13-letter words containing a, d, e, r, i
- battered wife — See under battered woman syndrome.
- batting order — the sequence in which hitters will bat in a given game, determined in advance by the team manager.
- be hard going — If you say that something is hard going, you mean it is difficult and requires a lot of effort.
- beaded lizard — a large, stout-bodied, venomous lizard, Heloderma horridum, inhabiting western Mexico, having black, beadlike scales with yellow to pinkish spots and splotches.
- bearing sword — a large sword carried for its owner by a squire or servant because of its size.
- beauty editor — the person in charge of a section of newspaper or magazine devoted to cosmetics, etc
- beetlebrained — stupid
- benefit fraud — the illegal activity of claiming benefit payments which a person is not entitled to
- bermuda onion — a large white or yellow onion with a mild flavor, grown in Texas, California, etc.
- bib and brace — a work garment consisting of trousers and an upper front part supported by straps over the shoulders
- bible reading — a passage from the Bible, esp one read in a service
- bidirectional — (of a printhead) capable of printing from left to right and from right to left
- big-heartedly — in a big-hearted manner
- biodegradable — Something that is biodegradable breaks down or decays naturally without any special scientific treatment, and can therefore be thrown away without causing pollution.
- bird of peace — a dove.
- birthday cake — a special cake eaten at a birthday party
- biscuit bread — biscuits or a biscuit: I like biscuit bread more than corn bread for supper.
- bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
- board meeting — a meeting of the board of a company or other organization
- boarding fees — fees paid for boarding at a school
- boardinghouse — a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests
- boomerang kid — a young adult who, after having lived on his or her own for a time, returns to live in the parental home, usually due to financial problems caused by unemployment or the high cost of living independently
- borna disease — viral disease found in mammals, esp horses
- boron carbide — a black extremely hard inert substance having a high capture cross section for thermal neutrons. It is used as an abrasive, refractory, and in control rods in nuclear reactors. Formula: B4C
- boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
- 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.
- 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
- 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-brimmed — (of a hat) having a broad brim
- bromide paper — a type of photographic paper coated with an emulsion of silver bromide usually containing a small quantity of silver iodide
- bullhead rail — a rail having a cross section with a bulbous top and bottom, the top being larger
- 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.
- cadmium green — a pigment used in painting, consisting of a mixture of hydrated oxide of chromium with cadmium sulfide, and characterized by its strong green color and slow drying rate.
- called strike — a pitch not swung at by a batter but ruled a strike by the umpire.
- camera lucida — an instrument attached to a microscope, etc to enable an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface to facilitate the sketching of the image
- candid camera — a small camera that may be used to take informal photographs of people, usually without their knowledge
- candleberries — Plural form of candleberry.