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13-letter words containing d, y, e

  • bloody-minded — If you say that someone is being bloody-minded, you are showing that you disapprove of their behaviour because you think they are being deliberately difficult instead of being helpful.
  • blue-eyed boy — Someone's blue-eyed boy is a young man who they like better than anyone else and who therefore receives better treatment than other people.
  • bobby dazzler — a person or thing that is outstanding or excellent.
  • bobby-dazzler — anything outstanding, striking, or showy, esp an attractive girl
  • 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 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.
  • body piercing — the practice of making holes in the navel , nipples, etc so that jewellery can be worn in them
  • body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
  • body-centered — (of a crystal structure) having lattice points at the centers of the unit cells.
  • booby-trapped — (of a building, vehicle, etc) planted with a booby trap
  • boroglyceride — any compound containing boric acid and glycerol, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
  • boron hydride — borane.
  • boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
  • boundary peak — a peak in SW Nevada, in the White Mountains, near the California border: highest elevation in Nevada. 13,143 feet (4006 meters).
  • boys' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for boys, founded in 1883, with the aim of promoting discipline and self-respect
  • brandy butter — butter and sugar creamed together with brandy and served with Christmas pudding, etc
  • bridge player — a person who plays the game of bridge
  • broadly based — Something that is broadly based involves many different kinds of things or people.
  • butyraldehyde — a colourless flammable pungent liquid used in the manufacture of resins. Formula: CH3(CH2)2CHO
  • by definition — If you say that something has a particular quality by definition, you mean that it has this quality simply because of what it is.
  • calendar year — A calendar year is a period of twelve months from January 1 to December 31. Calendar year is often used in business to compare with the financial year.
  • candidate key — (database)   One of several possible attributes or combinations of attributes which can be used to uniquely identify a body of information (a "record"). The chosen candidate key is called the primary key.
  • candy striper — a volunteer worker in a hospital
  • candy-striped — (esp of clothing fabric) having narrow coloured stripes on a white background
  • candy-striper — a person, often a teenager, who works as a volunteer in a hospital.
  • caraway seeds — the pungent aromatic one-seeded fruit of the caraway plant, used in cooking and in medicine
  • carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
  • cardiac cycle — one complete heartbeat, consisting of one contraction and relaxation of the heart.
  • carry the day — to win a contest or competition; succeed
  • chance-medley — a sudden quarrel in which one party kills another; unintentional but not blameless killing
  • cherry brandy — a red liqueur made of brandy flavoured with cherries
  • child cruelty — cruelty directed against children
  • chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
  • cinco de mayo — May 5, anniversary of the victory of Mexico over French forces at Puebla in 1862: observed by Mexicans and Mexican-Americans
  • clandestinely — characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.
  • clandestinity — secrecy; the quality of being clandestine
  • cleaning lady — A cleaning lady is a woman who is employed to clean the rooms and furniture inside a building.
  • clearheadedly — In a clearheaded manner.
  • cleveland bay — one of the oldest British breeds of clean-legged, light draught farm and carriage horse, originating from Yorkshire
  • closed system — a region that is isolated from its surroundings by a boundary that admits no transfer of matter or energy across it.
  • co-dependency — a state of mutual dependence between two people, esp when one partner relies emotionally on supporting and caring for the other partner
  • co-presidency — the state or act of being co-president
  • coldheartedly — Alternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
  • come in handy — If something comes in handy, it is useful in a particular situation.
  • company grade — military rank applying to army officers below major, as second and first lieutenants and captains.
  • compendiously — of or like a compendium; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise: a compendious history of the world.
  • complicatedly — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
  • conductimetry — the science of measuring the conductivity of solutions.
  • considerately — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
  • consideringly — in a considering manner
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