13-letter words containing se
- black-a-vised — having a dark complexion.
- bladder senna — a Eurasian leguminous plant, Colutea arborescens, with yellow and red flowers and membranous inflated pods
- blaise pascal — Blaise [bleyz;; French blez] /bleɪz;; French blɛz/ (Show IPA), 1623–62, French philosopher and mathematician.
- blanchisseuse — a washer-woman
- blessed event — the birth of a child; also, a newborn child
- block release — the release of industrial trainees from work for study at a college for several weeks
- blood glucose — Blood glucose is glucose (= a type of sugar) in the bloodstream.
- blood vessels — any of the vessels, as arteries, veins, or capillaries, through which the blood circulates.
- boardinghouse — a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests
- body brussels — a carpet made with three-ply or four-ply worsted yarn drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern over the entire surface (body Brussels) or made of worsted or woolen yarns on which a pattern is printed (tapestry Brussels)
- borna disease — viral disease found in mammals, esp horses
- bottomset bed — fine sediment deposited at the front of a growing delta
- bouillabaisse — Bouillabaisse is a rich stew or soup of fish and vegetables.
- break service — to win a game in which an opponent is serving
- breakfast set — a set of plates, bowls, eggcups, etc, specially designed to be used at breakfast
- brie (cheese) — a ripened soft, white cheese made in France, or a similar cheese made elsewhere
- broadly based — Something that is broadly based involves many different kinds of things or people.
- broiler house — a building in which broiler chickens are reared in confined conditions
- bromo-seltzer — a compound containing a bromide, sodium bicarbonate, etc., used for relief from headaches and upset stomachs, and as a sedative
- brussels lace — a fine lace with a raised or appliqué design
- buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
- 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.
- bums on seats — If the organizers of an event such as a concert want to put bums on seats, they want a lot of people to attend it.
- bunsen burner — a gas burner, widely used in scientific laboratories, consisting of a metal tube with an adjustable air valve at the base
- bureaucratese — wordy, jargon-filled, overcomplicated language considered typical of bureaucrats
- burmese glass — an American art glass of the late 19th century, ranging from greenish-yellow to pink.
- business case — a briefcase or attaché case.
- by yourselves — if you are by yourselves, or all by yourselves, you are alone
- cabin cruiser — A cabin cruiser is a motor boat which has a cabin for people to live or sleep in.
- cable release — a short length of flexible cable, used to operate the shutter of a camera without shaking it
- caltanissetta — a city in central Sicily: sulphur mines. Pop: 61 438 (2001)
- cambyses (ii) — died 522 b.c.; king of Persia (529-522): son of Cyrus the Great
- candle grease — the wax which is used in the manufacture of candles
- capital asset — fixed asset.
- capital lease — A capital lease is a lease which is treated as the purchase of the asset that is being leased.
- caravanserais — Plural form of caravanserai.
- caraway seeds — the pungent aromatic one-seeded fruit of the caraway plant, used in cooking and in medicine
- carbon offset — a compensatory measure made by an individual or company for carbon emissions, usually through sponsoring activities or projects which increase carbon dioxide absorption, such as tree planting
- caribbean sea — an almost landlocked sea, part of the Atlantic Ocean, bounded by the Caribbean islands, Central America, and the N coast of South America. Area: 2 718 200 sq km (1 049 500 sq miles)
- carol service — a service, held in a church around Christmas, at which Christmas carols are sung
- case in point — a specific, appropriate, or relevant instance or example
- case soap iii — Version of SOAP assembly language for IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- cased edition — a hardback book sold in a protective box that is open at one edge so that you can see the spine of the book
- casehardening — Present participle of caseharden.
- casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- cash reserves — money set aside by an individual or a company for use in an emergency
- cassel yellow — a lemon-yellow color.
- cassette deck — a machine that is used for listening to cassettes and sometimes also for recording them
- cassette tape — a recording made on magnetic tape inside a plastic container, to be inserted into a tape deck
- cassette-tape — Also called cassette tape. a compact case containing a length of magnetic tape that runs between two small reels: used for recording or playback of audio or video in a tape recorder, cassette deck, video camera, or VCR, and for storage of data by some small computer systems. See also audiocassette, videocassette.