13-letter words containing b, e, r, a
- 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
- dragging-beam — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- east kilbride — an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland. 1300 sq. mi. (3367 sq. km).
- 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
- ebola (virus) — an RNA virus (family Filoviridae) that causes fever, internal bleeding, and, often, death
- edward gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- 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.
- elgin marbles — a group of 5th-century bc Greek sculptures originally decorating the Parthenon in Athens, brought to England by Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl of Elgin (1766–1841), and now at the British Museum
- embarrassable — Capable of being embarrassed.
- embarrassedly — In an embarrassed manner.
- embarrassment — A feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness.
- embracingness — the quality of something that embraces
- embranchments — Plural form of embranchment.
- embranglement — Embroilment, entanglement; the state of being or getting embrangled.
- embryological — Of or pertaining to embryology.
- embryonically — In an embryonic way.
- emtricitabine — A nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor for the treatment of HIV infection.
- encourageable — Able to be encouraged; suggestible.
- encumbrancers — Plural form of encumbrancer.
- endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
- endurableness — (rare) The state of being endurable; endurability.
- ensign-bearer — a soldier whose responsibility was to carry a Company's ensign
- enumerability — The condition of being enumerable.
- equilibrating — Present participle of equilibrate.
- equilibration — The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium.
- equilibratory — Relating to the physical sense of balance, or equilibrium.
- erin go bragh — Ireland forever
- erythroblasts — Plural form of erythroblast.
- erythrophobia — Abnormal and persistent fear of blushing.
- exacerbations — Plural form of exacerbation.
- excalibur bug — (humour, programming) The legendary bug that, despite repeated valliant attempts, none but the true king of all programmers can fix. Named after the sword in the stone in the legend of King Arthur.
- exportability — The property of being exportable.
- extrabiblical — Outside the Bible.
- extrudability — the quality of being extrudable
- fabric filter — A fabric filter is a type of filter in which solids are removed from a gas by passing it though a fabric.