13-letter words containing es
- benightedness — intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened: benighted ages of barbarism and superstition.
- benjamin west — Benjamin, 1738–1820, U.S. painter, in England after 1763.
- berchtesgaden — a town in Germany, in SE Bavaria: site of the fortified mountain retreat of Adolf Hitler. Pop: 7667 (2003 est)
- beseemingness — a quality or state that is beseeming
- bespottedness — the state of being covered with spots or blemishes
- bessel method — a method of ascertaining position by the use of a map showing prominent features of the terrain and enabling one to sight through them to obtain a fix.
- best of breed — The best of breed is the animal that wins first prize in its section at a dog show.
- best practice — Best practice is the way of running a business or providing a service that is recognized as correct or most effective.
- bestsellerdom — the state or accomplishment of being a bestseller
- between times — at intervals, as between other events or actions
- betweenwhiles — betweentimes.
- bibliogenesis — the art of producing and publishing books.
- bitch goddess — worldly or material success personified as a goddess, especially one requiring sacrifice and being essentially destructive: He went to New York to worship the bitch goddess.
- bitch session — a discussion in which people complain or gripe, usually about a shared experience: Their first date turned into a four-hour bitch session about their ex-spouses' lawyers.
- black measles — a severe form of measles characterized by dark eruptions caused by bleeding under the skin
- 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.
- blair's babes — (in Britain) the female Members of Parliament elected as part of Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour government in 1997
- blameableness — the quality of being blameable
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
- blanket chest — a chest, with or without drawers, having a rectangular space under a lifting lid or top, used for storing blankets, bedding, or clothing.
- blastogenesis — the theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted only by germ plasm
- blessed event — the birth of a child; also, a newborn child
- blood vessels — any of the vessels, as arteries, veins, or capillaries, through which the blood circulates.
- bloody caesar — a drink consisting of vodka, juice made from clams and tomatoes, and usually Worcester sauce and hot pepper sauce
- blue asbestos — a common name for the mineral crocidolite, a variety of asbestos found in Africa and Australia
- boarding fees — fees paid for boarding at a school
- border states — slave states bordering on the free states before the Civil War: Mo., Ky., Va., Md., & Del.
- bosch process — an industrial process for manufacturing hydrogen by the catalytic reduction of steam with carbon monoxide
- breakableness — the quality of being breakable
- breeches buoy — a ring-shaped life buoy with a support in the form of a pair of short breeches, in which a person is suspended for safe transfer from a ship
- breeches part — a male role played by an actress.
- brest litovsk — former name (until 1921) of Brest.
- brie (cheese) — a ripened soft, white cheese made in France, or a similar cheese made elsewhere
- british isles — a group of islands in W Europe, consisting of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Orkney, Shetland, the Channel Islands belonging to Great Britain, and the islands adjacent to these
- brotherliness — of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
- buenas noches — good night
- build bridges — to promote reconciliation or cooperation between hostile groups or people
- bureaucratese — wordy, jargon-filled, overcomplicated language considered typical of bureaucrats
- burgess shale — a bed of Cambrian sedimentary rock in the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia containing many unique invertebrate fossils
- burmese glass — an American art glass of the late 19th century, ranging from greenish-yellow to pink.
- bush sickness — an animal disease caused by a cobalt deficiency in old bush country
- business card — A person's business card or their card is a small card which they give to other people, and which has their name and details of their job and company printed on it.
- business case — a briefcase or attaché case.
- business park — an area specially designated and landscaped to accommodate business offices, warehouses, light industry, etc
- business plan — A business plan is a detailed plan for setting up or developing a business, especially one that is written in order to borrow money.
- business suit — a formal suit suitable for wearing to work
- business trip — a journey made somewhere and back again for business purposes in one's working capacity
- businesswoman — A businesswoman is a woman who works in business.
- buttress root — a tree root that extends above ground as a platelike outgrowth of the trunk supporting the tree. Buttress roots are mainly found in trees of tropical rain forests
- by contraries — contrary to what is expected