13-letter words containing a, n, b, t, i, d
- debit balance — the amount of money owed to a lender, etc
- decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
- decarbonation — to remove carbon dioxide from.
- decerebrating — Present participle of decerebrate.
- decerebration — Surgery. to remove the cerebrum.
- defendability — (uncountable) The condition of being defendable.
- defibrination — the act or process of defibrinating
- 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
- 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.
- dinoturbation — the effect or process of trampling and major disturbance to sedimentary rock layers caused by the movement of dinosaurs
- disembarkment — to go ashore from a ship.
- disintegrable — Capable of being disintegrated.
- disobligation — the state of being without obligation
- 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.
- drainage tube — a tube that drains fluid from an incision or body cavity during surgery
- drawing table — a table having a surface consisting of a drawing board adjustable to various heights and angles.
- 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.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- expandability — (uncountable) The condition of being expandable.
- expendability — The state or quality of being expendable.
- extendability — Extensibility.
- fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
- floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
- habit of mind — If someone has a particular habit of mind, they usually think in that particular way.
- handleability — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- hardenability — The quality or degree of being hardenable.
- hybridisation — Alternative form of hybridization.
- hybridization — to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
- hydroboration — (chemistry) the production or organoboranes by the addition of diborane to unsaturated organic compounds.
- in sb's stead — If you do something in someone's stead, you replace them and do it instead of them.
- inboard motor — a boat's motor that is situated within the hull
- indefatigable — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
- indefatigably — In an extremely persistent and untiring manner; in an indefatigable manner.
- indisturbance — Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose.
- ineducability — Inability to be educated.
- infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
- insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- italian bread — a crusty, yeast-raised bread made without shortening and unsweetened, usually baked in long, thick loaves with tapered ends.
- 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).
- low-bandwidth — [communication theory] Used to indicate a talk that, although not content-free, was not terribly informative. "That was a low-bandwidth talk, but what can you expect for an audience of suits!" Compare zero-content, bandwidth, math-out.
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- metallic bond — the type of chemical bond between atoms in a metallic element, formed by the valence electrons moving freely through the metal lattice.