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13-letter words containing b, r, o, a, d, e

  • bottom drawer — a young woman's collection of clothes, linen, cutlery, etc, in anticipation of marriage
  • bounce around — to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall.
  • boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
  • boundary peak — a peak in SW Nevada, in the White Mountains, near the California border: highest elevation in Nevada. 13,143 feet (4006 meters).
  • bourdon gauge — a type of aneroid pressure gauge consisting of a flattened curved tube attached to a pointer that moves around a dial. As the pressure in the tube increases the tube tends to straighten and the pointer indicates the applied pressure
  • boys' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for boys, founded in 1883, with the aim of promoting discipline and self-respect
  • brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
  • branded goods — goods that are identifiable as being the product of a particular manufacturer or marketing company
  • break it down — stop it
  • breech-loader — a firearm that is loaded at the breech
  • breechloading — loaded at the breech.
  • breidha fjord — an inlet of Denmark Strait on the NW coast of Iceland.
  • bridal shower — a party, held for a woman before her wedding, to which her friends bring gifts
  • broad hatchet — a hatchet with a broad cutting edge.
  • broad-brimmed — (of a hat) having a broad brim
  • broadly based — Something that is broadly based involves many different kinds of things or people.
  • brokenhearted — Someone who is brokenhearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
  • bromide paper — a type of photographic paper coated with an emulsion of silver bromide usually containing a small quantity of silver iodide
  • bumble around — When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
  • carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
  • carbon credit — Carbon credits are an allowance that certain companies have, permitting them to burn a certain amount of fossil fuels.
  • clapperboards — Plural form of clapperboard.
  • cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
  • coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
  • cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
  • cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
  • danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
  • date of birth — Your date of birth is the exact date on which you were born, including the year.
  • daughterboard — a small circuit board that can be attached to the motherboard of a computer
  • deattribution — a switch in the attribution of a work of art to another artist, usually a lesser one.
  • decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
  • decarbonation — to remove carbon dioxide from.
  • decarbonizing — Present participle of decarbonize.
  • decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
  • decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
  • decarboxylate — to take away a carboxyl group from (an organic compound) or (of an organic compound) to lose a carboxyl group
  • decerebration — Surgery. to remove the cerebrum.
  • defibrillator — A defibrillator is a machine that starts the heart beating normally again after a heart attack, by giving it an electric shock.
  • defibrination — the act or process of defibrinating
  • deformability — Deformability is the degree to which applying a force can make a particle or solid change shape.
  • deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
  • direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
  • discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
  • dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
  • dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
  • double dagger — a mark (‡) used for references, as footnotes.
  • double garage — a garage that can hold two vehicles
  • double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
  • double-header — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
  • doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
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