13-letter words containing i, b, a, d
- disambiguator — Anything that serves to disambiguate.
- disassembling — Present participle of disassemble.
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- disciplinable — subject to or meriting disciplinary action: a disciplinable breach of rules.
- discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
- discreditable — bringing or liable to bring discredit.
- discreditably — In a discreditable manner.
- discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
- discriminably — So as to be discriminable; distinguishably.
- disembarkment — to go ashore from 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.
- disintegrable — Capable of being disintegrated.
- disobligation — the state of being without obligation
- disobligatory — not obligatory
- dispatch boat — a small, fast boat used for delivering dispatches.
- disposability — designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up: disposable plastic spoons; a disposable cigarette lighter.
- disregardable — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- distributable — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- disyllabicity — The state or characteristic of having two syllables.
- diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
- double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
- double-tailed — (of a lion) represented with two tails joined together next to the body.
- dragging-beam — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.
- drainage tube — a tube that drains fluid from an incision or body cavity during surgery
- drawing board — a rectangular board on which paper is placed or mounted for drawing or drafting.
- drawing table — a table having a surface consisting of a drawing board adjustable to various heights and angles.
- drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
- dumb terminal — (hardware) A type of terminal that consists of a keyboard and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is connected. A dumb terminal, in contrast to an intelligent terminal, has no independent processing capability or auxiliary storage and thus cannot function as a stand-alone device. The dumbest kind of terminal is a glass tty. The next step up has a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by an intelligent terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
- duplicability — The quality of being duplicable.
- durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
- 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.
- east kilbride — an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland. 1300 sq. mi. (3367 sq. km).
- edward gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
- eff and blind — to use obscene language
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
- excludability — The ability to be excluded.
- expandability — (uncountable) The condition of being expandable.
- expendability — The state or quality of being expendable.
- extendability — Extensibility.
- extrudability — the quality of being extrudable
- field battery — a small unit of usually four field guns
- fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
- floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
- flooring brad — a brad having a very small head, made in lengths from 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm).
- formidability — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.