13-letter words containing o, d, b, a
- dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
- 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.
- dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
- domesday book — a record of a survey of the lands of England made by order of William the Conqueror about 1086, giving ownership, extent, value, etc., of the properties.
- doomsday book — Domesday Book.
- double batten — two wooden battens screwed together for holding the edge of a drop between them.
- double dagger — a mark (‡) used for references, as footnotes.
- double garage — a garage that can hold two vehicles
- double magnum — Jeroboam (def 2).
- double paddle — a paddle with a blade at each end, as that of the kayak.
- double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
- double tackle — a pulley system using blocks having two grooved wheels.
- double whammy — twofold misfortune
- 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-glazed — of, having, or provided with double glazing: double-glazed windows and doors.
- double-header — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
- double-tailed — (of a lion) represented with two tails joined together next to the body.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- draughtboards — Plural form of draughtboard.
- draughtsboard — The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
- drawing board — a rectangular board on which paper is placed or mounted for drawing or drafting.
- drop the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- durable goods — Durable goods or durables are goods such as televisions or cars which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
- durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
- edward gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
- endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
- faculty board — the governing body of a faculty
- feedback form — A feedback form is a paper with questions on it and spaces marked where you should write the answers. It asks a hotel guest if they enjoyed their stay and what could be improved.
- feedback loop — the path by which some of the output of a circuit, system, or device is returned to the input.
- flat-bottomed — (of boats) having a flat bottom.
- flatbed lorry — a lorry with a flat platform for its body
- 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).
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
- formidability — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- fort dearborn — a former U.S. fort on the site of Chicago, 1803–37.
- free on board — law: delivered by ship free of charge to buyer
- fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
- gelada baboon — a NE African baboon, Theropithecus gelada, with dark brown hair forming a mane over the shoulders, a bare red chest, and a ridged muzzle: family Cercopithecidae
- get a bead on — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- gladstone bag — a small rectangular suitcase hinged to open into two compartments of equal size.
- go over-board — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- go to the bad — to become wicked, shiftless, etc.; degenerate
- good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.