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13-letter words containing a, d, l, n

  • angle grinder — a handheld power tool with a rotating abrasive disc, used for cutting, grinding and polishing
  • angle of lead — the phase difference, expressed in degrees, by which one sinusoidal function is moving ahead of a second having the same period, as alternating voltage moving ahead of the alternating current.
  • animal warden — dogcatcher.
  • anti-idealism — the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
  • anti-idealist — a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist. Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
  • antibillboard — indicating an opposition to the erection of billboards
  • anticipatedly — In an anticipated manner; in advance.
  • antidiarrheal — An antidiarrheal is a substance used to prevent or treat diarrhea.
  • appendiculate — having appendicles
  • apprehendable — That can be apprehended.
  • aptitudinally — in a manner that indicates aptitude
  • archidiaconal — of or relating to an archdeacon or his office
  • arm and a leg — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • at loose ends — in an unsettled, disorganized, or confused condition
  • attitudinally — in a manner expressive of personal attitudes or emotions
  • audio-lingual — pertaining to listening comprehension and speaking, especially in learning a foreign language.
  • bab el mandeb — a strait between SW Arabia and E Africa, connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden
  • back and fill — to manoeuvre the sails by alternately filling and emptying them of wind to navigate in a narrow place
  • back-end load — the final charges of commission and expenses made by an investment trust, insurance policy, etc, when the investor is paid out
  • backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
  • baffin island — the largest island of the Canadian Arctic, between Greenland and Hudson Bay. Area: 476 560 sq km (184 000 sq miles)
  • bail bondsman — an individual or firm that lends bail money to defendants awaiting trial
  • balanced diet — a diet consisting of the proper quantities and proportions of foods needed to maintain health or growth.
  • balanced fund — a mutual fund made up of both stocks and bonds
  • balanced line — a transmission line in which the oppositely directed components are symmetrical with respect to each other and to the ground.
  • balanced step — any of a series of staircase winders so planned that they are nearly as wide at the inside of the stair as the adjacent fliers.
  • balanced tree — (algorithm)   An optimisation of a tree which aims to keep equal numbers of items on each subtree of each node so as to minimise the maximum path from the root to any leaf node. As items are inserted and deleted, the tree is restructured to keep the nodes balanced and the search paths uniform. Such an algorithm is appropriate where the overheads of the reorganisation on update are outweighed by the benefits of faster search. A B-tree is a kind of balanced tree that can have more than two subtrees at each node (i.e. one that is not restricted to being a binary tree).
  • ball and ring — a simplified bead-and-reel turning, used especially in English and American furniture of the 17th century.
  • ball handling — the control of the ball, as in basketball or soccer, by skillful dribbling and accurate passing.
  • ballad stanza — a four-line stanza, often used in ballads, in which the second and fourth lines rhyme and have three stresses each and the first and third lines are unrhymed and have four stresses each
  • ballet dancer — a man or woman who takes part in ballet dancing, usually professionally
  • balloon shade — a window shade that when raised is gathered into a series of puffy festoons created by inverted pleats in the fabric.
  • banded purple — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
  • banderilleros — Plural form of banderillero.
  • bar-and-grill — a place where food and alcoholic drinks are served to customers; a combined barroom and grillroom.
  • barnacle code — (programming, humour)   Any piece of code (usually a static method) that has been appended to a class where it doesn't logically belong, due to a lack of anywhere else to put it.
  • barnyard golf — Informal: Facetious. the game of horseshoes.
  • batan islands — a group of islands in the Philippines, north of Luzon. Capital: Basco. Pop: 16 467 (2000). Area: 197 sq km (76 sq miles)
  • battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
  • bead and reel — a convex molding having the form of elongated beads alternating with disks placed edge-on, or with spherical beads, or with both.
  • beaked salmon — sandfish (def 2).
  • beaked-salmon — sandfish (def 2).
  • bedding plane — the surface separating two successive layers of stratified rock
  • bedding plant — A bedding plant is a plant which lasts for one year. It is put in a flower bed before it flowers, and is then removed when it has finished flowering.
  • bedding-plant — bedmaker (def 1).
  • beetlebrained — stupid
  • belly landing — the landing of an aircraft on its fuselage without use of its landing gear
  • benedictional — a book of benedictions or blessings
  • benzimidazole — a crystalline growth-inhibiting compound
  • beyond recall — If something is beyond recall, it is no longer possible to remember how it was or to bring it back to its original condition.
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