13-letter words containing b, l, o, d, t, e
- drop the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- festoon blind — a window blind consisting of vertical rows of horizontally gathered fabric that may be drawn up to form a series of ruches
- flat-bottomed — (of boats) having a flat bottom.
- 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.
- full-bottomed — (of a wig) long at the back
- gladstone bag — a small rectangular suitcase hinged to open into two compartments of equal size.
- ground beetle — any of numerous nocturnal, terrestrial beetles of the family Carabidae that feed chiefly on other insects.
- humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
- indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
- 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
- metallic bond — the type of chemical bond between atoms in a metallic element, formed by the valence electrons moving freely through the metal lattice.
- 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
- national debt — the financial obligations of a national government resulting from deficit spending.
- nimble-footed — able to move the feet agilely and neatly
- non-adaptable — capable of being adapted.
- 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
- nondepletable — not depletable
- nondetachable — Not capable of being detached.
- nondigestible — Not digestible.
- 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.
- orbital index — the ratio of the maximum breadth to the maximum height of the orbital cavity multiplied by 100.
- particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
- perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
- polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
- 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.
- quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
- rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
- 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
- solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
- sound blaster — (hardware) The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
- subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- table--d-hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
- the dust bowl — the area of the south central US that became denuded of topsoil by wind erosion during the droughts of the mid-1930s
- thiabendazole — a drug used as an antifungal treatment and as an anthelmintic
- triple double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
- triple-double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
- unmetabolised — not metabolised
- unmetabolized — not metabolized
- unobliterated — to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface.
- unputdownable — (especially of a book or periodical) so interesting or suspenseful as to compel reading.
- wild bergamot — a plant, Monarda fistulosa, of the mint family, native to eastern North America, having a rounded cluster of lilac-colored or purple flowers, growing in dry places.