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

  • flatbed lorry — a lorry with a flat platform for its body
  • floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
  • flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
  • forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
  • full-bottomed — (of a wig) long at the back
  • gelada baboon — a NE African baboon, Theropithecus gelada, with dark brown hair forming a mane over the shoulders, a bare red chest, and a ridged muzzle: family Cercopithecidae
  • gladstone bag — a small rectangular suitcase hinged to open into two compartments of equal size.
  • golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
  • ground beetle — any of numerous nocturnal, terrestrial beetles of the family Carabidae that feed chiefly on other insects.
  • heavenly body — celestial object: star, planet, etc.
  • heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
  • hollywood bed — a bed consisting of a metal frame, box spring, mattress, and headboard, but lacking a footboard.
  • housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
  • humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
  • hyperboloidal — Having the shape or form of a hyperboloid.
  • i'll be bound — I am sure (something) is true
  • imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
  • inbounds line — one of two broken lines, parallel to the sidelines and running the length of the field, to which the ball is brought when it goes beyond the sidelines.
  • inconcludable — Impossible to conclude; unfinishable.
  • incondensable — not condensable; incapable of being condensed.
  • indissociable — Unable to be dissociated.
  • indissolvable — Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated.
  • indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
  • insolubilized — Made insoluble.
  • 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.
  • leading block — lead block.
  • leave sb cold — If something leaves you cold, it fails to excite or interest you.
  • 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
  • marmalade box — genipap.
  • medical board — a group of people qualified to give opinions on medical matters
  • 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.
  • middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
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