13-Letter Words Starting with B

Celebrate host dancing for girls in New York (wordplay)

Bachelorhood

Backcountry

BACKGROUNDER background

Background

""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.

Geopolitical term for extreme factionalism

Balletomania

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

Banderillero

The act or process of barbarizing; an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized.

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

Baroreceptor

Any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota.

Basidiospore

Basification

Stops on a Civil War tour

Bugler to stand playing in fields of war

Areas of conflict

First step towards sainthood

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

First stage in becoming saint in Roman Catholic church

Beauteous

BEHAVIORIST a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism.

Bellicosity

Belonging

BENEFICIATE To reduce (ores).

""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

Certain scholarly person

Academic press worker

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

Like the study of books

Bibliolatry

Excessive adherence to a literal interpretation of the Bible.

Bibliomaniac

Bibliopegist

Bibliophily

Love of books.

Bibliopolist

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

Biconcavity

""CONDITIONAL Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise. as, a conditional promise.""

Biconvexity

Going both ways

Functioning two ways

Coming-of-age story

Novel that focuses on character growth

Literary genre of "David Copperfield" or "Ender's Game"

Biliousness

Bimolecular

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

Biophysicist

See life science .

Bioscientist

Vital statistics.

Of or pertaining to biosystematics.

Such as genetic modification

Adjective (-ic)

Bipropellant

Bisectional

Gossipy types

Bean spillers

Tattletales

Comparative adjective or agent noun

In a blasphemous manner.

Plural or third person singular

Any of several fungal infections caused by blastomycetes; they are characterized by inflammatory lesions of skin and mucous membranes or internal organs.

BLASTULATION blastulate

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.

BLOCKBUSTING blockbust

Like some screams (2 words)

Horrible (of a scream?)

Like some screams

Bloodless

Bloodletting

Pedantic women

There's some such leggy girls at Cambridge

They go on foot with the ladies, likewise

One place for overnight guests (2 words)

Pay to stay where it's wood (wordplay)

Where Sherlock Holmes lived

Boardsailing

Boatbuilding

Boddhisattva

Bodybuilding

In a pompously inflated manner

In a pompously overblown manner

Bonnyclabber

Bookbindery

Bookishness

Boorishness

BOOTSTRAP

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

Having short wings.

BRAINSTORMER brainstorm

Engaging in groupthink (wordplay)

Producing ideas in a discussion group

Trouble-solving technique.

Breadboard

Those eureka moments!

Significant new treatments for hernias

BREASTSTROKE

Movements made swimming

Breechloader

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

BRONCHOSCOPE

Bronchospasm

Broncobuster

State of the fraternity - rows among the monks

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

The act or process of making brutal; state of being brutalized.

Buffalofish

Irritating self-assertiveness

Obtrusive state

With an intent to commit burglary; in the manner of a burglar.

Certain executive

More than one female professional wins me bonuses, working

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

Buttonhook

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