13-letter words containing d, a, r, b
- lipid bilayer — a two-layered arrangement of phosphate and lipid molecules that form a cell membrane, the hydrophobic lipid ends facing inward and the hydrophilic phosphate ends facing outward.
- lower abdomen — lowest part of the belly
- madame bovary — a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert.
- madhya bharat — a former state of central India; now included in Madhya Pradesh.
- malted barley — barley that has been kiln-dried after it has germinated by soaking in water
- mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
- marbled white — any butterfly of the satyrid genus Melanargia, with panelled black-and-white wings, but technically a brown butterfly; found in grassland
- marching band — musical group that parades
- marmalade box — genipap.
- matagorda bay — a bay in SE Texas, at the mouth of the Colorado River, separated from the Gulf of Mexico by the Matagorda Peninsula. About 50 miles (80 km) long.
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- medical board — a group of people qualified to give opinions on medical matters
- message board — bulletin board system
- middlebreaker — lister1 (def 1).
- military band — a musical band, usually made up of players of wind, percussion and some brass instruments, that play at military functions, etc
- millau bridge — a road bridge, the highest in the world, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central in SW France; designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened in 2004
- misattributed — Simple past tense and past participle of misattribute.
- miscalibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalibrate.
- molding board — a board upon which bread is kneaded, cookies prepared, etc.
- mortgage bond — a bond secured by a mortgage on real estate or other property.
- mountainboard — a type of skateboard specially designed for rough terrain and steep slopes, having four large wheels linked by a suspension system
- mourning band — a piece of black material, esp an armband, worn to indicate that the wearer is in mourning
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- 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.
- newbery award — an annual award for the most distinguished book for juveniles.
- 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.
- nubian desert — an arid region in the NE Sudan.
- 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
- pebble garden — a small ornamental garden mainly composed of an arrangement of pebbles
- perboric acid — a hypothetical acid, HBO 3 , known only in the form of its salts.
- perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
- plant breeder — a botanist concerned with the origin and evolution of plants
- play hardball — baseball, as distinguished from softball.