13-letter words that end in t
- be wild about — If you are wild about someone or something, you like them very much.
- beaking joint — a straight joint made by several members, as strips of flooring, ending at the same line.
- beat sb to it — If you intend to do something but someone beats you to it, they do it before you do.
- 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).
- beleaguerment — a blockade or siege
- bench warrant — a warrant issued by a judge or court directing that an offender be apprehended
- benjamin west — Benjamin, 1738–1820, U.S. painter, in England after 1763.
- berber carpet — a type of plain coloured carpeting, usually cream, oatmeal or light brown
- 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
- bibliophagist — a person who devours books
- big brown bat — any of several small to medium-sized common bats of the genera Myotis and Eptesicus, found worldwide in caves, trees, and buildings, including M. lucifugus (little brown bat) and E. fuscus (big brown bat) a widespread North American species.
- bioequivalent — the condition in which different formulations of the same drug or chemical are equally absorbed when taken into the body.
- biogeneticist — genetic engineering.
- bird dismount — Hecht1 (def 1).
- birthday suit — If you are in your birthday suit, you are not wearing any clothes.
- bishop violet — a reddish purple.
- bite the dust — to fail completely or cease to exist
- bl lac object — an extremely compact violently variable form of active galaxy
- black currant — the small, round, blackish, edible fruit of a widely cultivated shrub, Ribes nigrum, of the saxifrage family.
- blaenau gwent — a county borough of SE Wales, created in 1996 from NW Gwent. Administrative centre: Ebbw Vale. Pop: 68 900 (2003 est). Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
- blanket chest — a chest, with or without drawers, having a rectangular space under a lifting lid or top, used for storing blankets, bedding, or clothing.
- blanket sheet — a newspaper of larger than average size, common in the mid 19th century.
- blepharoplast — a cylindrical cytoplasmic body in protozoa
- blessed event — the birth of a child; also, a newborn child
- blonde moment — a brief mental lapse, as of judgment or memory: I must be having a blonde moment.
- blood product — a pharmaceutical product made from blood, such as Factor VIII
- blow a gasket — to burst out in anger
- boiling point — The boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at which it starts to change into steam or vapour. For example, the boiling point of water is 100° centigrade.
- boite de nuit — boîte.
- bolt up right — a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- bomber jacket — A bomber jacket is a short jacket which is gathered into a band at the waist or hips.
- bonfire night — Bonfire Night is the popular name for Guy Fawkes Night.
- booking agent — an agent who makes bookings, as reservations for travel or the theater or engagements for performers, for clients.
- boom-and-bust — characteristic of a period of economic prosperity followed by a depression.
- bottled fruit — fruit preserved in glass jars
- bowman's root — an eastern U.S. plant, Gillenia trifoliata, of the rose family, having terminal clusters of white flowers.
- brace and bit — a hand tool for boring holes, consisting of a cranked handle into which a drilling bit is inserted
- brazen it out — to act in a bold way as if one need not be ashamed
- breakfast set — a set of plates, bowls, eggcups, etc, specially designed to be used at breakfast
- breast pocket — The breast pocket of a man's coat or jacket is a pocket, usually on the inside, next to his chest.
- breeches part — a male role played by an actress.
- bridging shot — a shot inserted in a film to indicate the passage of time between two scenes, as of a series of newspaper headlines or calendar pages being torn off.
- brief against — If someone, especially a politician, briefs against another person, he or she tries to harm the other person's reputation by saying something unfavourable about them.
- brilliant cut — a cut for gems
- brilliant-cut — a cut intended to enhance the brilliance of a gem with the least possible sacrifice of weight, characterized by a form resembling two pyramids set base to base, truncated so as to give a broad table and a very small culet, and having from 18 to 104 facets, 58 being typical.
- broad hatchet — a hatchet with a broad cutting edge.
- brownie point — If someone does something to score brownie points, they do it because they think they will be praised for it.
- buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant