13-letter words containing b, o, u, r, d
- nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
- obiter dictum — an incidental or passing remark, opinion, etc.
- old bulgarian — the Bulgarian language of the Middle Ages.
- ombudspersons — Plural form of ombudsperson.
- onus probandi — the burden of proof.
- organ-builder — a maker of organs
- outward bound — (in Britain) a scheme to provide adventure training for young people
- outward-bound — headed in an outward direction, as toward foreign ports: We passed an outward-bound ship as we came into the harbor.
- over-abundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overabundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overburdening — Present participle of overburden.
- premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
- producibility — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- quarter-bound — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
- random number — pseudorandom number
- random rubble — masonry in which untooled stones are set without coursing
- 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
- rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
- round of beef — round1 (def 35a).
- rube goldberg — having a fantastically complicated, improvised appearance: a Rube Goldberg arrangement of flasks and test tubes.
- running board — a small ledge, step, or footboard, formerly beneath the doors of an automobile, to assist passengers entering or leaving the car.
- smoked rubber — a type of crude natural rubber in the form of brown sheets obtained by coagulating latex with an acid, rolling it into sheets, and drying over open wood fires. It is the main raw material for natural rubber products
- sodium borate — borax1 .
- sound barrier — Also called sonic barrier, transonic barrier. (not in technical use) a hypothetical barrier to flight beyond the speed of sound, so postulated because aircraft undergo an abruptly increasing drag force induced by compression of the surrounding air when traveling near the speed of sound.
- sound blaster — (hardware) The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
- subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- terbium oxide — an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
- 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.
- turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
- unbowdlerized — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- unneighboured — having no neighbour or neighbours
- unobliterated — to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface.
- vitreous body — a transparent gelatinous substance, permeated by fine fibrils, that fills the interior of the eyeball between the lens and the retina
- wall cupboard — a cupboard that is fixed to a wall
- weather-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.