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

  • narrow-bodied — (of a jet aircraft) having a narrow fuselage and a single aisle with seats on either side.
  • neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
  • non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
  • noncarbonated — Not carbonated; lacking carbonation.
  • nondeferrable — Not deferrable.
  • nondegradable — not subject to or capable of degradation or decomposition: nondegradable waste.
  • nondeliberate — not deliberate or intentional
  • nonrecordable — Not recordable.
  • nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
  • old bulgarian — the Bulgarian language of the Middle Ages.
  • onus probandi — the burden of proof.
  • orbital index — the ratio of the maximum breadth to the maximum height of the orbital cavity multiplied by 100.
  • organ-builder — a maker of organs
  • osborne, adam — Adam Osborne
  • 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.
  • pandora's box — a source of extensive but unforeseen troubles or problems: The senate investigation turned out to be a Pandora's box for the administration.
  • particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
  • perboric acid — a hypothetical acid, HBO 3 , known only in the form of its salts.
  • perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
  • 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
  • recommendable — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
  • recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
  • redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
  • redondo beach — a city in SW California.
  • rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
  • road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
  • robben island — a small island in South Africa, 11 km (7 miles) off the Cape Peninsula: formerly used by the South African government to house political prisoners
  • robot dancing — a dance of the 1980s characterized by jerky mechanical movements
  • rollerblading — skating on rollerblades
  • rond de jambe — a circular movement of the leg.
  • running board — a small ledge, step, or footboard, formerly beneath the doors of an automobile, to assist passengers entering or leaving the car.
  • saber-toothed — having long, saberlike upper canine teeth, sometimes extending below the margin of the lower jaw.
  • sacred baboon — hamadryas baboon.
  • sacred bamboo — nandina.
  • self-absorbed — preoccupied with one's thoughts, interests, etc.
  • skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • skilled labor — labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.
  • soapbox derby — a race between children in homemade racing carts
  • sodium borate — borax1 .
  • solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
  • 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)
  • springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • 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.
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