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

  • 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
  • flooring brad — a brad having a very small head, made in lengths from 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm).
  • flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
  • forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
  • formidability — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
  • 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
  • goldfish bowl — round glass container for goldfish
  • ground beetle — any of numerous nocturnal, terrestrial beetles of the family Carabidae that feed chiefly on other insects.
  • 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.
  • harold burton — Harold Hitz [hits] /hɪts/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1945–58.
  • 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.
  • hoodman-blind — blindman's buff.
  • 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.
  • in cold blood — the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates, in humans consisting of plasma in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended.
  • 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.
  • indissociably — In a way that does not allow dissociation; having an inextricable link.
  • 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.
  • labrador duck — an extinct sea duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius, of northern North America, having black and white plumage.
  • lambda prolog — (language)   An extension of standard Prolog defined by Dale A. Miller and Gopalan Nadathur in 1986, in which terms are strongly typed lambda terms. Clauses are higher order hereditary Harrop formulas. The main novelties are universal quantification on goals and implication. The Prolog/Mali compiler compiles Lambda Prolog for the MALI abstract memory system. Mailing list: [email protected]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • lower abdomen — lowest part of the belly
  • mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
  • marmalade box — genipap.
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