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13-letter words containing o, b, d, t

  • border patrol — a government agency in charge of preventing terrorists, weapons, and illegal immigrants entering the country
  • border states — slave states bordering on the free states before the Civil War: Mo., Ky., Va., Md., & Del.
  • 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
  • borrowed time — an uncertain, usually limited period of time extending beyond or postponing the occurrence of something inevitable.
  • bottle blonde — a woman with dyed blonde hair
  • bottled fruit — fruit preserved in glass jars
  • bottled water — water sold in bottles
  • bottom drawer — a young woman's collection of clothes, linen, cutlery, etc, in anticipation of marriage
  • bottom feeder — a fish that feeds on material at the bottom of a river, lake, sea, etc
  • bottomset bed — fine sediment deposited at the front of a growing delta
  • bound up with — closely or inextricably linked with
  • boustrophedon — having alternate lines written from right to left and from left to right
  • brand loyalty — the tendency of consumers to continue buying a particular brand instead of trying a different one
  • break it down — stop it
  • bretton woods — resort in the White Mountains, N.H.: site of a United Nations monetary conference (1944) at which the International Monetary Fund was established
  • bridging shot — a shot inserted in a film to indicate the passage of time between two scenes, as of a series of newspaper headlines or calendar pages being torn off.
  • bring to mind — recall
  • bristol board — a heavy smooth cardboard of fine quality, used for printing and drawing
  • broad hatchet — a hatchet with a broad cutting edge.
  • brokenhearted — Someone who is brokenhearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
  • brown mustard — black mustard. See under mustard (def 2).
  • bud variation — any variation in a bud due to changes in either its genetic composition or environment or both such that the resulting flower, fruit, or shoot differs from others of the same plant or species.
  • budget period — the time which a budget covers
  • building plot — a piece of land on which a house can be built
  • butanoic acid — kind of acid
  • buttoned-down — conventional or conservative
  • 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.
  • carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
  • carbon credit — Carbon credits are an allowance that certain companies have, permitting them to burn a certain amount of fossil fuels.
  • carbon dating — Carbon dating is a system of calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.
  • circuit board — A circuit board is the same as a printed circuit board.
  • cloth binding — a type of binding in which a book is bound in stiff boards covered with cloth
  • codifiability — the quality of being codifiable
  • comorbidities — Plural form of comorbidity.
  • conditionable — able to be conditioned
  • contrabandism — the practice of trading contraband goods
  • contrabandist — a person who trades in contraband goods; smuggler
  • contract bond — an indemnity agreement to protect against loss due to breach of contract.
  • control board — a panel containing switches, dials, and other equipment for regulating electrical devices, lights, etc.
  • coolidge tube — a cathode ray tube, used for x-ray production, in which a beam of thermoelectrons is produced by heating a wire cathode.
  • cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
  • counterbidder — a person or organization that makes a bid in opposition to another bid
  • covalent bond — a type of chemical bond involving the sharing of electrons between atoms in a molecule, esp the sharing of a pair of electrons by two adjacent atoms
  • crowd trouble — bad behaviour by fans at a sports match
  • cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
  • 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)
  • deattribution — a switch in the attribution of a work of art to another artist, usually a lesser one.
  • debit account — a bank account which allows you to buy goods or services with money that you have put into the account
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