13-Letter Words Starting with B

French school-leaving exam

Higher education exam

Type of degree

Celebrate host dancing for girls in New York (wordplay)

Bachelorhood

Backcountry

BACKGROUNDER background

Just one on tandem is doing this making U-turn

Backscatter

Backstretch

""The study of bacteria, especially in relation to medicine and agriculture.""

Pl. bacteriolyses (-s z ) Dissolution or destruction of bacteria.

Rupture of some pathogens by, eg, an antibody

Pl. bacteriolyses (-s z ) Dissolution or destruction of bacteria.

A virus which infects bacteria; -- also colloquially called phage in laboratory jargon.phage in laboratory jargon.

BACTERIOPHAGE a virus which infects bacteria; -- also colloquially called phage in laboratory jargon.phage in laboratory jargon.

Bacteriostat

BACTERIZE to subject to the action of bacteria.

Balefulness

Balletomania

Mr. X's favorite form of trickery (wordplay)

Banderillero

Bankability

Certain boxers

The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.

Impudence

Baroreceptor

Bashfulness

Any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota.

Basidiospore

""Pertaining to bathymetry; relating to the measurement of depths, especially of depths in the sea.""

Stops on a Civil War tour

Bugler to stand playing in fields of war

Areas of conflict

Bearability

Beardedness

Bearishness

Beastliness

First step towards sainthood

You finally quit cosmetic enhancement? That's a great blessing!

First stage in becoming saint in Roman Catholic church

Beauteous

Beautiful

Bedazzlement

Befuddlement

BEHAVIORIST a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism.

Belatedness

(tr) to trouble persistently; harass

Capable of eliciting belief or trust. See Synonyms at plausible .

Belittlement

Bellicosity

Belligerence

'Not acting a piece, by the sound of it (13)'

Belonging

Beneficiary

BENEFICIATE To reduce (ores).

BENEFICIATE To reduce (ores).

Ignorance is to remain, with thing sensed imperfectly

Benzaldehyde

""A crystalline compound, C 7 H 6 N 2 , that is used in organic synthesis and inhibits the growth of certain microorganisms.""

Benzoapyrene

Benzophenone

BESTSELLER

Betweenbrain

Betweenness

... in the gaps dividing cunning devices

Bewildering

Bewilderment

Certain scholarly person

Academic press worker

Compiler of a list of books on a particular subject or by a single author

Bibliolatry

Bibliopegist

Bibliophily

""Remedies the therapeutic use of reading material in the treatment of nervous diseases. ; bibliotherapist , n . ; bibliotherapeutic ,""

Bicameralism

Bicentenary

Bicentennial

Biconcavity

Biconvexity

Biddability

Going both ways

Functioning two ways

Bilateralism

Biliousness

Billingsgate

Of or pertaining to bimetallism.

Bimillenary

Bimillennial

Bimolecular

Bindingness

Bioactivity

Biochemical

""The property of being biologically compatible by not producing a toxic, injurious, or immunological response in living tissue: As a result of its strength and biocompatibility, the material is often used in medical devices.""

""The conversion of organic materials, such as plant or animal waste, into usable products or energy sources by biological processes or agents, such as certain microorganisms.""

Naturally breaking down

Capable of decaying

Able to be broken down by bacteria

BIOELECTRIC

Bioenergetic

Bioengineer

The study of the geographic distribution of organisms.

The study of the geographic distribution of organisms.

""(used with a sing. verb) The study of the mechanics of a living body, especially of the forces exerted by muscles and gravity on the skeletal structure.""

Biometrician

See life science .

Bioscientist

Of or pertaining to biosystematics.

Such as genetic modification

Adjective (-ic)

Bipropellant

REFRINGENCE

Bisectional

Bisexuality

Bitterbrush

Bittersweet

Bizarreness

Gossipy types

Bean spillers

Tattletales

You won't get sent down with it

Actions or words aiming to flatter

Persuasive flattery

Flattering inducements

Comparative adjective or agent noun

In a blasphemous manner.

Plural or third person singular

Blatherskite

A basal body in certain flagellated protozoans that consists of a minute mass of chromatin embedded in the cytoplasm at the base of the flagellum.

Spasmodic winking caused by the involuntary contraction of an eyelid muscle.

Blessedness

Bloodless

Bloodletting

Pedantic women

There's some such leggy girls at Cambridge

They go on foot with the ladies, likewise

Old guns

One place for overnight guests (2 words)

Pay to stay where it's wood (wordplay)

Where Sherlock Holmes lived

Bonnyclabber

Bookbindery

Bookishness

Boorishness

Borosilicate

Bottlebrush

Bottleneck

Ornamental tropical climber

Plant producing a Bolivian glue

Common climbing plant of the tropics

Fish stew from Provence

Rich fish stew

Rich spicy fish stew

Boulevardier

Boundedness

You can't say it's the limit when there is none

Bounteous

Bountiful

English word

""An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite.""

Boysenberry

BRACHYCEPHAL

Having short wings.

See Brailler .

Original ideas from hit issue

Creative products

Products of a fertile imagination (wordplay)

Brainless

BRAINSTORMER brainstorm

Breadboard

Breadwinning

Those eureka moments!

Significant new treatments for hernias

BREASTSTROKE

Movements made swimming

Suitable or pleasant for breathing: breathable air.

Breathiness

Breechloader

Brilliantine

Brittleness

Organically sad (wordplay)

Full of sorrow

Hear Ted may be grief-stricken

""An ergot alkaloid, C 32 H 40 BrN 5 O 5 , that slows dopamine turnover and inhibits prolactin secretion and is used to treat Parkinson's disease and to retard the growth of various pituitary tumors.""

Bronchoscope

Broncobuster

State of the fraternity - rows among the monks

Care about right ancestry, sons, and the boys' friendly relationship

Brusqueness

Brutishness

Buffalofish

Bullishness

Irritating self-assertiveness

Obtrusive state

Bureaucracy

Some obfuscating jargon

Bureaucrat

Nonelective government officials; same as bureaucracy.bureaucracy.

BUREAUCRAT An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine.

Certain executive

More than one female professional wins me bonuses, working

Those involved in dealing, practice with half the golf club workers

Goat, perhaps, identifies missing person

Careless slip, say

He can't catch for toffee!

""A transparent, highly flammable liquid, C 4 H 8 O, used in synthesizing resins.""

""Any of a group of neuroleptic drugs, such as haloperidol, administered in the treatment of acute psychotic episodes, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric disorders.""