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

  • bandicoot rat — any of three burrowing rats of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia, of S and SE Asia: family Muridae
  • bandspreading — an additional tuning control in some radio receivers whereby a selected narrow band of frequencies can be spread over a wider frequency band, in order to give finer control of tuning
  • bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
  • bar billiards — a table game in pubs, etc, in which short cues are used to pocket balls into holes scoring various points and guarded by wooden pegs that incur penalties if they are knocked over
  • bar-and-grill — a place where food and alcoholic drinks are served to customers; a combined barroom and grillroom.
  • barred spiral — a spiral galaxy in which the arms originate at the ends of a bar-shaped nucleus
  • basidiomycete — any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota (formerly class Basidiomycetes), in which the spores are produced in basidia. The group includes boletes, puffballs, smuts, and rusts
  • basidiospores — Plural form of basidiospore.
  • basket dinner — a group social gathering, as of church members, to which participants contribute casseroles or other dishes to share.
  • bastard eigne — the first-born illegitimate son of parents whose second son was legitimate.
  • bastard title — half title (def 1).
  • bastard-title — Also called bastard title. the first printed page of certain books, appearing after the end papers and before the title page and containing only the title of the book.
  • batan islands — a group of islands in the Philippines, north of Luzon. Capital: Basco. Pop: 16 467 (2000). Area: 197 sq km (76 sq miles)
  • battered wife — See under battered woman syndrome.
  • batting order — the sequence in which hitters will bat in a given game, determined in advance by the team manager.
  • be hard going — If you say that something is hard going, you mean it is difficult and requires a lot of effort.
  • be upstanding — (in a court of law) a direction to all persons present to rise to their feet before the judge enters or leaves the court
  • be wild about — If you are wild about someone or something, you like them very much.
  • beaded lizard — a large, stout-bodied, venomous lizard, Heloderma horridum, inhabiting western Mexico, having black, beadlike scales with yellow to pinkish spots and splotches.
  • bearing sword — a large sword carried for its owner by a squire or servant because of its size.
  • beauty editor — the person in charge of a section of newspaper or magazine devoted to cosmetics, etc
  • bedding plane — the surface separating two successive layers of stratified rock
  • bedding plant — A bedding plant is a plant which lasts for one year. It is put in a flower bed before it flowers, and is then removed when it has finished flowering.
  • bedding-plant — bedmaker (def 1).
  • bedside table — a small table beside a bed
  • beetlebrained — stupid
  • belly landing — the landing of an aircraft on its fuselage without use of its landing gear
  • benedictional — a book of benedictions or blessings
  • benefit fraud — the illegal activity of claiming benefit payments which a person is not entitled to
  • benzimidazole — a crystalline growth-inhibiting compound
  • bermuda onion — a large white or yellow onion with a mild flavor, grown in Texas, California, etc.
  • bhagavad gita — a portion of the Mahabharata, having the form of a dialogue between the hero Arjuna and his charioteer, the avatar Krishna, in which a doctrine combining Brahmanical and other elements is evolved.
  • bhagavad-gita — a sacred Hindu text composed about 200 bc and incorporated into the Mahabharata, a Sanskrit epic
  • biased sample — a statistical sample in which the items selected share some property which influences their distribution
  • bib and brace — a work garment consisting of trousers and an upper front part supported by straps over the shoulders
  • bible reading — a passage from the Bible, esp one read in a service
  • biconditional — (of a proposition) asserting that the existence or occurrence of one thing or event depends on, and is dependent on, the existence or occurrence of another, as “A if and only if B.”.
  • bidenticulate — having two small teeth or toothlike processes.
  • bidirectional — (of a printhead) capable of printing from left to right and from right to left
  • big enchilada — enchilada (def 2).
  • big-heartedly — in a big-hearted manner
  • bildungsroman — a novel concerned with a person's formative years and development
  • billiard ball — a hard ball used in billiards
  • billiard room — a room in a house, club, etc., where billiards is played.
  • biodegradable — Something that is biodegradable breaks down or decays naturally without any special scientific treatment, and can therefore be thrown away without causing pollution.
  • bird of peace — a dove.
  • bird-watching — Bird-watching is the activity of watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
  • birthday bash — a birthday party
  • birthday cake — a special cake eaten at a birthday party
  • birthday card — a greeting card sent on someone's birthday
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