13-letter words containing b, i, t, d, l
- double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
- double-tailed — (of a lion) represented with two tails joined together next to the body.
- 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.
- duplicability — The quality of being duplicable.
- 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 kilbride — an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland. 1300 sq. mi. (3367 sq. km).
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- excludability — The ability to be excluded.
- expandability — (uncountable) The condition of being expandable.
- expendability — The state or quality of being expendable.
- extendability — Extensibility.
- extrudability — the quality of being extrudable
- festoon blind — a window blind consisting of vertical rows of horizontally gathered fabric that may be drawn up to form a series of ruches
- field battery — a small unit of usually four field guns
- floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
- formidability — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- grylloblattid — a primitive insect of the order Grylloblattidea, having a soft, unpigmented wingless body with long antennae and no eyes, living under stones in moderately high mountains of the western U.S., Japan, and the U.S.S.R.
- half-timbered — (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.
- handleability — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- hardenability — The quality or degree of being hardenable.
- impredictable — (nonstandard) unpredictable.
- incredibility — so extraordinary as to seem impossible: incredible speed.
- indefatigable — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
- indefatigably — In an extremely persistent and untiring manner; in an indefatigable manner.
- indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
- ineducability — Inability to be educated.
- infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
- invendibility — the state or quality of being invendible or unsaleable
- italian bread — a crusty, yeast-raised bread made without shortening and unsweetened, usually baked in long, thick loaves with tapered ends.
- itemized bill — invoice giving detailed breakdown of costs
- 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).
- loft building — a building of several floors with large areas of unobstructed space, originally rented out for light industrial purposes and now frequently converted to residential occupancy.
- low-bandwidth — [communication theory] Used to indicate a talk that, although not content-free, was not terribly informative. "That was a low-bandwidth talk, but what can you expect for an audience of suits!" Compare zero-content, bandwidth, math-out.
- marbled white — any butterfly of the satyrid genus Melanargia, with panelled black-and-white wings, but technically a brown butterfly; found in grassland
- metallic bond — the type of chemical bond between atoms in a metallic element, formed by the valence electrons moving freely through the metal lattice.
- midnight blue — Something that is midnight blue is a very dark blue colour, almost black.
- midterm blues — the tendency of electorate to grow disillusioned with government around halfway through its term of office
- military band — a musical band, usually made up of players of wind, percussion and some brass instruments, that play at military functions, etc
- 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.
- mobile studio — a van, truck, etc equipped as a recording, broadcasting etc studio
- modifiability — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- multibuilding — involving multiple buildings
- national debt — the financial obligations of a national government resulting from deficit spending.
- nimble-footed — able to move the feet agilely and neatly
- non-obligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- nondeductible — Not allowable as a deduction from income for the calculation of taxes.
- nondeliberate — not deliberate or intentional