13-letter words containing a, b, e, r, d
- bounce around — to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall.
- boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
- boundary peak — a peak in SW Nevada, in the White Mountains, near the California border: highest elevation in Nevada. 13,143 feet (4006 meters).
- bourdon gauge — a type of aneroid pressure gauge consisting of a flattened curved tube attached to a pointer that moves around a dial. As the pressure in the tube increases the tube tends to straighten and the pointer indicates the applied pressure
- boys' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for boys, founded in 1883, with the aim of promoting discipline and self-respect
- brace and bit — a hand tool for boring holes, consisting of a cranked handle into which a drilling bit is inserted
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- brain-damaged — Someone who is brain-damaged has suffered brain damage.
- brand manager — the person responsible for the marketing of a particular brand
- branded goods — goods that are identifiable as being the product of a particular manufacturer or marketing company
- brandy butter — butter and sugar creamed together with brandy and served with Christmas pudding, etc
- bread pudding — a rich cake made with bread soaked in milk, eggs, dried fruit and spices and baked, usually eaten cold
- bread-winning — a person who earns a livelihood, especially one who also supports dependents.
- break dancing — a style of dance engaged in by youths, involving acrobatic movements, spinning about on the head or shoulders, etc.
- break feeding — the feeding of animals on paddocks where feeding space is controlled by the frequent movement of an electric fence
- break it down — stop it
- breech-loader — a firearm that is loaded at the breech
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- breeding pair — a male and female animal that produce offspring together
- breidha fjord — an inlet of Denmark Strait on the NW coast of Iceland.
- bridal shower — a party, held for a woman before her wedding, to which her friends bring gifts
- bridal wreath — any of several N temperate rosaceous shrubs of the genus Spiraea, esp S. prunifolia, cultivated for their sprays of small white flowers
- bridge player — a person who plays the game of bridge
- brilliantined — treated with brilliantine
- broad hatchet — a hatchet with a broad cutting edge.
- broad-brimmed — (of a hat) having a broad brim
- broadly based — Something that is broadly based involves many different kinds of things or people.
- brokenhearted — Someone who is brokenhearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
- bromide paper — a type of photographic paper coated with an emulsion of silver bromide usually containing a small quantity of silver iodide
- bucket ladder — a series of buckets that move in a continuous chain, used to dredge riverbeds, etc, or to excavate land
- bullhead rail — a rail having a cross section with a bulbous top and bottom, the top being larger
- bumble around — When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
- 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.
- butyraldehyde — a colourless flammable pungent liquid used in the manufacture of resins. Formula: CH3(CH2)2CHO
- candleberries — Plural form of candleberry.
- carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
- carbon credit — Carbon credits are an allowance that certain companies have, permitting them to burn a certain amount of fossil fuels.
- cd-rewritable — Compact Disc Rewritable
- chateaubriand — François René (frɑ̃swa rəne), Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 1768–1848, French writer and statesman: a precursor of the romantic movement in France; his works include Le Génie du Christianisme (1802) and Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1849–50)
- cherry brandy — a red liqueur made of brandy flavoured with cherries
- child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
- clapperboards — Plural form of clapperboard.
- cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- credit bureau — an agency that is a clearinghouse for information on the credit rating of individuals or firms
- creditability — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
- crepe bandage — a bandage made of light cotton crepe
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
- daily-breader — a commuter.