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