13-letter words containing n, a, b
- boots and all — making every effort; with no holds barred
- boraginaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Boraginaceae, a family of temperate and tropical typically hairy-leaved flowering plants that includes forget-me-not, lungwort, borage, comfrey, and heliotrope
- borlotti bean — variety of kidney bean
- borna disease — viral disease found in mammals, esp horses
- boron carbide — a black extremely hard inert substance having a high capture cross section for thermal neutrons. It is used as an abrasive, refractory, and in control rods in nuclear reactors. Formula: B4C
- bosman ruling — an EU ruling that allows out-of-contract footballers to leave their clubs without the clubs receiving a transfer fee
- boston matrix — a two-dimensional matrix, used in planning the business strategy of a large organization, that identifies those business units in the organization that generate cash and those that use it
- boudoir grand — a domestic grand piano between 5 and 6 feet in length
- bougainvillea — Bougainvillea is a climbing plant that has thin, red or purple flowers and grows mainly in hot countries.
- bounce around — to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall.
- bounced flash — a flash bounced off a reflective surface, as a ceiling or wall, to illuminate a subject indirectly.
- bouncy castle — A bouncy castle is a large object filled with air, often in the shape of a castle, which children play on at a fairground or other outdoor event.
- boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
- boundary peak — a peak in SW Nevada, in the White Mountains, near the California border: highest elevation in Nevada. 13,143 feet (4006 meters).
- boundary scan — The use of scan registers to capture state from device input and output pins. IEEE Standard 1149.1-1990 describes the international standard implementation (sometimes called JTAG after the Joint Test Action Group which began the standardisation work).
- bouquet garni — A bouquet garni is a bunch of herbs that are tied together and used in cooking to add flavour to the food.
- 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
- bow and arrow — a weapon consisting of a bow together with an arrow that may be fired from it
- bowling alley — A bowling alley is a building which contains several tracks for bowling.
- bowling match — a game of bowls
- bowman's root — an eastern U.S. plant, Gillenia trifoliata, of the rose family, having terminal clusters of white flowers.
- boynton beach — a city in SE Florida.
- brace and bit — a hand tool for boring holes, consisting of a cranked handle into which a drilling bit is inserted
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- brachycranial — brachycephalic
- brahminy kite — a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.
- brain scanner — a machine used to perform brain scans
- brain surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in brain surgery
- brain surgery — operation on the brain
- brain truster — a member of a brain trust; an important but usually unofficial adviser.
- brain-damaged — Someone who is brain-damaged has suffered brain damage.
- brain-picking — the act of obtaining information or ideas by questioning another person.
- brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
- braking power — the ability of a braking system to cause a vehicle to come to a halt
- branch office — the local branch of a bank, shop, or other business
- branch rickey — (Wesley) Branch, 1881–1965, U.S. baseball executive.
- brand loyalty — the tendency of consumers to continue buying a particular brand instead of trying a different one
- brand manager — the person responsible for the marketing of a particular brand
- branded goods — goods that are identifiable as being the product of a particular manufacturer or marketing company
- branding iron — a long-handled metal rod with a stamp at one end, used for branding livestock, especially cattle, with a registered or recognized symbol or character to indicate ownership.
- branding-iron — an iron heated and used for branding animals, etc
- brandy butter — butter and sugar creamed together with brandy and served with Christmas pudding, etc
- brass foundry — a foundry that makes things from brass
- brass rubbing — A brass rubbing is a picture made by placing a piece of paper over a brass plate that has writing or a picture on it, and rubbing it with a wax crayon.
- brass-rubbing — an antiquarian's technique for copying designs from incised brass memorial slabs and the like.
- brassfounding — the practice of making things from brass
- brazen it out — to act in a bold way as if one need not be ashamed
- brazilian wax — the process of removing all or almost all pubic and other hair in the pelvic area by applying hot wax.
- brazing alloy — a solder fusing at temperatures above 1200°F (650°C).
- brazing metal — a nonferrous metal, as copper, zinc, or nickel, or an alloy, as hard solder, used for brazing together pieces of metal.