13-letter words containing a, b, n, d, o, s
- incondensable — not condensable; incapable of being condensed.
- indissociable — Unable to be dissociated.
- indissociably — In a way that does not allow dissociation; having an inextricable link.
- indissolvable — Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated.
- insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- knowledgebase — Alternative spelling of knowledge base.
- lonsdale belt — (in Britain) a belt conferred as a trophy on professional boxing champions, in various weight categories: if a champion wins it three times it becomes his personal property
- managed bonds — investment in a combination of fixed interest securities, equities, gilts, and property, in which an investment manager, acting on a client's behalf, varies the amount invested in each according to the returns expected
- nondisposable — Not disposable.
- odontoblastic — Relating to odontoblasts.
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- onus probandi — the burden of proof.
- osborne, adam — Adam Osborne
- pandora's box — a source of extensive but unforeseen troubles or problems: The senate investigation turned out to be a Pandora's box for the administration.
- postdebutante — following the stage of being a debutante
- robben island — a small island in South Africa, 11 km (7 miles) off the Cape Peninsula: formerly used by the South African government to house political prisoners
- sacred baboon — hamadryas baboon.
- second ballot — an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates
- second banana — a comic who supports the leading comedian, often as a straight man, especially in burlesque or vaudeville.
- shadow boxing — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
- skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- skin and bone — You can say someone is just skin and bone when you do not approve of the fact that they are very thin.
- sound barrier — Also called sonic barrier, transonic barrier. (not in technical use) a hypothetical barrier to flight beyond the speed of sound, so postulated because aircraft undergo an abruptly increasing drag force induced by compression of the surrounding air when traveling near the speed of sound.
- sound blaster — (hardware) The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- subindication — the act or process of subindicating
- subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subsidization — to furnish or aid with a subsidy.
- swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
- sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
- transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
- undiagnosable — unable to be diagnosed
- unmetabolised — not metabolised