13-letter words containing b, e, d, r, a, l
- broadly based — Something that is broadly based involves many different kinds of things or people.
- bucket ladder — a series of buckets that move in a continuous chain, used to dredge riverbeds, etc, or to excavate land
- bullhead rail — a rail having a cross section with a bulbous top and bottom, the top being larger
- bumble around — When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
- butyraldehyde — a colourless flammable pungent liquid used in the manufacture of resins. Formula: CH3(CH2)2CHO
- candleberries — Plural form of candleberry.
- cd-rewritable — Compact Disc Rewritable
- child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
- clapperboards — Plural form of clapperboard.
- cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- creditability — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- daily-breader — a commuter.
- 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
- decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
- decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
- decarboxylate — to take away a carboxyl group from (an organic compound) or (of an organic compound) to lose a carboxyl group
- defibrillated — Simple past tense and past participle of defibrillate.
- defibrillator — A defibrillator is a machine that starts the heart beating normally again after a heart attack, by giving it an electric shock.
- deformability — Deformability is the degree to which applying a force can make a particle or solid change shape.
- degradability — susceptible to chemical breakdown.
- deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
- desirableness — The quality of being desirable.
- deterrability — the quality of being deterrable
- detribalizing — Present participle of detribalize.
- direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
- disagreeables — annoying things
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discreditable — bringing or liable to bring discredit.
- discreditably — In a discreditable manner.
- discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
- dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- disintegrable — Capable of being disintegrated.
- disregardable — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- distributable — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
- double dagger — a mark (‡) used for references, as footnotes.
- double garage — a garage that can hold two vehicles
- double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
- double-header — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- 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
- drop the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- 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.
- durable goods — Durable goods or durables are goods such as televisions or cars which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
- durable press — permanent press.