13-letter words containing d, o, l, a, r
- boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- brand loyalty — the tendency of consumers to continue buying a particular brand instead of trying a different one
- breech-loader — a firearm that is loaded at the breech
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- bridal shower — a party, held for a woman before her wedding, to which her friends bring gifts
- bridging loan — A bridging loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
- bristol board — a heavy smooth cardboard of fine quality, used for printing and drawing
- broadly based — Something that is broadly based involves many different kinds of things or people.
- bumble around — When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
- burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
- cacodyl group — the univalent group (CH 3) 2 As−, derived from arsine.
- call to order — to request to be quiet, as to start (a meeting)
- candleholders — Plural form of candleholder.
- cape coloured — (formerly, in South Africa) a racial classification under apartheid for people of mixed ethnic origin
- cape marigold — any composite plant of the genus Dimorphotheca, having variously colored, daisylike flowers.
- carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
- carbolic acid — Carbolic acid or carbolic is a liquid that is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic.
- carbolic-acid — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
- card walloper — (jargon) An EDP programmer who grinds out batch programs that do things like print people's paychecks. Compare code grinder. See also punched card, eighty-column mind.
- cardiological — the study of the heart and its functions in health and disease.
- cardiologists — Plural form of cardiologist.
- cardiomegalia — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- castle howard — a mansion near York in Yorkshire: designed in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; the grounds include the Temple of the Four Winds and a mausoleum
- cedarwood oil — an aromatic oil obtained from the wood of the red cedar and used in the manufacture of soaps, perfumes, and insecticides.
- cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- chlorous acid — an unstable acid that is a strong oxidizing agent. Formula: HClO2
- clapperboards — Plural form of clapperboard.
- clavichordist — Someone who plays the clavichord.
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- clotted cream — Clotted cream is very thick cream made by heating milk gently and taking the cream off the top. It is made mainly in the south west of England.
- 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.
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- cochlear duct — a spiral tube enclosed in the bony canal of the cochlea.
- coeur d'alene — a member of an Indian people in N Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake.
- coldheartedly — Alternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
- collared dove — a European dove, Streptopelia decaocto, having a brownish-grey plumage with a black band on the back of the neck
- college radio — radio broadcasting from stations affiliated with a college or university, often at a frequency below 92 MHz FM.
- colorado ruby — a fire-red form of garnet found in Colorado and other parts of North America
- comradeliness — the quality of being comradely
- conglomerated — Simple past tense and past participle of conglomerate.
- congratulated — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- considerately — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
- consolidators — Plural form of consolidator.
- constrainedly — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- control board — a panel containing switches, dials, and other equipment for regulating electrical devices, lights, etc.
- cooling board — a plank for laying out a corpse.