13-letter words containing v, b
- boniface viii — original name Benedict Caetano. ?1234–1303, pope (1294–1303)
- bonus eventus — the ancient Roman god of agricultural prosperity.
- boris godunov — Boris Fedorovich [bawr-is fi-dawr-uh-vich,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs fɪˈdɔr ə vɪtʃ,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1552–1605, regent of Russia 1584–98 and czar 1598–1605.
- bougainvillea — Bougainvillea is a climbing plant that has thin, red or purple flowers and grows mainly in hot countries.
- brahma vihara — vihara (def 3).
- brahma-vihara — (initial capital letter). Also called Brahma Vihara. one of the four states of mind, namely love, compassion, sympathetic gladness, and equanimity, to be developed by every Buddhist.
- break service — to win a game in which an opponent is serving
- brest litovsk — former name (until 1921) of Brest.
- brevirostrate — having a short beak or bill
- bud variation — any variation in a bud due to changes in either its genetic composition or environment or both such that the resulting flower, fruit, or shoot differs from others of the same plant or species.
- buffalo grove — a city in NE Illinois.
- by yourselves — if you are by yourselves, or all by yourselves, you are alone
- by-your-leave — a request for permission (esp in the phrase without so much as a by-your-leave)
- call-by-value — (CBV) An evaluation strategy where arguments are evaluated before the function or procedure is entered. Only the values of the arguments are passed and changes to the arguments within the called procedure have no effect on the actual arguments as seen by the caller. See applicative order reduction, call-by-value-result, strict evaluation, call-by-name, lazy evaluation.
- civil liberty — the right of an individual to certain freedoms of speech and action
- cleavableness — the quality of being cleavable
- cleveland bay — one of the oldest British breeds of clean-legged, light draught farm and carriage horse, originating from Yorkshire
- collaborative — A collaborative piece of work is done by two or more people or groups working together.
- combativeness — The state of being combative.
- conveyor belt — A conveyor belt or a conveyor is a continuously-moving strip of rubber or metal which is used in factories for moving objects along so that they can be dealt with as quickly as possible.
- corroborative — Corroborative evidence or information supports an idea, account, or argument.
- covalent bond — a type of chemical bond involving the sharing of electrons between atoms in a molecule, esp the sharing of a pair of electrons by two adjacent atoms
- coventry bell — a perennial garden plant, Campanula trachelium, of Eurasia, having coarsely toothed leaves and bluish-purple flowers.
- cover bidding — the act of tendering an artificially high price for a contract, on the assumption that the tender will not be accepted
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- cyberactivism — Activism facilitated by the Internet.
- debt covenant — A debt covenant is a number of restrictions that a borrower agrees to that are set by the lending institution.
- diaz de bivar — Rodrigo [raw-th ree-gaw] /rɔˈðri gɔ/ (Show IPA), or Ruy [rwee] /rwi/ (Show IPA), Cid, The.
- discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
- distributives — Plural form of distributive.
- diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- divertibility — the capability of being diverted
- diving beetle — any of numerous predaceous water beetles of the family Dytiscidae, having the body adapted for swimming.
- division bell — a bell rung in a parliament to signal a division
- double vision — diplopia.
- ebola (virus) — an RNA virus (family Filoviridae) that causes fever, internal bleeding, and, often, death
- executive job — a job in which a person is responsible for the administration of a project, activity, or business
- favorableness — Alternative spelling of favourableness.
- fever blister — cold sore.
- fibrovascular — composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants: a fibrovascular bundle.
- free variable — (in functional calculus) a variable occurring in a sentential function and not within the scope of any quantifier containing it.
- galveston bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.
- give birth to — an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth.
- give sb heart — If something gives you heart, it makes you feel more confident or happy about something.
- go over-board — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- gram-variable — of or relating to bacteria that stain irregularly with Gram's stain, being neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative.
- grave-robbing — a person who steals valuables from graves and tombs: Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents.
- have a bun on — have a bun on, Slang. to be intoxicated: Everyone at the party seemed to have a bun on.