13-letter words containing o, n, d, r
- bourdon gauge — a type of aneroid pressure gauge consisting of a flattened curved tube attached to a pointer that moves around a dial. As the pressure in the tube increases the tube tends to straighten and the pointer indicates the applied pressure
- boustrophedon — having alternate lines written from right to left and from left to right
- bow and arrow — a weapon consisting of a bow together with an arrow that may be fired from it
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- brand loyalty — the tendency of consumers to continue buying a particular brand instead of trying a different one
- branded goods — goods that are identifiable as being the product of a particular manufacturer or marketing company
- branding iron — a long-handled metal rod with a stamp at one end, used for branding livestock, especially cattle, with a registered or recognized symbol or character to indicate ownership.
- branding-iron — an iron heated and used for branding animals, etc
- brass foundry — a foundry that makes things from brass
- brassfounding — the practice of making things from brass
- break it down — stop it
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- 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 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.
- 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 forward — If you bring forward a meeting or event, you arrange for it to take place at an earlier date or time than had been planned.
- bring to mind — recall
- broken-winded — suffering from heaves
- 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).
- brownie guide — a member of the Brownie Guides, one of the junior branches (aged 7–10 years) in The Guide Association
- 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.
- bumble around — When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
- 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.
- candleholders — Plural form of candleholder.
- cannon fodder — If someone in authority regards people they are in charge of as cannon fodder, they do not care if these people are harmed or lost in the course of their work.
- carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
- 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.
- carbonic acid — a weak acid formed when carbon dioxide combines with water: obtained only in aqueous solutions, never in the pure state. Formula: H2CO3
- card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
- cardioversion — restoring the rhythm of the heart to normal by applying direct-current electrical shock.
- carias andino — Tiburcio [tee-voor-syaw] /tiˈvur syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1968, Honduran lawyer, soldier, and statesman: president 1933–49.
- carotid sinus — specialized nerve end organs producing a slight dilatation of the carotid artery where it branches into the external and internal carotid arteries, responding to changes in blood pressure by mediating changes in the heartbeat rate.
- casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
- center around — to have as a central point, focus of attention, etc.
- centre ground — the nominal space in the political spectrum that is neither right or left
- centuries-old — hundreds of years old
- cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- chandernagore — a port in E India, in S West Bengal on the Hooghly River: a former French settlement (1686–1950). Pop: 162 166 (2001)
- child version — (system management) In change management, a configuration item derived by altering another item (its parent version).
- chlorhexidine — an antiseptic compound used in skin cleansers, mouthwashes, etc
- chlormerodrin — a white, bitter, odorless powder, ClHgN 2 H 11 O 2 , soluble in methanol and ethanol and slightly soluble in water, used in medicine as a diuretic.
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- chronologized — to arrange in chronological order.
- churn molding — a molding decorated with chevrons.
- circumduction — the action of turning anything on its axis
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture