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13-letter words containing d, u, l

  • body and soul — You use body and soul to mean every part of you, including your mind and your emotions.
  • body brussels — a carpet made with three-ply or four-ply worsted yarn drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern over the entire surface (body Brussels) or made of worsted or woolen yarns on which a pattern is printed (tapestry Brussels)
  • body building — the act or practice of exercising, lifting weights, etc., so as to develop the muscles of the body.
  • body language — Your body language is the way in which you show your feelings or thoughts to other people by means of the position or movements of your body, rather than with words.
  • bonded labour — a system in which a person provides labour in order to pay off debts
  • bottled fruit — fruit preserved in glass jars
  • bounced flash — a flash bounced off a reflective surface, as a ceiling or wall, to illuminate a subject indirectly.
  • boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
  • bûche de noël — a French Christmas cake made from a thin layer of spongecake that is rolled up and frosted so as to resemble a decorative Yule log
  • bucket ladder — a series of buckets that move in a continuous chain, used to dredge riverbeds, etc, or to excavate land
  • bufadienolide — any of a family of steroid lactones, occurring in toad venom and squill, that possess cardiac-stimulating and antitumor activity.
  • buffalo plaid — a plaid with large blocks formed by the intersection of two different-color yarns, typically red and black.
  • build bridges — to promote reconciliation or cooperation between hostile groups or people
  • building land — land on which construction can take place
  • building line — the boundary line along a street beyond which buildings must not project
  • building plot — a piece of land on which a house can be built
  • building site — A building site is an area of land on which a building or a group of buildings is in the process of being built or altered.
  • bulkhead deck — the uppermost continuous deck in the hull of a vessel, forming watertight compartments with the main transverse bulkheads.
  • bullet-headed — with a head shaped like a bullet
  • bullhead rail — a rail having a cross section with a bulbous top and bottom, the top being larger
  • bumble around — When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
  • bundle of his — atrioventricular bundle.
  • bundle sheath — a layer of cells in plant leaves and stems that surrounds a vascular bundle.
  • burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
  • busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
  • bustard quail — button quail.
  • bustard-quail — any of several birds of the family Turnicidae, of warmer parts of the Old World, resembling but not related to the true quail. Also called bustard quail, hemipode.
  • butyraldehyde — a colourless flammable pungent liquid used in the manufacture of resins. Formula: CH3(CH2)2CHO
  • cacodyl group — the univalent group (CH 3) 2 As−, derived from arsine.
  • cactus dahlia — a double-flowered variety of dahlia
  • calcium oxide — a white crystalline base used in the production of calcium hydroxide and bleaching powder and in the manufacture of glass, paper, and steel. Formula: CaO
  • calcium-oxide — Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
  • camera lucida — an instrument attached to a microscope, etc to enable an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface to facilitate the sketching of the image
  • canal du midi — a canal in S France, extending from the River Garonne at Toulouse to the Mediterranean at Sète and providing a link between the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts: built between 1666 and 1681. Length: 181 km (150 miles)
  • canaliculated — Canaliculate.
  • candlesnuffer — an implement, or person, that extinguishes candle flames
  • cape coloured — (formerly, in South Africa) a racial classification under apartheid for people of mixed ethnic origin
  • casual friday — In some companies, employees are allowed to wear clothes that are more informal than usual on a Friday. This day is known as a casual Friday.
  • casualty ward — a ward which temporarily accommodates patients who have been treated in the casualty department and who need to stay in hospital
  • caxias do sul — a city in S Brazil.
  • centuries-old — hundreds of years old
  • cephalopodous — of, belonging to or relating to a cephalopod
  • child cruelty — cruelty directed against children
  • child custody — custody (def 4).
  • child support — If a parent pays child support, they legally have to pay money to help provide things such as food and clothing for a child with whom they no longer live.
  • child-custody — custody (def 4).
  • chlorous acid — an unstable acid that is a strong oxidizing agent. Formula: HClO2
  • chuckleheaded — a stupid person; blockhead.
  • churn molding — a molding decorated with chevrons.
  • clair de lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
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