13-letter words containing a, b, e, r, d
- indescribably — not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.
- indisturbance — Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose.
- insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- irredeemables — undated government or debenture stock
- italian bread — a crusty, yeast-raised bread made without shortening and unsweetened, usually baked in long, thick loaves with tapered ends.
- larder beetle — a black beetle, Dermestes lardarius, the larvae of which feed on dried meats, hides, furs, etc.
- lavender-blue — coloured between blue and pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
- liberalminded — Having a liberal opinion or stance.
- libyan desert — a desert in N Africa, in E Libya, W Egypt, and NW Sudan, W of the Nile: part of the Sahara. About 650,000 sq. mi. (1,683,500 sq. km).
- lipid bilayer — a two-layered arrangement of phosphate and lipid molecules that form a cell membrane, the hydrophobic lipid ends facing inward and the hydrophilic phosphate ends facing outward.
- lower abdomen — lowest part of the belly
- madame bovary — a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert.
- malted barley — barley that has been kiln-dried after it has germinated by soaking in water
- marbled white — any butterfly of the satyrid genus Melanargia, with panelled black-and-white wings, but technically a brown butterfly; found in grassland
- marmalade box — genipap.
- medical board — a group of people qualified to give opinions on medical matters
- message board — bulletin board system
- middlebreaker — lister1 (def 1).
- millau bridge — a road bridge, the highest in the world, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central in SW France; designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened in 2004
- misattributed — Simple past tense and past participle of misattribute.
- miscalibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalibrate.
- mortgage bond — a bond secured by a mortgage on real estate or other property.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- narrow-bodied — (of a jet aircraft) having a narrow fuselage and a single aisle with seats on either side.
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- newbery award — an annual award for the most distinguished book for juveniles.
- non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
- noncarbonated — Not carbonated; lacking carbonation.
- nondeferrable — Not deferrable.
- nondegradable — not subject to or capable of degradation or decomposition: nondegradable waste.
- nondeliberate — not deliberate or intentional
- nonrecordable — Not recordable.
- nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
- nubian desert — an arid region in the NE Sudan.
- orbital index — the ratio of the maximum breadth to the maximum height of the orbital cavity multiplied by 100.
- organ-builder — a maker of organs
- osborne, adam — Adam Osborne
- over-abundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overabundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
- pebble garden — a small ornamental garden mainly composed of an arrangement of pebbles
- perboric acid — a hypothetical acid, HBO 3 , known only in the form of its salts.
- perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
- plant breeder — a botanist concerned with the origin and evolution of plants
- prefabricated — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
- private brand — a product marketed under a private label.
- quarter-bound — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
- quarter-breed — a contemptuous term used to refer to a person with one white grandparent, especially a person of American Indian ancestry.
- quarterbacked — Simple past tense and past participle of quarterback.