13-letter words containing n, a, b
- battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
- bay of bengal — a wide arm of the Indian Ocean, between India and Myanmar
- bay of gdańsk — a wide inlet of the Baltic Sea on the N coast of Poland
- bay of naples — an inlet of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the SW coast of Italy
- bay of plenty — a large bay of the Pacific on the NE coast of the North Island, New Zealand
- bazillionaire — (humorous) An incredibly rich person.
- bcg (vaccine) — a vaccine prepared from an attenuated strain of the tubercle bacillus, used for immunization against tuberculosis
- be hard going — If you say that something is hard going, you mean it is difficult and requires a lot of effort.
- be nuts about — to be greatly in love with
- be upstanding — (in a court of law) a direction to all persons present to rise to their feet before the judge enters or leaves the court
- beacon school — a notably successful school whose methods and practices are brought to the attention of the education service as a whole in order that they may be adopted by other schools
- beacon status — a ranking awarded by the government to an organization, rendering it eligible for extra funding, and aimed at encouraging organizations to share good practice with each other
- bead and reel — a convex molding having the form of elongated beads alternating with disks placed edge-on, or with spherical beads, or with both.
- beaked salmon — sandfish (def 2).
- beaked-salmon — sandfish (def 2).
- beaking joint — a straight joint made by several members, as strips of flooring, ending at the same line.
- beanbag chair — a chair like a large beanbag covered with vinyl, fabric, etc. and filled with foam pellets, as of polystyrene, that shift about to fit one's body
- bearing plate — a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss.
- bearing sword — a large sword carried for its owner by a squire or servant because of its size.
- beat the band — a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop: a band of protesters.
- beatification — a beatifying or being beatified
- beauteousness — The state or quality of being beauteous.
- beautifulness — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
- bed and board — sleeping accommodation and meals
- bedding plane — the surface separating two successive layers of stratified rock
- bedding plant — A bedding plant is a plant which lasts for one year. It is put in a flower bed before it flowers, and is then removed when it has finished flowering.
- bedding-plant — bedmaker (def 1).
- beetlebrained — stupid
- beleaguerment — a blockade or siege
- belgian congo — former Belgian colony (1908-60) in central Africa: now the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo
- bellefontaine — a city in W Ohio.
- belly landing — the landing of an aircraft on its fuselage without use of its landing gear
- bench warrant — a warrant issued by a judge or court directing that an offender be apprehended
- benedictional — a book of benedictions or blessings
- beneficential — relating to beneficence
- beneficiary's — a person or group that receives benefits, profits, or advantages.
- beneficiation — the procedure of reducing ores
- benefit fraud — the illegal activity of claiming benefit payments which a person is not entitled to
- benefit match — a sports match organized to raise money for charity, or for a particular player
- bengal quince — bael.
- benito juarez — Benito (Pablo) [be-nee-taw pah-vlaw] /bɛˈni tɔ ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1806–72, president of Mexico 1857–72.
- benjamin west — Benjamin, 1738–1820, U.S. painter, in England after 1763.
- benjamin-bush — Also called spice-wood. a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
- benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
- benton harbor — a city in SW Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
- benzalacetone — benzylidene acetone.
- benzimidazole — a crystalline growth-inhibiting compound
- berchtesgaden — a town in Germany, in SE Bavaria: site of the fortified mountain retreat of Adolf Hitler. Pop: 7667 (2003 est)
- bergamot mint — an aromatic herb, Mentha piperita citrata, having a lemonlike odor when crushed.
- bering strait — a strait between Alaska and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean