13-letter words containing d, o, b, i
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- onus probandi — the burden of proof.
- open-timbered — constructed so that the timbers are exposed.
- ophidiophobia — Ophiophobia.
- 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
- overburdening — Present participle of overburden.
- particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
- perboric acid — a hypothetical acid, HBO 3 , known only in the form of its salts.
- perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
- polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
- premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
- producibility — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- public domain — the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection.
- quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
- rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
- ribbon window — a long window made up of a number of individual compartments set together horizontally with little or no division.
- road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- robben island — a small island in South Africa, 11 km (7 miles) off the Cape Peninsula: formerly used by the South African government to house political prisoners
- robot dancing — a dance of the 1980s characterized by jerky mechanical movements
- rollerblading — skating on rollerblades
- running board — a small ledge, step, or footboard, formerly beneath the doors of an automobile, to assist passengers entering or leaving the car.
- scribble down — If you scribble down something, you write it quickly or roughly.
- self-doubting — lacking in confidence
- shadow boxing — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
- skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- skilled labor — labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.
- skin and bone — You can say someone is just skin and bone when you do not approve of the fact that they are very thin.
- sodium borate — borax1 .
- solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
- sound barrier — Also called sonic barrier, transonic barrier. (not in technical use) a hypothetical barrier to flight beyond the speed of sound, so postulated because aircraft undergo an abruptly increasing drag force induced by compression of the surrounding air when traveling near the speed of sound.
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- sphenoid bone — the large butterfly-shaped compound bone at the base of the skull, containing a protective depression for the pituitary gland
- springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
- subindication — the act or process of subindicating
- 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.
- subsidization — to furnish or aid with a subsidy.
- 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.
- symbolic code — a program code unrelated to the hardware of a particular computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used.
- terbium oxide — an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- thiabendazole — a drug used as an antifungal treatment and as an anthelmintic
- thiocarbamide — thiourea.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- triple double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
- triple-double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.