13-letter words containing a, b, d, s
- boys' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for boys, founded in 1883, with the aim of promoting discipline and self-respect
- braggadocious — boastful
- branded goods — goods that are identifiable as being the product of a particular manufacturer or marketing company
- brass foundry — a foundry that makes things from brass
- brassfounding — the practice of making things from brass
- bridal shower — a party, held for a woman before her wedding, to which her friends bring gifts
- bristol board — a heavy smooth cardboard of fine quality, used for printing and drawing
- british india — the 17 provinces of India formerly governed by the British under the British sovereign: ceased to exist in 1947 when the independent states of India and Pakistan were created
- broadly based — Something that is broadly based involves many different kinds of things or people.
- brown mustard — black mustard. See under mustard (def 2).
- bundle sheath — a layer of cells in plant leaves and stems that surrounds a vascular bundle.
- buridan's ass — an example intended to show the deficiency of reason. An ass standing equidistant from two identical heaps of oats starves to death because reason provides no grounds for choosing to eat one rather than the other
- burt standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
- business card — A person's business card or their card is a small card which they give to other people, and which has their name and details of their job and company printed on it.
- bustard quail — button quail.
- bustard-quail — any of several birds of the family Turnicidae, of warmer parts of the Old World, resembling but not related to the true quail. Also called bustard quail, hemipode.
- buzzard's bay — an inlet of the Atlantic, in SE Massachusetts. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- by (all) odds — by far; unquestionably
- canada balsam — a yellow transparent resin obtained from the balsam fir. Because its refractive index is similar to that of glass, it is used as an adhesive in optical devices and as a mounting medium for microscope specimens
- candleberries — Plural form of candleberry.
- cap and bells — the traditional garb of a court jester, including a cap with bells attached to it
- captain's bed — a bed consisting of a shallow box with drawers in the side and a mattress on top.
- carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
- citizens band — a two-way radio service (Citizens Radio Service) licensed by the FCC to a U.S. citizen for short-distance personal or business communications between fixed or mobile stations. Abbreviation: CB.
- clapperboards — Plural form of clapperboard.
- club sandwich — a sandwich consisting of three or more slices of toast or bread with a filling
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- contrabandism — the practice of trading contraband goods
- contrabandist — a person who trades in contraband goods; smuggler
- cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
- dangleberries — Plural form of dangleberry.
- danse macabre — dance of death
- danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
- day blindness — hemeralopia.
- debauchedness — The state or quality of being debauched.
- decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
- decasyllables — Plural form of decasyllable.
- defeasibility — capable of being annulled or terminated.
- deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
- designer baby — People sometimes refer to a baby that has developed from an embryo with certain desired characteristics as a designer baby.
- desirableness — The quality of being desirable.
- desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
- despicability — Despicableness.
- destabilising — Present participle of destabilise.
- destabilizing — Present participle of destabilize.
- desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
- detestability — The state or quality of being detestable.
- diabetologist — a person who studies diabetes
- diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.
- disagreeables — annoying things