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13-letter words containing h, a, b, d

  • cabbage aphid — a small, blue aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae, that feeds on cabbage and related plants.
  • carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
  • chateaubriand — François René (frɑ̃swa rəne), Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 1768–1848, French writer and statesman: a precursor of the romantic movement in France; his works include Le Génie du Christianisme (1802) and Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1849–50)
  • chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
  • cherry brandy — a red liqueur made of brandy flavoured with cherries
  • child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
  • 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
  • club sandwich — a sandwich consisting of three or more slices of toast or bread with a filling
  • coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
  • coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
  • cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
  • 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
  • daytona beach — a city in NE Florida, on the Atlantic: a resort with a beach of hard white sand, used since 1903 for motor speed trials. Pop: 64 581 (2003 est)
  • death benefit — the benefit payable if the holder of a life insurance policy dies before the policy matures
  • death chamber — a room in which someone has died
  • debauchedness — The state or quality of being debauched.
  • demothballing — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
  • detachability — The quality of being detachable.
  • dieffenbachia — any of various plants belonging to the genus Dieffenbachia, of the arum family, native to tropical America, often cultivated as houseplants for their decorative foliage.
  • dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
  • dishabilitate — to disqualify
  • dishabituated — to cause to be no longer habituated or accustomed.
  • dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
  • dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
  • dispatch boat — a small, fast boat used for delivering dispatches.
  • double whammy — twofold misfortune
  • 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.
  • draughtboards — Plural form of draughtboard.
  • draughtsboard — The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
  • drop the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
  • dzibilchaltun — a large, ancient Mayan ceremonial and commercial center near Mérida, Mexico, founded perhaps as early as 3000 b.c. and in continuous use until the 16th century.
  • elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
  • endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
  • featherbedded — Simple past tense and past participle of featherbed.
  • fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
  • go to the bad — to become wicked, shiftless, etc.; degenerate
  • good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
  • haberdasher's — a shop that sells small articles for sewing, such as buttons, zips, and ribbons
  • habit of mind — If someone has a particular habit of mind, they usually think in that particular way.
  • half-timbered — (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.
  • handleability — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
  • hardenability — The quality or degree of being hardenable.
  • harold burton — Harold Hitz [hits] /hɪts/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1945–58.
  • hawk-s--beard — any of various plants of the genus Crepis, of the daisy family, resembling the dandelion but having a branched stem with several flowers.
  • heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
  • heavenly body — celestial object: star, planet, etc.
  • heavy-bearded — having a thick or dark beard.
  • heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
  • herbal remedy — a medical treatment made with herbs
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