13-letter words containing b
- cycle billing — a method of billing customers at monthly intervals in which statements are prepared on each working day of the month and mailed to a designated fraction of the total number of customers.
- cymbocephalic — scaphocephaly.
- dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
- daily-breader — a commuter.
- dangleberries — Plural form of dangleberry.
- danse macabre — dance of death
- 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
- day blindness — hemeralopia.
- daytona beach — a city in NE Florida, on the Atlantic: a resort with a beach of hard white sand, used since 1903 for motor speed trials. Pop: 64 581 (2003 est)
- dead-beat dad — a father who neglects his responsibilities as a parent, esp. one who does not pay child support to his estranged wife.
- deaf-and-dumb — unable to hear or speak
- death benefit — the benefit payable if the holder of a life insurance policy dies before the policy matures
- death chamber — a room in which someone has died
- deattribution — a switch in the attribution of a work of art to another artist, usually a lesser one.
- debauchedness — The state or quality of being debauched.
- debit account — a bank account which allows you to buy goods or services with money that you have put into the account
- debit balance — the amount of money owed to a lender, etc
- debt covenant — A debt covenant is a number of restrictions that a borrower agrees to that are set by the lending institution.
- debt of honor — a gambling debt: not legally enforceable
- 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
- decarburizing — Present participle of decarburize.
- decasyllables — Plural form of decasyllable.
- deceptibility — the ability to be deceived
- deception bed — any of various kinds of concealed or disguised beds designed in the 18th century.
- decerebrating — Present participle of decerebrate.
- decerebration — Surgery. to remove the cerebrum.
- deducibleness — The quality of being deducible.
- deductibility — capable of being deducted.
- deely boppers — hairband with two bobbing antennae-like attachments
- defeasibility — capable of being annulled or terminated.
- defectibility — the ability to become defectible
- defendability — (uncountable) The condition of being defendable.
- defensibility — capable of being defended against assault or injury: The troops were bivouacked in a defensible position.
- defibrillated — Simple past tense and past participle of defibrillate.
- 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.
- degradability — susceptible to chemical breakdown.
- delectability — The quality of being delectable.
- deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
- demothballing — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
- dependability — software reliability
- deployability — Military. to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.