13-letter words containing b, r, o, n, d
- 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.
- 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.
- stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- 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.
- swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
- sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
- take on board — be receptive
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- 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.
- 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.
- vandyke brown — a medium brown color.
- warping board — a rectangular board containing evenly spaced pegs at each end on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- waterboarding — a harsh interrogation technique in which water is poured onto the face and head of the immobilized victim so as to induce a fear of drowning.
- weather-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.
- windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.