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

  • nondetachable — Not capable of being detached.
  • nondigestible — Not digestible.
  • obiter dictum — an incidental or passing remark, opinion, etc.
  • object method — (programming)   In object-oriented programming, a function that is called, or "invoked", on an object, as opposed to a class method which is invoked on a class. For example, a class "Person" might have an object method to return a person's name and a class method to return the number of people. An object method called on an object of class C may be defined by C or may be inherited from one of C's superclasses.
  • odontoblastic — Relating to odontoblasts.
  • on the double — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • open-timbered — constructed so that the timbers are exposed.
  • orbital index — the ratio of the maximum breadth to the maximum height of the orbital cavity multiplied by 100.
  • out and about — busy, active outside the home
  • out of bounds — Sports. being beyond or passing the limits or boundaries of a field, course, etc., marking the area within which the ball, puck, or the like is legally in play.
  • out-of-bounds — Sports. being beyond or passing the limits or boundaries of a field, course, etc., marking the area within which the ball, puck, or the like is legally in play.
  • outward bound — (in Britain) a scheme to provide adventure training for young people
  • outward-bound — headed in an outward direction, as toward foreign ports: We passed an outward-bound ship as we came into the harbor.
  • over-abundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
  • particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
  • perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
  • polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
  • postdebutante — following the stage of being a debutante
  • potbelly wood — a load of firewood, approximately half a cord, cut in lengths of 16 inches (40 cm) or less for use in a potbelly stove.
  • producibility — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • property bond — a bond issued by a life-assurance company, the premiums for which are invested in a property-owning fund
  • quarter-bound — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
  • quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
  • record button — the button that you press on a device or remote control to begin recording sound, images, etc
  • redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
  • rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
  • robot dancing — a dance of the 1980s characterized by jerky mechanical movements
  • rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
  • saber-toothed — having long, saberlike upper canine teeth, sometimes extending below the margin of the lower jaw.
  • second ballot — an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • sodium borate — borax1 .
  • solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
  • sound blaster — (hardware)   The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
  • subindication — the act or process of subindicating
  • subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
  • subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • subsidization — to furnish or aid with a subsidy.
  • sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
  • table--d-hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
  • take on board — be receptive
  • terbium oxide — an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
  • the dust bowl — the area of the south central US that became denuded of topsoil by wind erosion during the droughts of the mid-1930s
  • the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
  • thiabendazole — a drug used as an antifungal treatment and as an anthelmintic
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