13-letter words containing d, o, b, e, r
- bumble around — When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
- busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
- carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
- carbon credit — Carbon credits are an allowance that certain companies have, permitting them to burn a certain amount of fossil fuels.
- chlorobromide — a chlorine and bromine compound joined to a metal
- clapperboards — Plural form of clapperboard.
- cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- comorbidities — Plural form of comorbidity.
- counterbidder — a person or organization that makes a bid in opposition to another bid
- cover bidding — the act of tendering an artificially high price for a contract, on the assumption that the tender will not be accepted
- cross bedding — layering within one or more beds in a series of rock strata that does not run parallel to the plane of stratification
- crossbreeding — Present participle of crossbreed.
- crowd trouble — bad behaviour by fans at a sports match
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- currency bond — a bond payable in legal tender.
- cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
- 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
- deattribution — a switch in the attribution of a work of art to another artist, usually a lesser one.
- 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
- decerebration — Surgery. to remove the cerebrum.
- deely boppers — hairband with two bobbing antennae-like attachments
- 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.
- deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
- deutocerebrum — (zoology) The median lobes of the brain of an insect.
- direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
- direct object — a word or group of words representing the person or thing upon which the action of a verb is performed or toward which it is directed: in English, generally coming after the verb, without a preposition. In He saw it the pronoun it is the direct object of saw.
- discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
- dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
- 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 dagger — a mark (‡) used for references, as footnotes.
- double garage — a garage that can hold two vehicles
- double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
- double-decker — something with two decks, tiers, or the like, as two beds one above the other, a ship with two decks above the water line, or a bus with two decks.
- 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-header — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
- double-ripper — bobsled (def 2).