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

  • console table — a table with one or more curved legs of bracket-like construction, designed to stand against a wall
  • constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
  • constrainable — able to be constrained
  • consumability — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
  • contraorbital — of or relating to flight in the orbit of, but in a direction contrary to, a given rocket, ballistic missile, satellite, etc.
  • contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
  • control board — a panel containing switches, dials, and other equipment for regulating electrical devices, lights, etc.
  • controllables — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
  • cooling board — a plank for laying out a corpse.
  • cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
  • counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
  • counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
  • covalent bond — a type of chemical bond involving the sharing of electrons between atoms in a molecule, esp the sharing of a pair of electrons by two adjacent atoms
  • cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
  • cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
  • dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
  • dangleberries — Plural form of dangleberry.
  • danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
  • day blindness — hemeralopia.
  • debit balance — the amount of money owed to a lender, etc
  • decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
  • defendability — (uncountable) The condition of being defendable.
  • deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
  • demothballing — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
  • dependability — software reliability
  • desirableness — The quality of being desirable.
  • desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
  • destabilising — Present participle of destabilise.
  • destabilizing — Present participle of destabilize.
  • desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
  • detribalizing — Present participle of detribalize.
  • disassembling — Present participle of disassemble.
  • disciplinable — subject to or meriting disciplinary action: a disciplinable breach of rules.
  • discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
  • discriminably — So as to be discriminable; distinguishably.
  • dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
  • dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
  • disintegrable — Capable of being disintegrated.
  • disobligation — the state of being without obligation
  • double batten — two wooden battens screwed together for holding the edge of a drop between them.
  • double magnum — Jeroboam (def 2).
  • double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
  • double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
  • drawing table — a table having a surface consisting of a drawing board adjustable to various heights and angles.
  • drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
  • dumb terminal — (hardware)   A type of terminal that consists of a keyboard and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is connected. A dumb terminal, in contrast to an intelligent terminal, has no independent processing capability or auxiliary storage and thus cannot function as a stand-alone device. The dumbest kind of terminal is a glass tty. The next step up has a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by an intelligent terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
  • dzibilchaltun — a large, ancient Mayan ceremonial and commercial center near Mérida, Mexico, founded perhaps as early as 3000 b.c. and in continuous use until the 16th century.
  • east berliner — a native or inhabitant of the former East Berlin
  • eco-labelling — the practice or system of using eco-labels
  • eff and blind — to use obscene language
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