13-letter words containing d, a, r, b
- 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)
- spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- spreader beam — a crosspiece for spacing the chains or cables hanging from the boom of a crane.
- springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- standard-bred — pertaining to a horse of the Standardbred breed.
- 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.
- subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
- subderivative — a word derived from a derivative.
- 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.
- superabundant — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
- surbased arch — drop arch (def 2).
- 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
- the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
- thiocarbamide — thiourea.
- third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
- thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
- tidal barrage — a barrier that traps water at high tide, creating a tidal basin
- timber-framed — framed by exposed timbers
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- trade balance — balance of trade.
- trade barrier — any regulation or policy that restricts international trade, especially tariffs, quotas, etc.
- trade embargo — a government order imposing a trade barrier
- 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.
- turbine blade — any of a number of bladelike vanes assembled around the periphery of a turbine rotor to guide the steam or gas flow
- turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
- ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
- umbrella bird — any of several large trogons of the genus Cephalopterus, of Central and South America, as C. ornatus, having an umbrellalike crest above the head.
- unabbreviated — shortened; made briefer: The rain led to an abbreviated picnic.
- undeliverable — capable of delivery.
- undescribable — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- undiscernable — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- unembarrassed — to cause confusion and shame to; make uncomfortably self-conscious; disconcert; abash: His bad table manners embarrassed her.
- unobliterated — to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface.
- unpersuadable — not open or susceptible to persuasion
- unpredictable — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- unpredictably — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- upgradability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- urban dweller — a person who lives in an urban area
- urban studies — the various disciplines associated with the study of urban areas, including urban planning, urban economics and urban architecture
- vandyke beard — a short, pointed beard.
- vandyke brown — a medium brown color.
- video library — video and dvd lending service
- wall cupboard — a cupboard that is fixed to a wall
- 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.