & playwright: father of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
- bundle sheath — a layer of cells in plant leaves and stems that surrounds a vascular bundle.
- 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 block — designating or of a thick slab made by gluing together strips of hardwood, as maple or oak, used for counter and table tops, etc.
- butcher linen — a strong, heavy fabric made of rayon or rayon and cotton with a linen finish, constructed in plain weave.