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13-letter words containing ur

  • at every turn — If you say that something happens at every turn, you are emphasizing that it happens frequently or all the time, usually so that it prevents you from achieving what you want.
  • auteur theory — the theory that creative directors are the major force in film-making
  • ayurvedically — As a practitioner of Ayurveda; in an Ayurvedic way.
  • azurmalachite — a blue-green ornamental stone consisting of a mixture of azurite and malachite.
  • baccalaureate — The baccalaureate is an examination taken by students at the age of eighteen in France and some other countries.
  • back pressure — the pressure that opposes the motion of a piston on its exhaust stroke in an internal-combustion engine
  • banbury tarts — small baked pastries filled with raisins, currants, etc.
  • bancassurance — the selling of insurance products by a bank to its customers
  • banded purple — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
  • banking hours — the hours during which a bank is open for business
  • barrier-nurse — to tend (infectious patients) in isolation, to prevent the spread of infection
  • bathtub curve — Common term for the curve (resembling an end-to-end section of one of those claw-footed antique bathtubs) that describes the expected failure rate of electronics with time: initially high, dropping to near 0 for most of the system's lifetime, then rising again as it "tires out". See also burn-in period, infant mortality.
  • bathurst burr — an Australian plant, Xanthium spinosum, having numerous hooked burrs that became entangled in sheep's wool
  • behaviourally — from a behavioural point of view
  • bell purchase — a tackle consisting of two standing single blocks, two running single blocks, a fall, and a runner, so arranged that it gives a mechanical advantage of six, neglecting friction.
  • biculturalism — the characteristics, or policy, of a two-cultured society
  • bite your lip — If you bite your lip, you try very hard not to show the anger or distress that you are feeling.
  • black currant — the small, round, blackish, edible fruit of a widely cultivated shrub, Ribes nigrum, of the saxifrage family.
  • black vulture — the Eurasian vulture, Aegypius monachus, of the family Accipitridae
  • blame culture — the tendency to look for one person or organization that can be held responsible for a bad state of affairs, an accident, etc
  • blast furnace — A blast furnace is a large structure in which iron ore is heated under pressure so that it melts and the pure iron metal separates out and can be collected.
  • bloodcurdling — terrifying; horrifying
  • board measure — a system of units for measuring wood based on the board foot. 1980 board feet equal one standard
  • bodily injury — The bodily injury section of a liability insurance policy usually covers hospital bills for the injured parties as well as related expenses such as rehabilitation, medicines, and lost income.
  • bonded labour — a system in which a person provides labour in order to pay off debts
  • book of hours — a book used esp in monasteries during the Middle Ages that contained the prayers and offices of the canonical hours
  • bourdon gauge — a type of aneroid pressure gauge consisting of a flattened curved tube attached to a pointer that moves around a dial. As the pressure in the tube increases the tube tends to straighten and the pointer indicates the applied pressure
  • bourguignonne — Burgundy (def 5).
  • brachiosaurus — a dinosaur of the genus Brachiosaurus, up to 30 metres long: the largest land animal ever known
  • brain surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in brain surgery
  • brain surgery — operation on the brain
  • buggin's turn — promotion by seniority or rotation rather than merit.
  • buggins' turn — the principle of awarding an appointment to members of a group in turn, rather than according to merit
  • bulbourethral — of or relating to the rounded mass of tissue surrounding the urethra at the root of the penis.
  • 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
  • bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
  • bureaucratist — a believer in bureaucracy
  • bureaucratize — to administer by or transform into a bureaucracy
  • burgess shale — a bed of Cambrian sedimentary rock in the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia containing many unique invertebrate fossils
  • burglar alarm — A burglar alarm is an electric device that makes a bell ring loudly if someone tries to enter a building by force.
  • burglar-proof — designed to be secure and to frustrate any attempted burglary
  • burglariously — in the manner of a burglar or buglary
  • burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
  • buridan's ass — an example intended to show the deficiency of reason. An ass standing equidistant from two identical heaps of oats starves to death because reason provides no grounds for choosing to eat one rather than the other
  • burmese glass — an American art glass of the late 19th century, ranging from greenish-yellow to pink.
  • burnham scale — the salary scale for teachers in English state schools, which is revised periodically
  • burning glass — a convex lens for concentrating the sun's rays into a small area to produce heat or fire
  • burrowing owl — a ground owl (Athene cunicularia) of the prairie regions of North and South America having long legs and a small head: it makes its nest in abandoned burrows
  • burt standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
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