13-letter words containing ab
- jibber-jabber — foolish or worthless talk; nonsense
- jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
- keep on about — If you say that someone keeps on about something, you mean that they keep talking about it in a boring way.
- knowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- knowledgeably — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- kota kinabalu — a state in Malaysia, on the N tip of Borneo: formerly a British crown colony. 29,347 sq. mi. (76,008 sq. km). Capital: Kota Kinabalu.
- labialization — to give a labial character to (a sound), for example, to round (a vowel).
- labiogression — location of the anterior teeth forward of their natural position.
- labor of love — work done for the sake of one's own enjoyment or of benefit to others rather than for material rewards: He coached amateur baseball teams as a labor of love.
- laboriousness — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- labour market — When you talk about the labour market, you are referring to all the people who are able to work and want jobs in a country or area, in relation to the number of jobs there are available in that country or area.
- labour supply — the total number of hours that workers are willing and able to be paid wages to work for
- labour unrest — unrest or dissatisfaction displayed by workers, often in the form of strikes, and sometimes violent disputes, etc, which disrupts normal business
- labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- labrador duck — an extinct sea duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius, of northern North America, having black and white plumage.
- labyrinthical — Labyrinthine; like or relating to a labyrinth.
- labyrinthitis — inflammation of the inner ear, or labyrinth, characterized by dizziness, nausea, and visual disturbances.
- laughableness — The state or quality of being laughable; ludicrousness.
- lay about one — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- library table — a large pedestal writing table or desk.
- listenability — pleasant to listen to: soft, listenable music.
- livery stable — a stable where horses and vehicles are cared for or rented out for pay.
- lower abdomen — lowest part of the belly
- luang prabang — Louangphrabang.
- luggage label — a label that identifies the owner of a piece of luggage
- machinability — The condition of being machinable.
- mahabalipuram — a village in NE Tamil Nadu, in SE India: Hindu temples; early Dravidian architecture.
- malabar coast — a region along the entire SW coast of India, extending from the Arabian Sea inland to the Western Ghats.
- malabsorbtion — Misspelling of malabsorption.
- malabsorption — faulty absorption of nutritive material from the intestine.
- malleableness — The quality of being malleable.
- manageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- manipulatable — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- marketability — readily salable.
- measurability — capable of being measured.
- melrose abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey in Melrose in Scottish Borders: founded in 1136 and sacked by the English in 1385 and 1547: repaired in 1822 by Sir Walter Scott
- memorabiliast — a person who collects mementos or souvenirs, as postcards or playbills.
- memorableness — Memorability.
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- metabisulfite — (inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of sulfur S2O52- or any salt containing this ion.
- metabolically — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- metabolizable — (biochemistry) Able to be metabolized.
- metastability — An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.
- methylparaben — a fine, white, needlelike substance, C 8 H 8 O 3 , used chiefly as a preservative in foods and pharmaceuticals.
- microfilmable — Suitable for storage on microfilm.
- microhabitats — Plural form of microhabitat.
- microwaveable — Alternative spelling of microwavable.
- mineralizable — Capable of being mineralized.
- mira variable — any of a group of long-period variable stars having a variability similar to that of the star Mira.
- miserableness — The property of being miserable.