13-letter words containing en
- bibliogenesis — the art of producing and publishing books.
- 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.
- big enchilada — enchilada (def 2).
- bill of entry — a list of goods received at a customs house for export or import
- bioenergetics — the study of energy transformations in living organisms and systems
- bioequivalent — the condition in which different formulations of the same drug or chemical are equally absorbed when taken into the body.
- biogeneticist — genetic engineering.
- birefringence — the splitting of a light ray, generally by a crystal, into two components that travel at different velocities and are polarized at right angles to each other
- birth parents — a child's biological parents, regardless of whether they subsequently bring up the child
- black english — the group of related dialects of American English spoken variously by many black people in the U.S.
- bladder senna — a Eurasian leguminous plant, Colutea arborescens, with yellow and red flowers and membranous inflated pods
- 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)
- blameableness — the quality of being blameable
- 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
- blessed event — the birth of a child; also, a newborn child
- blinkenlights — /blink'*n-li:tz/ Front-panel diagnostic lights on a computer, especially a dinosaur. Derives from the last word of the famous blackletter-Gothic sign in mangled pseudo-German that once graced about half the computer rooms in the English-speaking world. One version ran in its entirety as follows: In an amusing example of turnabout-is-fair-play, German hackers have developed their own versions of the blinkenlights poster in fractured English, one of which is reproduced here: ATTENTION This room is fullfilled mit special electronische equippment. Fingergrabbing and pressing the cnoeppkes from the computers is allowed for die experts only! So all the "lefthanders" stay away and do not disturben the brainstorming von here working intelligencies. Otherwise you will be out thrown and kicked anderswhere! Also: please keep still and only watchen astaunished the blinkenlights. See also geef.
- blonde moment — a brief mental lapse, as of judgment or memory: I must be having a blonde moment.
- body-centered — (of a crystal structure) having lattice points at the centers of the unit cells.
- bonus eventus — the ancient Roman god of agricultural prosperity.
- booking agent — an agent who makes bookings, as reservations for travel or the theater or engagements for performers, for clients.
- bottle-opener — A bottle-opener is a metal device for removing caps or tops from bottles.
- bottlenecking — a narrow entrance or passageway.
- bowling green — A bowling green is an area of very smooth, short grass on which the game of bowls or lawn bowling is played.
- bowling-green — a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green. Also called bowls, bowling on the green. Compare bowl2 (def 2), bowling green, jack1 (def 7), rink (def 5).
- brazen it out — to act in a bold way as if one need not be ashamed
- breakableness — the quality of being breakable
- broken-winded — suffering from heaves
- brokenhearted — Someone who is brokenhearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
- buenas noches — good night
- bufadienolide — any of a family of steroid lactones, occurring in toad venom and squill, that possess cardiac-stimulating and antitumor activity.
- bunsen burner — a gas burner, widely used in scientific laboratories, consisting of a metal tube with an adjustable air valve at the base
- buprenorphine — an opiate used medicinally as a powerful analgesic
- butcher linen — a strong, heavy fabric made of rayon or rayon and cotton with a linen finish, constructed in plain weave.
- butyrophenone — a drug used to treat psychiatric disorders
- bypass engine — a gas turbine in which a part of the compressor delivery bypasses the combustion zone, flowing directly into or around the main exhaust gas flow to provide additional thrust
- cadmium green — a pigment used in painting, consisting of a mixture of hydrated oxide of chromium with cadmium sulfide, and characterized by its strong green color and slow drying rate.
- calendar year — A calendar year is a period of twelve months from January 1 to December 31. Calendar year is often used in business to compare with the financial year.
- callisthenics — light exercises designed to promote general fitness, develop muscle tone, etc
- calorifacient — (of foods) producing heat.
- canton enamel — Chinese enamelware similar to Limoges.
- carbenicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin, C 17 H 16 N 2 Na 2 O 6 S, used against certain bacteria, especially those involved in urinary tract infections.
- cariogenicity — conducive to the production or promotion of dental caries: the cariogenic factors in sweets.
- carnot engine — an engine using a Carnot cycle of operations.
- carolina wren — a large wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus, of the U.S., having a musical call.
- carpenter ant — any of a genus (Camponotus) of large ants that build nests in wooden buildings, tree trunks, etc. by gnawing out a complicated series of chambers
- carpenter bee — any large solitary bee of the genus Xylocopa and related genera that lays its eggs in tunnels bored into wood or in plant stems: family Apidae
- carpenterworm — the larva of the carpenterworm moth.