13-letter words containing n, e, r, i, d
- antidiarrheal — An antidiarrheal is a substance used to prevent or treat diarrhea.
- antidiuretics — Plural form of antidiuretic.
- antimodernism — modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
- antimodernist — opposed to modernism
- apparent wind — (wind), the velocity of air as measured from a moving object, as a ship.
- archimandrite — the head of a monastery or a group of monasteries
- aridity index — a number indicating how much more precipitation could be lost by evapotranspiration if it were available than is actually lost at a given location.
- armstand dive — a dive starting from a handstand at the end of a springboard or a platform with the diver's back to the water.
- arseniuretted — combined with arsenic so as to form an arsenide.
- arsenous acid — a toxic white powder, As2O3, used to make other arsenic compounds, insecticides, and preservatives; white arsenic
- arundinaceous — resembling a reed
- assigned risk — a risk that, under state law, is assigned to an insurer from a pool of insurers who would not otherwise accept it.
- aten asteroid — one of a small group of asteroids whose orbits cross that of the earth and whose semimajor axes are smaller than that of the earth.
- attitudinizer — One who attitudinizes, or practises poses.
- audience room — a room for holding formal interviews or hearings.
- baking powder — Baking powder is an ingredient used in cake making. It causes cakes to rise when they are in the oven.
- banana spider — a large, yellowish, tropical crab spider (Heteropoda venatoria) occasionally found in bunches of bananas shipped to the Temperate Zones
- banderilleros — Plural form of banderillero.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- bearing sword — a large sword carried for its owner by a squire or servant because of its size.
- bedtime drink — a drink before bed, often made with milk
- beehive round — an artillery shell that ejects thousands of naillike metal projectiles on exploding.
- beetlebrained — stupid
- bend sinister — a diagonal line bisecting a shield from the top right to the bottom left, typically indicating a bastard line
- benefit fraud — the illegal activity of claiming benefit payments which a person is not entitled to
- bermuda onion — a large white or yellow onion with a mild flavor, grown in Texas, California, etc.
- bewilderingly — extremely confusing: a bewildering schedule of events.
- 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
- bidirectional — (of a printhead) capable of printing from left to right and from right to left
- binding screw — a screw used to secure one thing to another
- bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
- blind freddie — an imaginary person representing the highest degree of incompetence (esp in the phrase Blind Freddie could see that!)
- board meeting — a meeting of the board of a company or other organization
- boarding fees — fees paid for boarding at a school
- boardinghouse — a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests
- body piercing — the practice of making holes in the navel , nipples, etc so that jewellery can be worn in them
- boiled dinner — a meal of meat and vegetables, as of corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes, prepared by boiling.
- boomerang kid — a young adult who, after having lived on his or her own for a time, returns to live in the parental home, usually due to financial problems caused by unemployment or the high cost of living independently
- borna disease — viral disease found in mammals, esp horses
- boron carbide — a black extremely hard inert substance having a high capture cross section for thermal neutrons. It is used as an abrasive, refractory, and in control rods in nuclear reactors. Formula: B4C
- boron hydride — borane.
- boron nitride — a white inert crystalline solid existing both in a graphite-like form and in an extremely hard diamond-like form (borazon). It is used as a refractory, high-temperature lubricant and insulator, and heat shield. Formula: BN
- boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
- brace and bit — a hand tool for boring holes, consisting of a cranked handle into which a drilling bit is inserted
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).