13-letter words containing a, b, o
- bacterization — subjection to bacterial action
- bad godesberg — official name of Godesberg.
- badminton cup — a long refreshing drink of claret with soda water and sugar
- bag of tricks — a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- bag of waters — a fluid-filled membranous sac in the pregnant uterus that encloses and cushions the fetus, normally breaking at or just before the time of birth; the amnion.
- bail bondsman — an individual or firm that lends bail money to defendants awaiting trial
- baker's dozen — thirteen
- baking powder — Baking powder is an ingredient used in cake making. It causes cakes to rise when they are in the oven.
- balkanization — If you disapprove of the division of a country into separate independent states, you can refer to the Balkanization of the country.
- ballet lesson — a class in which ballet is taught
- ballet school — a school where professional ballet dancers are trained
- ballistospore — a spore, esp a fungal spore, that is forcefully ejected from its source
- balloon chuck — a lathe chuck having the form of a hollow hemisphere, for enclosing and holding small parts, as balance staffs of watches, so that only their ends are exposed.
- balloon clock — a bracket clock of the late 18th century, having a round dial on a short case with concave sides resting on bracket feet.
- balloon frame — a wooden building frame composed of machine-sawed scantlings fastened with nails, having studs rising the full height of the frame with the joists nailed to the studs and supported by sills or by ribbons let into the studs.
- balloon shade — a window shade that when raised is gathered into a series of puffy festoons created by inverted pleats in the fabric.
- balloon-berry — strawberry-raspberry.
- balneotherapy — the treatment of disease by bathing, esp to improve limb mobility in arthritic and neuromuscular disorders
- balsam poplar — a poplar tree, Populus balsamifera, of NE North America, having resinous buds and broad heart-shaped leaves
- balsamiferous — yielding or producing balsam
- bamboo shoots — the shoots of the bamboo plant, often used as food in Asian dishes
- bamboozlement — The act or process of bamboozling or being bamboozled.
- band together — If people band together, they meet and act as a group in order to try and achieve something.
- banderilleros — Plural form of banderillero.
- bandicoot rat — any of three burrowing rats of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia, of S and SE Asia: family Muridae
- bang goes sth — If you say bang goes something, you mean that it is now obvious that it cannot succeed or be achieved.
- bang on about — If someone bangs on about something, they keep talking about it in a boring or annoying way.
- bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
- bank of issue — a bank, as a Federal Reserve Bank, empowered by a government to issue currency.
- banking hours — the hours during which a bank is open for business
- banking house — a more formal term for a bank
- bankrupt worm — a roundworm (genus Trichostrongylus) that is an intestinal parasite of birds and mammals, especially devastating to young livestock.
- barbados aloe — a tropical aloe, Aloe barbadensis (or A. vera), of the lily family, having clusters of yellow flowers: its juice is used medicinally.
- barbarossa ii — (Khair ed-Din) c1466–1546, Barbary pirate, born in Greece (brother of Barbarossa I).
- barbarousness — The state or quality of being barbarous.
- barbary coast — coastal region of N Africa, extending from Egypt to the Atlantic, inhabited chiefly by Berbers and once (until early 19th cent.) dominated by pirates
- barber's pole — a sign outside a barber's shop consisting of a pole painted with red and white spiral stripes
- barbershopper — a member of a barbershop singing group.
- barcoo salute — a movement of the hand to brush flies away from the face
- bargain offer — something for sale at a low price
- baritone clef — an F clef locating F below middle C on the third line of the staff.
- barium yellow — a yellow, crystalline compound, BaCrO 4 , used as a pigment (barium yellow)
- barnacle code — (programming, humour) Any piece of code (usually a static method) that has been appended to a class where it doesn't logically belong, due to a lack of anywhere else to put it.
- barnyard golf — Informal: Facetious. the game of horseshoes.
- baroclinicity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
- baron of beef — a cut of beef consisting of a double sirloin joined at the backbone
- baronial hall — a large building or room owned by a baron
- baroque organ — a pipe organ dating from or built to the specifications of the baroque period at the time of J. S. Bach.
- baroreceptors — Plural form of baroreceptor.
- barosinusitis — aerosinusitis.