13-letter words containing a, n, d, r, o, i
- bildungsroman — a novel concerned with a person's formative years and development
- 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 card — A boarding card is a card which a passenger must have when boarding a plane or a boat.
- boarding fees — fees paid for boarding at a school
- boarding pass — A boarding pass is a card that a passenger must have when boarding a plane or a boat.
- 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
- boudoir grand — a domestic grand piano between 5 and 6 feet in length
- boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- branding iron — a long-handled metal rod with a stamp at one end, used for branding livestock, especially cattle, with a registered or recognized symbol or character to indicate ownership.
- branding-iron — an iron heated and used for branding animals, etc
- brassfounding — the practice of making things from brass
- break it down — stop it
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- bridging loan — A bridging loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
- bring forward — If you bring forward a meeting or event, you arrange for it to take place at an earlier date or time than had been planned.
- bud variation — any variation in a bud due to changes in either its genetic composition or environment or both such that the resulting flower, fruit, or shoot differs from others of the same plant or species.
- burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
- carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
- carbon credit — Carbon credits are an allowance that certain companies have, permitting them to burn a certain amount of fossil fuels.
- carbon dating — Carbon dating is a system of calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.
- carbonic acid — a weak acid formed when carbon dioxide combines with water: obtained only in aqueous solutions, never in the pure state. Formula: H2CO3
- card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
- cardioversion — restoring the rhythm of the heart to normal by applying direct-current electrical shock.
- carias andino — Tiburcio [tee-voor-syaw] /tiˈvur syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1968, Honduran lawyer, soldier, and statesman: president 1933–49.
- carotid sinus — specialized nerve end organs producing a slight dilatation of the carotid artery where it branches into the external and internal carotid arteries, responding to changes in blood pressure by mediating changes in the heartbeat rate.
- caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
- cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- co-ordination — Co-ordination means organizing the activities of two or more groups so that they work together efficiently and know what the others are doing.
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
- coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
- commandeering — Present participle of commandeer.
- commandership — a person who commands.
- comradeliness — the quality of being comradely
- confederacies — Plural form of confederacy.
- confederating — Present participle of confederate.
- confederation — A confederation is an organization or group consisting of smaller groups or states, especially one that exists for business or political purposes.
- confederative — of confederates or a confederation
- conquistadors — Plural form of conquistador.
- conservatized — Simple past tense and past participle of conservatize.
- considerately — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
- consideration — Consideration is careful thought about something.
- considerative — considerate
- consolidators — Plural form of consolidator.