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13-letter words containing o, l, d

  • blood vessels — any of the vessels, as arteries, veins, or capillaries, through which the blood circulates.
  • blood-letting — Blood-letting is violence or killing between groups of people, especially between rival armies.
  • blood-profile — a diagnostic test that determines the exact numbers of each type of blood cell in a fixed quantity of blood. Abbreviation: CBC.
  • blood-stained — stained with blood: a bloodstained knife.
  • bloodcurdling — terrifying; horrifying
  • bloody caesar — a drink consisting of vodka, juice made from clams and tomatoes, and usually Worcester sauce and hot pepper sauce
  • bloody sunday — (in Northern Ireland) 30th January 1972, when British soldiers shot dead thirteen marchers in Londonderry who were protesting against the UK government's policy of internment
  • bloody-minded — If you say that someone is being bloody-minded, you are showing that you disapprove of their behaviour because you think they are being deliberately difficult instead of being helpful.
  • bloomfieldian — Linguistics. influenced by, resembling, or deriving from the linguistic theory and the methods of linguistic analysis advocated by Leonard Bloomfield, characterized especially by emphasis on the classification of overt formal features.
  • blow moulding — a process for moulding single-piece plastic objects in which a thermoplastic is extruded into a split mould and blown against its sides
  • blue-eyed boy — Someone's blue-eyed boy is a young man who they like better than anyone else and who therefore receives better treatment than other people.
  • bobby dazzler — a person or thing that is outstanding or excellent.
  • bobby-dazzler — anything outstanding, striking, or showy, esp an attractive girl
  • bodily injury — The bodily injury section of a liability insurance policy usually covers hospital bills for the injured parties as well as related expenses such as rehabilitation, medicines, and lost income.
  • body and soul — You use body and soul to mean every part of you, including your mind and your emotions.
  • body brussels — a carpet made with three-ply or four-ply worsted yarn drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern over the entire surface (body Brussels) or made of worsted or woolen yarns on which a pattern is printed (tapestry Brussels)
  • body building — the act or practice of exercising, lifting weights, etc., so as to develop the muscles of the body.
  • body language — Your body language is the way in which you show your feelings or thoughts to other people by means of the position or movements of your body, rather than with words.
  • boiled dinner — a meal of meat and vegetables, as of corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes, prepared by boiling.
  • bomb disposal — Bomb disposal is the job of dealing with bombs which have not exploded, by taking out the fuse or by blowing them up in a controlled explosion.
  • bonded labour — a system in which a person provides labour in order to pay off debts
  • bonin islands — a group of 27 volcanic islands in the W Pacific: occupied by the US after World War II; returned to Japan in 1968. Largest island: Chichijima. Area: 103 sq km (40 sq miles)
  • boots and all — making every effort; with no holds barred
  • border collie — a medium-sized breed of collie with a silky usually black-and-white coat: used mainly as sheepdogs
  • border patrol — a government agency in charge of preventing terrorists, weapons, and illegal immigrants entering the country
  • border police — the force in charge of policing a border
  • boroglyceride — any compound containing boric acid and glycerol, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
  • bottle blonde — a woman with dyed blonde hair
  • bottled fruit — fruit preserved in glass jars
  • bottled water — water sold in bottles
  • bounced flash — a flash bounced off a reflective surface, as a ceiling or wall, to illuminate a subject indirectly.
  • boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
  • brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
  • brand loyalty — the tendency of consumers to continue buying a particular brand instead of trying a different one
  • breech-loader — a firearm that is loaded at the breech
  • breechloading — loaded at the breech.
  • bridal shower — a party, held for a woman before her wedding, to which her friends bring gifts
  • bridging loan — A bridging loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
  • bristol board — a heavy smooth cardboard of fine quality, used for printing and drawing
  • broadly based — Something that is broadly based involves many different kinds of things or people.
  • bûche de noël — a French Christmas cake made from a thin layer of spongecake that is rolled up and frosted so as to resemble a decorative Yule log
  • bufadienolide — any of a family of steroid lactones, occurring in toad venom and squill, that possess cardiac-stimulating and antitumor activity.
  • buffalo plaid — a plaid with large blocks formed by the intersection of two different-color yarns, typically red and black.
  • building plot — a piece of land on which a house can be built
  • bumble around — When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
  • bundle of his — atrioventricular bundle.
  • burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
  • busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
  • by (all) odds — by far; unquestionably
  • cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
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