13-letter words containing b, s, i, d, e
- king-size bed — extra-large bed
- libyan desert — a desert in N Africa, in E Libya, W Egypt, and NW Sudan, W of the Nile: part of the Sahara. About 650,000 sq. mi. (1,683,500 sq. km).
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- midterm blues — the tendency of electorate to grow disillusioned with government around halfway through its term of office
- mindblindness — The inability to deduce or make educated guesses about another person's mental state.
- misattributed — Simple past tense and past participle of misattribute.
- miscalibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalibrate.
- misremembered — Simple past tense and past participle of misremember.
- mixed doubles — (in tennis) a doubles match with a man and a woman on each side.
- mobile studio — a van, truck, etc equipped as a recording, broadcasting etc studio
- needle biopsy — the removal of a small amount of tissue or cellular material with a long hollow surgical needle, performed for diagnostic purposes.
- neighborhoods — Plural form of neighborhood.
- nondiffusible — not diffusible
- nondigestible — Not digestible.
- nondisposable — Not disposable.
- nonprescribed — Not prescribed.
- nonsubsidized — not subsidized
- nubian desert — an arid region in the NE Sudan.
- oil-based mud — Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid that is an emulsion containing oil as the base fluid.
- pre-described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- 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
- pressed brick — face brick molded under pressure to a desired finish.
- reality-based — (especially of television) portraying or alleging to portray events as they actually happened.
- reducibleness — the extent, state or quality of being reducible
- reestablished — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- refried beans — fried mashed beans
- riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
- 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
- rushed behind — a situation when the ball passes through the goalposts but was last touched by a defending player, causing the attacking team to win a point
- saint bernard — Great, a mountain pass between SW Switzerland and NW Italy, in the Pennine Alps: Napoleon led his army through it in 1800; location of a hospice. 8108 feet (2470 meters) high.
- sandwich beam — flitch beam.
- scribble down — If you scribble down something, you write it quickly or roughly.
- self-doubting — lacking in confidence
- semicarbazide — an organic nitrogen compound derived from urea
- shield bearer — an attendant who carries the shield or arms of a warrior.
- signed number — Mathematics. a number preceded by a plus sign (+) to indicate a positive quantity or by a minus sign (−) to indicate a negative quantity.
- 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.
- skin and bone — You can say someone is just skin and bone when you do not approve of the fact that they are very thin.
- 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.
- sphenoid bone — the large butterfly-shaped compound bone at the base of the skull, containing a protective depression for the pituitary gland
- spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- spring binder — a loose-leaf binder in which a single, long, clamplike spring, forming the spine, holds the leaves.
- springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.