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13-letter words containing d, e, l, i, b, r

  • deformability — Deformability is the degree to which applying a force can make a particle or solid change shape.
  • degradability — susceptible to chemical breakdown.
  • deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
  • desirableness — The quality of being desirable.
  • deterrability — the quality of being deterrable
  • detribalizing — Present participle of detribalize.
  • dingleberries — Plural form of dingleberry.
  • direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
  • disagreeables — annoying things
  • dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
  • discreditable — bringing or liable to bring discredit.
  • discreditably — In a discreditable manner.
  • discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
  • dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
  • disintegrable — Capable of being disintegrated.
  • disregardable — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
  • distributable — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
  • diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
  • divertibility — the capability of being diverted
  • double boiler — a utensil consisting of two pots, one of which fits partway into the other: water is boiled in the lower pot to cook or warm food or melt a substance in the upper.
  • double bridle — a bridle with four reins coming from a bit with two rings on each side
  • double-dipper — Informal. to earn a salary from one position while collecting a pension from the same employer or organization, especially to be a wage earner on the federal payroll while receiving a military retiree's pension.
  • double-figure — double-digit.
  • double-ripper — bobsled (def 2).
  • drawing table — a table having a surface consisting of a drawing board adjustable to various heights and angles.
  • drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
  • drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
  • dumb terminal — (hardware)   A type of terminal that consists of a keyboard and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is connected. A dumb terminal, in contrast to an intelligent terminal, has no independent processing capability or auxiliary storage and thus cannot function as a stand-alone device. The dumbest kind of terminal is a glass tty. The next step up has a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by an intelligent terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
  • east kilbride — an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland. 1300 sq. mi. (3367 sq. km).
  • edinburgh sml — (EdML) Implementation of the Core language of SML. Byte-code interpreter in C. Ported to Amiga, Atari, Archimedes and IBM PC. Version: 0.44. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
  • endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
  • enrolled bill — draft legislation approved in identical form by both houses and sent to the President for approval
  • extrudability — the quality of being extrudable
  • field battery — a small unit of usually four field guns
  • flying bridge — Also called flybridge, fly bridge, monkey bridge. Nautical. a small, often open deck or platform above the pilothouse or main cabin, having duplicate controls and navigational equipment.
  • half-timbered — (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.
  • hardenability — The quality or degree of being hardenable.
  • heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
  • hyperboloidal — Having the shape or form of a hyperboloid.
  • imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
  • impredictable — (nonstandard) unpredictable.
  • incredibility — so extraordinary as to seem impossible: incredible speed.
  • indescribable — not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.
  • indescribably — not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.
  • indiscernible — not discernible; that cannot be seen or perceived clearly; imperceptible.
  • indiscernibly — In a way that cannot be discerned.
  • indiscerpible — (obsolete) Not discerpible; inseparable.
  • indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
  • irredeemables — undated government or debenture stock
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