13-letter words containing be
- liberalminded — Having a liberal opinion or stance.
- liberationism — the principles of liberationists
- liberationist — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- liberty horse — (in a circus) a riderless horse that performs movements to verbal commands
- liberty party — the first antislavery political party, organized in 1839 and merged with the Free Soil party in 1848.
- lo and behold — Lo and behold or lo is used to emphasize a surprising event that is about to be mentioned, or to emphasize in a humorous way that something is not surprising at all.
- lonsdale belt — (in Britain) a belt conferred as a trophy on professional boxing champions, in various weight categories: if a champion wins it three times it becomes his personal property
- lower chamber — lower house.
- lubber's hole — (in a top on a mast) an open space through which a sailor may pass instead of climbing out on the futtock shrouds.
- lubber's knot — an improperly made reef or square knot, likely to slip loose.
- lubber's line — a vertical line on the forward inner side of the bowl of a fixed compass, used as a reference mark indicating the heading of a vessel.
- luggage label — a label that identifies the owner of a piece of luggage
- lumber jacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
- made-down bed — a makeshift bed, as a pallet, placed on the floor for sleeping.
- magma chamber — a reservoir of magma in the earth's crust where the magma may reside temporarily on its way from the upper mantle to the earth's surface
- maritime belt — the part of the sea that is within the jurisdiction of the bordering states.
- meadow beauty — any of several North American plants of the genus Rhexia, especially R. mariana or R. virginica, having showy rose-pink flowers with eight prominent bright yellow stamens.
- medium bomber — a moderately large airplane capable of carrying large bomb loads for moderate distances at medium altitudes, especially one having a gross loaded weight of 100,000 to 250,000 pounds (45,000 to 113,000 kg).
- melrose abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey in Melrose in Scottish Borders: founded in 1136 and sacked by the English in 1385 and 1547: repaired in 1822 by Sir Walter Scott
- methylbenzene — toluene.
- methylparaben — a fine, white, needlelike substance, C 8 H 8 O 3 , used chiefly as a preservative in foods and pharmaceuticals.
- millilamberts — Plural form of millilambert.
- misremembered — Simple past tense and past participle of misremember.
- mistranscribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- mobile number — a set of figures identifying the mobile telephone of a particular subscriber, and used in making connections to that telephone
- money grubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- money-grubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- moneygrubbers — Plural form of moneygrubber.
- mother abbess — the female head of a religious house of nuns
- mottled umber — a brownish geometrid moth, Erannis defoliaria, whose looper larvae can strip branches and even trees
- neoliberalism — an outgrowth of the U.S. liberal movement, beginning in the late 1960s, that modified somewhat its traditional endorsement of all trade unions and opposition to big business and military buildup.
- neoliberalist — A supporter of neoliberalism.
- newbery award — an annual award for the most distinguished book for juveniles.
- newport beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- non-absorbent — capable of absorbing heat, light, moisture, etc.; tending to absorb.
- non-incumbent — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- nonalphabetic — not employing alphabetic order
- nonbeneficial — Not beneficial; that produces no benefit.
- nondeliberate — not deliberate or intentional
- nonmembership — the fact or condition of being a nonmember
- nonprescribed — Not prescribed.
- north belmont — a town in S North Carolina.
- number theory — the study of integers and their relation to one another.
- nuremberg egg — an egg-shaped watch of the 16th century: one of the earliest watches.
- object oberon — Oberon plus classes and methods by H. Moessenboeck & J. Templ, 1989. See Oberon-2.
- octane number — (of gasoline) a designation of antiknock quality, numerically equal to the percentage of isooctane by volume in a mixture of isooctane and normal heptane that matches the given gasoline in antiknock characteristics.
- office bearer — a person who holds an office, as in a society, company, club, etc; official
- only-begotten — (of a child) being the only offspring of its father
- open-timbered — constructed so that the timbers are exposed.