13-letter words containing a, n, t, b
- debt covenant — A debt covenant is a number of restrictions that a borrower agrees to that are set by the lending institution.
- decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
- decarbonation — to remove carbon dioxide from.
- decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
- 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 batten — two wooden battens screwed together for holding the edge of a drop between them.
- 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.
- east berliner — a native or inhabitant of the former East Berlin
- east by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of east. Abbreviation: EbN.
- easter bonnet — an especially pretty or fancy hat designed for a woman to wear to church on Easter Sunday or, especially, in an Easter parade
- eating habits — the way a person or group eats, considered in terms of what types of food are eaten, in what quantities, and when
- electron beam — a beam or stream of electrons emitted by a single source that move in the same direction and at the same speed
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- embarrassment — A feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness.
- embranchments — Plural form of embranchment.
- embranglement — Embroilment, entanglement; the state of being or getting embrangled.
- emtricitabine — A nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor for the treatment of HIV infection.
- enumerability — The condition of being enumerable.
- equilibrating — Present participle of equilibrate.
- equilibration — The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium.
- equitableness — The state or quality of being equitable; equitability.
- establishment — The action of establishing something or being established.
- estimableness — The quality of deserving esteem or regard.
- ethnobotanist — A scholar or researcher in the field of ethnobotany.
- exacerbations — Plural form of exacerbation.
- examinability — The quality or state of being examinable.
- exceptionable — Open to objection; causing disapproval or offense.
- excitableness — The quality of being excitable, excitability.
- expandability — (uncountable) The condition of being expandable.
- expansibility — The condition of being expansible.