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13-letter words containing b, e, d, l

  • jebel ed druz — a mountainous region in S Syria: inhabited by Druses. About 2700 sq. mi. (6995 sq. km).
  • knowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • knowledgeably — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • knowledgebase — Alternative spelling of knowledge base.
  • larder beetle — a black beetle, Dermestes lardarius, the larvae of which feed on dried meats, hides, furs, etc.
  • lavender-blue — coloured between blue and pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
  • leaden-limbed — sluggish; incapable of movement
  • leading block — lead block.
  • leave sb cold — If something leaves you cold, it fails to excite or interest you.
  • liberalminded — Having a liberal opinion or stance.
  • 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).
  • line breeding — a form of inbreeding directed toward keeping the offspring closely related to a superior ancestor.
  • lipid bilayer — a two-layered arrangement of phosphate and lipid molecules that form a cell membrane, the hydrophobic lipid ends facing inward and the hydrophilic phosphate ends facing outward.
  • lo and behold — Lo and behold or lo is used to emphasize a surprising event that is about to be mentioned, or to emphasize in a humorous way that something is not surprising at all.
  • locked bowels — constipation.
  • london bridge — a bridge over the Thames between the City of London on the north side, and Southwark on the south side.
  • lonsdale belt — (in Britain) a belt conferred as a trophy on professional boxing champions, in various weight categories: if a champion wins it three times it becomes his personal property
  • lower abdomen — lowest part of the belly
  • magdalena bay — a bay in NW Mexico, on the SW coast of Baja California. 17 miles (27 km) long; 12 miles (19 km) wide.
  • malted barley — barley that has been kiln-dried after it has germinated by soaking in water
  • marbled white — any butterfly of the satyrid genus Melanargia, with panelled black-and-white wings, but technically a brown butterfly; found in grassland
  • marmalade box — genipap.
  • medical board — a group of people qualified to give opinions on medical matters
  • medicine ball — a large, solid, heavy, leather-covered ball, thrown from one person to another for exercise.
  • metallic bond — the type of chemical bond between atoms in a metallic element, formed by the valence electrons moving freely through the metal lattice.
  • middleborough — a town in SE Massachusetts.
  • middlebreaker — lister1 (def 1).
  • middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
  • midnight blue — Something that is midnight blue is a very dark blue colour, almost black.
  • midriff bulge — a roll of fat around your midriff
  • midterm blues — the tendency of electorate to grow disillusioned with government around halfway through its term of office
  • millau bridge — a road bridge, the highest in the world, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central in SW France; designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened in 2004
  • mindblindness — The inability to deduce or make educated guesses about another person's mental state.
  • miscalibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalibrate.
  • mixed ability — A mixed ability class or teaching system is one in which pupils of different abilities are taught together in the same class.
  • mixed doubles — (in tennis) a doubles match with a man and a woman on each side.
  • mobile device — a portable, wireless computing device that is small enough to be used while held in the hand; a handheld: a large selection of smartphones, PDAs, and other mobile devices.
  • mobile studio — a van, truck, etc equipped as a recording, broadcasting etc studio
  • mottled umber — a brownish geometrid moth, Erannis defoliaria, whose looper larvae can strip branches and even trees
  • mound builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
  • mound-builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
  • multibranched — Having more than one branch.
  • national debt — the financial obligations of a national government resulting from deficit spending.
  • needle biopsy — the removal of a small amount of tissue or cellular material with a long hollow surgical needle, performed for diagnostic purposes.
  • nimble-footed — able to move the feet agilely and neatly
  • nimble-minded — alert and clever
  • non-adaptable — capable of being adapted.
  • non-amendable — to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
  • non-obligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
  • non-reducible — capable of being reduced.
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