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

  • nondetachable — Not capable of being detached.
  • nondigestible — Not digestible.
  • nubian desert — an arid region in the NE Sudan.
  • obiter dictum — an incidental or passing remark, opinion, etc.
  • object method — (programming)   In object-oriented programming, a function that is called, or "invoked", on an object, as opposed to a class method which is invoked on a class. For example, a class "Person" might have an object method to return a person's name and a class method to return the number of people. An object method called on an object of class C may be defined by C or may be inherited from one of C's superclasses.
  • on the double — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • open-timbered — constructed so that the timbers are exposed.
  • orbital index — the ratio of the maximum breadth to the maximum height of the orbital cavity multiplied by 100.
  • over-abundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
  • particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
  • perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
  • plant breeder — a botanist concerned with the origin and evolution of plants
  • polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
  • postdebutante — following the stage of being a debutante
  • potbelly wood — a load of firewood, approximately half a cord, cut in lengths of 16 inches (40 cm) or less for use in a potbelly stove.
  • pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • prefabricated — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
  • private brand — a product marketed under a private label.
  • property bond — a bond issued by a life-assurance company, the premiums for which are invested in a property-owning fund
  • quarter-bound — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
  • quarter-breed — a contemptuous term used to refer to a person with one white grandparent, especially a person of American Indian ancestry.
  • quarterbacked — Simple past tense and past participle of quarterback.
  • quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
  • rattlebrained — foolish; flighty; scatterbrained.
  • reality-based — (especially of television) portraying or alleging to portray events as they actually happened.
  • record button — the button that you press on a device or remote control to begin recording sound, images, etc
  • redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
  • reestablished — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • rehabilitated — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • remediability — the state of being able to be remedied
  • rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
  • riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
  • right-brained — having the right brain dominant, therefore being more adept at spatial and nonverbal concepts and being more creative and emotional than logical and analytical.
  • rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
  • rumbledethump — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
  • run batted in — a runner advanced to home for a score by a particular player at bat, as when he or she gets a hit or a walk with the bases loaded: a category important in individual offensive statistics. Abbreviation: R.B.I.
  • ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
  • saber-toothed — having long, saberlike upper canine teeth, sometimes extending below the margin of the lower jaw.
  • saint bernard — Great, a mountain pass between SW Switzerland and NW Italy, in the Pennine Alps: Napoleon led his army through it in 1800; location of a hospice. 8108 feet (2470 meters) high.
  • sand bluestem — a grass, Andropogon hallii, native to the Great Plains, used as a cover crop for sand dunes.
  • second ballot — an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • sodium borate — borax1 .
  • solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
  • sound blaster — (hardware)   The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
  • spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
  • standard-bred — pertaining to a horse of the Standardbred breed.
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
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